Solea Sleep for Snoring in Asheville
Did you know that Marc Gonzalez, DDS can treat snoring and mild cases of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)?
Snoring is usually caused by vibration of the soft palate while breathing. We offer a 5-minute, non-surgical laser treatment called Solea Sleep that can decrease or eliminate snoring in 80 – 85% of people who snore.
Solea Sleep uses ultra-low laser energy to tighten and stiffen collagen in the soft palate, reducing vibrations that cause you to snore. This quick, painless, non-surgical treatment provides rapid relief for most people who snore.
We can also utilize OptiSleep, an oral appliance similar to a night guard. Many cases of mild obstructive sleep apnea can be treated in this way. This is especially appealing to people who don’t want to wear a CPAP at night.
Questions You May Have About Solea Sleep
It works with a single treatment over 90% of the time. About 1 in 10 patients require a second treatment.
Sometimes the airway is so closed that we cannot get the laser energy to the entire soft palate in the first treatment. In that case, the first Solea Sleep treatment opens it up enough that we can get to the rest of the area in the second treatment.
No, the tissue tightens for thirty days after the treatment, so it takes a little while for treatment to have a full effect.
You simply come back, and we do the same treatment again. Just call our office to schedule a time.
It works for virtually all palatal snorers. Nasal snorers will not benefit from treatment unless they are both palatal and nasal snorers. Significantly overweight people may not get great results because there is just too much excess tissue in their soft palate.
This is not a treatment for Sleep Apnea; however, it will reduce snoring for people who snore despite the fact that they wear a CPAP at night.
A sleep test is not always necessary. However, it is helpful in measuring the effect of the Solea Sleep treatment if you do it before and after the treatment.
Snoring is a symptom of Sleep Apnea, which is a more serious condition. If you want to rule out Sleep Apnea, you should definitely see a sleep physician either before or after I perform the procedure.
