Skip to content Treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea, coordinated with your sleep physician.
Obstructive sleep apnea, often called OSA, happens when the soft tissues in your throat relax during sleep and narrow or block your airway. Your breathing becomes shallow or stops for a short time. Then your brain briefly rouses you so you start breathing again. Most people don’t remember these interruptions, but they can happen repeatedly throughout the night.
Because your sleep keeps getting interrupted, you may spend eight hours in bed and still wake up exhausted. Many people with sleep apnea describe heavy daytime tiredness, morning headaches, irritability, or trouble concentrating. It can also strain relationships when a partner loses sleep to loud snoring. Over the long term, untreated sleep apnea is associated with high blood pressure and heart problems. That’s one reason a diagnosis and a treatment plan matter.
SmileCraft Dental treats mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea with custom oral appliances, in partnership with your sleep physician. Because we also provide your routine dental care, the same team can watch how treatment affects your teeth and jaw over time. Our office is at the Leander–Cedar Park line, convenient for patients from North Austin, Round Rock, and Lago Vista.
Your first visit is a conversation and a dental exam. Bring your sleep study results if you have them. If you don’t, we’ll suggest seeing a physician for an evaluation. We’ll check your teeth, gums, and jaw, then explain your options and costs so we can decide together. You don’t have to decide that day.
If an oral appliance is right for you, we’ll coordinate with your sleep physician and scan your teeth with our intraoral 3D scanner. At your fitting, we’ll check comfort and show you how to wear and clean it.
Follow-up visits fine-tune the fit. Your physician will typically order a follow-up sleep test to confirm the treatment is working.
Cost is a fair question when you’re starting any new treatment, and we’ll answer it before you commit to anything. SmileCraft Dental is in network with most major PPO plans, and we also offer fee-for-service care. Coverage for sleep apnea treatment and oral appliances varies widely by plan. Our front desk will review your benefits and give you an estimate before treatment begins. We can’t guarantee coverage or your exact out-of-pocket cost, but we’ll walk you through what we find so you can plan.
No insurance? Our Dental Savings Plan can help.
Our in-house Dental Savings Plan is a yearly membership with no waiting periods, no annual limits, and no claim forms. Members save 30% on most treatments. Each plan year also includes:
An individual membership is $449 a year. A family membership is $699 a year and covers two adults and two children under 16, with each additional child at $199. Keep in mind that the Dental Savings Plan is a discount plan, not dental insurance.
If you’d like to spread out the cost of your treatment, you can apply for financing through Cherry on our website. New to SmileCraft? Take a look at our current new patient specials.
You’ll find us at 1513 E New Hope Dr Ste. A1, Leander, TX 78641, near Haute Spot and the Cedar Park Costco.
| Area | Approx. Drive Time |
|---|---|
| Silverado Ranch | 5–8 min |
| Block House Creek | 5–8 min |
| Cedar Park | 5–10 min |
| Avery Ranch | 10–12 min |
| Crystal Falls | 10–12 min |
| Leander | 10–12 min |
| Mayfield Ranch | 10–15 min |
| Vista Oaks | 10–15 min |
| Apple Springs | 12–15 min |
| Bar W Ranch | 12–15 min |
| Brushy Creek | 12–15 min |
| Sendero Springs | 12–15 min |
| Travisso | 12–15 min |
| Lively Ranch | 15–18 min |
| Santa Rita Ranch | 15–20 min |
Drive times are approximate and depend on traffic.
No. A physician diagnoses sleep apnea through a sleep study. Our team may notice possible signs during a dental visit, and if we do, we’ll suggest you see a physician for an evaluation.
No. Many people snore without having sleep apnea. Snoring combined with daytime tiredness, morning headaches, or breathing pauses a partner notices is worth discussing with your physician.
Keep using it as your physician directs. If you’re having trouble with CPAP, talk with your sleep physician about other options. We can explain how oral appliance therapy might fit in, either alone or alongside PAP, if your physician recommends it.
PAP therapy is usually the main treatment for severe sleep apnea. In some cases, an oral appliance may be used together with PAP as combination therapy, managed with your sleep physician. We’ll follow your physician’s recommendations.
Bring your sleep study or your questions, and we’ll help you understand your next steps.
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