East Hampton & Riverhead Sleep Apnea & Snoring Solutions
Stop Waking Up Tired
At Facing the Future Orthodontics, we can help you start your day with a smile by treating sleep apnea and other sleep issues in adults and kids.
Wake Up Ready to Start Your Day
With Sleep Apnea & Snoring Solutions
Do you feel like you have to drag yourself out of bed each day? You may be suffering from an undiagnosed sleep disorder like sleep apnea.
Consistent fatigue is one of many symptoms that may point to a problem with breathing while sleeping. When sleep disorders are ignored, they can lead to complications such as:
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- Chronic daytime sleepiness
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- High blood pressure
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- Heart attack
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- Stroke
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- Heartburn, reflux
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- Morning headaches
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- Depression
If you believe you or your partner have sleep apnea or snoring issues, CPAP isn't your only solution. It could be your airway.
Benefits of Adult Sleep Treatment
When your sleep apnea or other sleep or snoring issue is diagnosed and treated, you can enjoy improved:
- Energy
- Motivation
- Mood
- Job performance
- Memory
- Alertness
- Quality of life
How to Improve Your Sleep
With Home Sleep Study Options
At Facing the Future Orthodontics, we offer convenient at-home sleep testing options to assess potential sleep and airway issues—without the hassle of an overnight stay in a lab.
These tests are simple, comfortable, and designed to provide valuable insights into your breathing patterns, oxygen levels, and sleep quality, helping us diagnose conditions like sleep apnea or other causes for poor sleep, loud snoring, or daytime fatigue.
With a home sleep study, you can rest in the comfort of your own bed while collecting the data needed for a professional evaluation. Dr. Vic, Dr. Hailey, and our expert team will review your results and develop a personalized treatment plan to improve your sleep and overall health.
If sleep-disordered breathing is affecting your daily life, we’re here to help you breathe better, sleep deeper, and wake up feeling refreshed. Contact us today to learn more about our home sleep study options.
Riverhead & East Hampton Maxillary
Skeletal Expander
Expanding Your Airway, Improving Your Rest
At Facing the Future Orthodontics, we use a maxillary skeletal expander — or MSE for short — to treat adult patients for sleep apnea, snoring, and other breathing issues.
The MSE is a modified palatal expander that widens your upper jaw and creates more airway space so you can breathe easily.
This technique works especially well for adult patients whose jaws have stopped growing and would normally need orthognathic surgery to widen their palate.
How MSE Works
If you're an adult with sleeping or breathing problems, a consultation with Dr. Vic or Dr. Hailey can determine if a maxillary skeletal expander will help solve these issues.
After your consultation, Dr. Vic, Dr. Hailey, and our team will develop a treatment plan and determine what type of MSE you'll need and, if necessary, the number of implants you'll require, depending on your age and bone density.
We'll then administer a local anesthetic before placing temporary implants in your palate to hold the MSE in place. This procedure usually takes about 20 - 30 minutes
Types of Maxillary Skeletal Expanders
- Standard MSE (MARPE - Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expander): This MSE uses TADs — or temporary anchorage devices — in the mid-palatal suture to apply direct bone force. Standard MSEs are often preferred for teenagers and adults with a fused suture.
- Hybrid MSE: This type of MSE combines TADs with molar bands for more stability and are particularly useful when full skeletal expansion isn't necessary but correction still requires more than just anchoring the tooth.
How the MSE Helps
A maxillary skeletal expander can:
- Increase your overall airway space
- Expand your nasal and oral cavities to reduce airway resistance
- Provide more room for your tongue to rest so that it doesn't obstruct your breathing
Your MSE can also help treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and other breathing issues so you can get back to feeling refreshed first thing in the morning - and at your best all day long.
OTHER APPLIANCE OPTIONS
- RPEs (Rapid Palatal Expander): This fixed device gradually wides the upper jaw by applying gentle pressure, improving airflow and reducing airway obstruction for better breathing and sleep.
- Spring-loaded expanders: This palatal expander uses built-in springs to apply continuous, low-force pressure to help widen your airway and enhance breathing without the need for manual adjustments.
- Removable expanders: This custom-made, removable appliance gradually expands your upper jaw, creating more space for proper tongue posture and improved airflow to reduce snoring and sleep disturbances.
Sleep Treatment for
Kids & Teens
Is your child tired — or even hyperactive? If your child snores, tosses and turns, and displays ADHD tendencies, they could be suffering from an undiagnosed sleep breathing disorder such as sleep apnea.
Symptoms to Look For
Children and teens can show different signs and symptoms of sleep-related breathing disorder compared to adults, including:
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- Restlessness
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- Sweating heavily during sleep
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- Sleeping in abnormal positions
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- Snoring loudly and on a regular basis
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- Sleeping with their head in unusual positions
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- Experiencing pauses, gasps, snorts, or stops in breathing
During the day, a child or teen with sleep apnea may:
- Be difficult to wake up
- Fall asleep or daydream during the day
- Present as irritable, agitated, aggressive, and cranky
- Demonstrate behavioral, school, and social problems
- Have headaches during the day, but especially in the morning
- Speak with a nasal voice and breathe regularly through the mouth
Does Your Child Need Sleep Treatment?
