What is OSA? Obstructive sleep apnea explained
See how the airway changes, recognize signs, and understand testing and treatment.
Make sense of sleep.
Understand your options.
Guides to sleep apnea, testing, treatment choices, and daily care—for you or someone you care about.
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Understanding your sleep
Make sense of sleep apnea, snoring, and the changes you or someone close to you may notice.
Snoring: what to ask and what comes next
Understand evaluation and the options for addressing snoring.
Getting evaluated
Know what to expect from testing, what a report can tell you, and which questions to bring.
Getting evaluated and having a sleep study
Home and laboratory testing, an existing study, and next steps.
Understanding your sleep study results
A plain-language explanation of AHI, REI, and oxygen findings.
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: scores and meaning
Understand daytime sleepiness scores, their limitations, and when to seek an evaluation.
Starting with RespAir
What to expect, whether you have a sleep study or are just beginning.
Understanding treatment
Compare approaches, understand oral appliances, and explore a change when your current treatment is difficult.
Sleep apnea treatment options
An overview to help you prepare for a treatment conversation.
When CPAP is not working for you
Explore alternatives and questions about your current care.
Oral appliance therapy
What custom mandibular advancement devices involve.
How oral appliances work
A closer look at the appliance and the treatment process.
Using an appliance with CPAP
Learn about a combined approach to treatment.
Explore appliance designs
See examples of the devices used in dental sleep medicine.
Medications and investigational treatments
Understand established medication use and treatments still being studied.
Starting care
Prepare for a conversation about your goals, your coverage, and the next step.
Your first visit
What to bring and what an evaluation involves.
Insurance and payment
Questions to ask about your specific plan and benefits.
Meet Dr. Ashley DeSaix
Learn about her education and focus on dental sleep medicine.
Living with treatment
Find support for comfort, daily routines, follow-up, and questions that come up over time.
Living with sleep apnea treatment
Getting comfortable, caring for equipment, and checking effectiveness.
Fitting, adjustments, and follow-up
Understand the stages of oral appliance care.
A question about your situation?
Contact RespAir before testing, after a diagnosis, or when you are considering a treatment change.
Talk with our teamFor health professionals
Find referral information and learn how to coordinate care with our team.
Referral informationMore to explore
Browse sleep articles for individual topics. Our sleepiness questionnaire and CPAP questionnaire are optional conversation starters; you can contact us directly.