{"id":1156,"date":"2021-06-15T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somnomed.gsqtest1.com\/en\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2021-08-19T23:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T03:03:45","slug":"clinical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/physicians\/clinical\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1156\" class=\"elementor elementor-1156\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-211214be elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"211214be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"respiratory-side-effects\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa8e1b0\" data-id=\"1fa8e1b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a304d52 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a304d52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba153c4\" data-id=\"ba153c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e16961c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e16961c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objectively measured health outcomes in oral appliances vs. CPAP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e3cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98e3cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When considering objective (i.e., measurable) health outcomes, Oral appliances and CPAP have similar outcomes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d2a8a82\" data-id=\"6d2a8a82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55758f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55758f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2973.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1161\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2973.jpg 742w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2973-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">References: 1. (Gotsopoulos et al.,2002), (Engleman et al., 2002), (Barnes et al., 2004), (Gagnadoux et al,, 2009), 2. (Naismith et al., 2005), 3. (Hoekema et al., 2007), 4. (Gotsopoulos, Kelly and Cistulli, 2004), (Barnes et al., 2004), 5. (Philips et al., 2013), 6. (Itzhaki et al, 2007), 7. (Marin et al., 2005), 8. (Anandam et al., 2013)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16db1b5c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16db1b5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"cardiology-effects\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4bc704\" data-id=\"a4bc704\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28bf9f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28bf9f94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2999.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1163\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2999.jpg 868w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2999-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-2999-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c9354cb\" data-id=\"2c9354cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d89714f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d89714f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35d752cc\" data-id=\"35d752cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ee3aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10ee3aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep &amp; cardiology effects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453a974d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"453a974d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In a 2013 study following 667 patients for 96 months (or 6.5 years), Anandam and colleagues found no difference in cardiovascular mortality between patients using CPAP and oral appliances.<\/li><li>This was despite the residual AHI being higher in the patients with oral appliances than CPAP (16 \u00b1 5.1 vs. 4.5 \u00b1 2.3).<\/li><li>This was offset by greater use of the oral appliance per night &#8211; CPAP use for 5.8 \u00b1 1.6 hours vs oral appliance use for 6.5 \u00b1 1.2 hours.<\/li><li>Not treating OSA increased the risk of cardiovascular mortality by 6.5 times.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da6c0ad elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da6c0ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81a4216\" data-id=\"81a4216\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3b8ed7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3b8ed7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5566b86\" data-id=\"5566b86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac49ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac49ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CPAP and Oral appliances in blood pressure control.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1143e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e1143e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>A network meta-analysis published by Bratton and colleagues in 2015 did not show a difference between CPAP and oral appliances in blood pressure outcomes.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>There was no difference in either systolic or diastolic pressure (data not shown)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbeee0f\" data-id=\"dbeee0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364b55c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"364b55c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3039.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1164\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3039.jpg 894w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3039-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3039-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fee0f2b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fee0f2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"ent-conditions\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89fb707\" data-id=\"89fb707\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4063ca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4063ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3084-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1165\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3084-1.jpg 742w, https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Group-3084-1-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">References: 1. (Schmidt-Nowara et al.,1995) 2. (Engleman et al.,2004), (Naismith et al., 2005), 3. (Gagnadoux et al., 2009)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef0626\" data-id=\"fef0626\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bd0a90 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bd0a90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9997e0b\" data-id=\"9997e0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5c1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad5c1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Functional measured outcomes \u2013 oral appliances vs. CPAP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcd2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbcd2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In measures that are important to patients and their partners, CPAP performs better in controlling snoring (by promoting nasal breathing), but oral appliance therapy performs better on quality-of-life measures (as patients generally don\u2019t like wearing CPAP masks).<\/li><li>\u201cOral appliance therapy was very effective at reducing AHI and was associated with a higher reported compliance that that observed on CPAP. Both treatments improved functional outcomes in a similar way\u201d Gagnandoux et al., 2009.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55b46b9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55b46b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebbc343\" data-id=\"ebbc343\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90248e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"90248e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"241\" class=\"elementor elementor-241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a295eb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a295eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f93fe14 padding-col--left\" data-id=\"f93fe14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4086c2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"a4086c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dcdcaa\" data-id=\"0dcdcaa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72cff3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72cff3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/573281862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See what SomnoMed<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> patients have to say<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c99b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c99b2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #00549d;\"><strong>Every patient is different and we have helped individual patients on their journey in finding a solution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Find out what they went through and how it feels to wear a SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> oral appliance. See the video on your right.<\/p><p>Motivated by what you just watched? Find a Dental sleep medicine expert near you and take your first step toward oral appliance therapy and a better night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce175b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ce175b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/patients\/find-a-dental-sleep-medicine-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find a provider<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01e762d\" data-id=\"01e762d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eccdfbe elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"eccdfbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/staging.somnomed.com\\\/my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Image-for-website-20.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5666&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" data-lazy-load=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/573281862?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/staging.somnomed.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/Image-for-website-20.jpg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4442681 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4442681\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ae51aa\" data-id=\"8ae51aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc5e5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc5e5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Patient stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200f42d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"200f42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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This posed several problems for me. Most are the obvious: wearing the CPAP mask, trying to sleep with a hose attached to your face, having to travel with it, and then my allergy issues became more severe.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance is a pain as well. My SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> device has allowed me to enjoy life a bit more without the hassle of a CPAP. And, there is the added benefit of not having to make sure I have a source of power available. Which means, I can go camping again! I would recommend the SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> device to anyone with obstructive sleep apnea. It is life changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>- Derek<\/strong><\/p>\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide\">\r\n              <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide-inner balance-elements\" style=\"background-color: #C1CAE3; color: #000000; \">\r\n                <h3>Izy\u2019s story<\/h3>\n<p>For years I fought with my CPAP, I literally tried 15 masks and I will never ever go back to CPAP after discovering SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. I love it and so does my family because they can finally sleep in peace.<\/p>\n<p>I can carry it, no more lugging around that extra CPAP baggage, I just throw my SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> device and case in my backpack and keep going. I truly am a big fan and if I can encourage others to switch to SomnoMed<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, I know for a fact their quality of life would improve tremendously.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>- Izy<\/strong><\/p>\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide\">\r\n              <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide-inner balance-elements\" style=\"background-color: #00549D; color: #ffffff; \">\r\n                <p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Mandy &amp; Al Mermelftein's story<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2bbTCQe4B0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide\">\r\n              <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide-inner balance-elements\" style=\"background-color: #7B91C4; color: #FFFFFF; \">\r\n                <h3>Borris\u2019 story<\/h3>\n<p>Although a bit reticent at first in the use of this tool, once I began using it and finding out how good a night\u2019s sleep I could have after so many years of bad nights and untold other alternatives which always proved useless, I am now happy to let you know that thanks to SomnoMed<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> I am able to sleep very well and also that my wife can now enjoy a good night\u2019s sleep without my racket at night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>- Borris<\/strong><\/p>\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide\">\r\n              <div class=\"el-slider-text__slide-inner balance-elements\" style=\"background-color: #5175B3; color: #ffffff; \">\r\n                <h3>Susan\u2019s story<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWith a household to manage, motherhood, night school for advanced degrees, and two jobs \u2013 good sleep seemed an unattainable goal. Over the years of sleep deprivation, my health steadily declined with resultant hypertension, chronic sinusitis, and eventually atrial fibrillation.<\/p>\n<p>I had a sleep study that showed moderate obstructive sleep apnea. A second study to fit a CPAP mask was a dismal failure \u2013 14 different masks and nothing fit.<\/p>\n<p>My dentist suggested a SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and my life has turned around since I received it.\u00a0 My husband is delighted that I no longer snore. I\u2019m off my blood pressure medications. I truly feel like a new person with much more energy. I can\u2019t thank you folks enough for my SomnoDent<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. 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