According to the International Classification for Sleep Disorders, habitual snoring has been found in about 24 percent of adult women and 40 percent of adult men. Based on additional information from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), at least 12-18 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea, and up to 50 percent of those sleep apnea patients do not comply with or tolerate CPAP treatment. The research suggests that average CPAP use tends to fall between 3.0 and 5.0 hours per night.

Compliance with oral appliance therapy has been shown, using patient diaries validated by covert monitoring, to be as high as 75 percent of patients using the appliance all night seven nights a week. Oral appliance therapy often can equal CPAP in effectiveness and offer a higher patient compliance than CPAP.

Patients with loud snoring and diagnosed sleep apnea suffers with difficulty tolerating CPAP should contact Dr. Sharma at 610-254-9575 to schedule a consultation appointment. Dr. Sharma works closely with sleep physicians to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.