RESOURCES
To Find A Dentist Interested In Sleep Apnea
Dr. Peter Edmison
2148 Carling Ave. Suite 203
Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
K2A 1H1
Tel: 613.820.9300
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM)
www.aadsm.org
Organizations
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM)
www.aadsm.org
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
www.aasmnet.org
Canadian Sleep Society
www.css.to
Innovative Sleep Products
www.endsnoringnow.com
Sleep Disorder Clinics, Ottawa
Note: To be seen and tested at one of the following sleep clinics for sleep apnea you must have a referral from your family doctor.
Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Sleep Centre
1053 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.746.4636
www.ottawahospital.on.ca
Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Sleep Centre
501 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.722.7000
www.ottawahospital.on.ca
Montfort Hospital, Sleep Disorders Clinic
713 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.746.4621
Queensway Carleton Hospital, Sleep Disorders Clinic
3045 Baseline Road
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.721.2000
Royal Ottawa Hospital, Sleep Disorders Clinic
1145 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.722.6521
www.rohcg.on.ca
West Ottawa Sleep Centre
B-1, 770 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613.722.9000
Books
Phantom of the Night: Overcome Sleep Apnea and Snoring – Win Your Hidden Struggle to Breathe, Sleep and Live
By T. Johnston and J. Halberstadt
New Technology Publishing Inc.
Falling Asleep In The Middle Of Life
By Dr. Judith H. Leech
A.Y.D. Medical Services
79 Rideau Terrace
Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
K1M 2A2
Scientific Articles
Definition of an Effective Oral Appliance
Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine
March 22, 2013
A Review of Oral Appliances for Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing
By Victor Hoffstein
Sleep and Breathing 2007 11 1-22
News/Recent Developments
What happens when we sleep?
Tweet by Vala Afshar on Twitter @TheEconomist - 2019
High Altitude Sickness - 2013
For those who are interested in using an oral appliance to help deal with high altitude see the following:
Altitude.org
International Society for Mountain Medicine
MedicineNet.com, Jan. 15, 2010
Sleep Apnea May Complicate Diabetes Care
Nature Genetics; December 7 '08
A genetic link between sleep and type 2 diabetes is described.
American Journal of Orthodontic Dentofacial Orthopaedics;
Rapid maxillary expansion improves nasal breathing.
Polio Quebec, www.polioquebec.org
Post Polio Syndrome occurs approximately 30 years after acute polio illness. Muscles atrophy generally. Specific to Sleep Apnea, the pharyngeal airway weakens and sleep apnea can develop.
Sleep: 2008 Sept 1; 31(9): 1207-13
Heavy snoring is linked to carotid artery atherosclerosis. The authors concluded that heavy snoring significantly increases the risk of carotid artery atherosclerosis and the increase is independent of other risk factors, including measures of nocturnal hypoxia and obstructive sleep apnea severity.
