Sleep apnea and snoring treatment near Andover

Close enough for a 7 am appointment

The office opens at 7:00 am on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at 7:00 am on Fridays until 1:00 pm. From Andover that means you can see Dr. Love and still start the workday on time. The office is closed Wednesdays.

Most of the treatment happens on your own schedule anyway. If you haven’t been diagnosed yet, the sleep test happens at home, in your own bed, for one night. The visits to our office are the consultation, your 3D scans, the fitting, and a few short follow-ups to fine-tune the fit.

When it’s your partner who noticed

A lot of people come in because someone else heard it first: the snoring that stops, the silence, then the gasp. That pattern is worth taking seriously. Pauses in breathing that last ten seconds or more are the hallmark of obstructive sleep apnea, and most people never remember waking up.

Start with the two-minute sleep quiz. It uses STOP-Bang, the same eight questions hospitals and sleep physicians use to screen for sleep apnea. If your score is high, we can order a home sleep test and go over the results with you.

What the appliance does

When you fall asleep, your jaw relaxes and your tongue slides back toward your throat. A custom oral appliance holds your lower jaw gently forward so the tongue comes with it and the airway stays open. It’s slim, quiet and fits in a pocket. See how oral appliance therapy works.