Sleep apnea is common — and chronically under-screened.
Associated with untreated obstructive sleep apnea — independent of other cardiovascular risk factors.
Of CPAP users cannot or will not wear the device long-term. Oral appliance therapy is a real alternative.
Estimated prevalence of moderate-to-severe sleep apnea — under-screened, under-diagnosed.
Ninety minutes with Dr. Deal at Symmetry. You leave with a written plan and a clear next step.
Eight questions. A real signal.
The screener is adapted from STOP-BANG — a validated tool used by sleep-medicine clinicians to identify likely obstructive sleep apnea. Your answers stay on your device. The result tells you what kind of next step makes sense for you.
- SSnoring
- TTired
- OObserved
- PBlood pressure
- BBMI
- AAge
- NNeck size
- GSex
Roughly half of people can’t wear a CPAP. There’s another way.
Oral appliance therapy is a custom mouthpiece worn at night that holds the jaw and tongue in a position that keeps the airway open. For mild and moderate cases — and for severe cases that won’t tolerate CPAP — it’s often the right tool. Dr. Deal is board-certified in dental sleep medicine and treats both kinds of patients every week.