Poor sleep affects everything – your energy, your mood, your concentration, and your long-term health. At Westside we offer dental sleep solutions including custom oral appliances, Level 3 at-home sleep testing, and access to medically supervised treatment through our on-site physician, Dr. Sabah.
This care is provided on the medical side of Westside under Dr. Sabah Jarullah, family physician. Every patient begins with a medical assessment; insured visits are covered under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan. No referral needed.
Every sleep and airway plan at Westside begins with Dr. Sabah Jarullah, our on-site family physician: your symptoms, your history and a proper look at your airway. If a test is indicated you take a clinical-grade recorder home for one night. Dentist Dr. Zubaida Hussain – a certified orofacial myofunctional therapist – provides oral appliances, myofunctional therapy and Solea Sleep laser treatment once a diagnosis is made.
Tell us what’s been bothering you and we’ll point you in the right direction. Our team will match you with the right provider and the right treatment – no referral needed.
Children’s sleep problems rarely look like adult sleep apnea. A child who snores, breathes through their mouth, sleeps restlessly or wets the bed may be working too hard to breathe at night – and the way the jaws, palate and tongue are developing often plays a part. We assess children from age 2, and the earlier a pattern is found, the simpler it usually is to support healthy growth.
Treatment for a child is about growth and habits, not a CPAP machine or an adult snoring appliance. Depending on what the assessment shows, care may include one or more of the following – all in one clinic.
A tight tongue-tie or lip-tie can limit where the tongue rests and how it moves, which affects breathing, swallowing and speech. Dr. Zubaida Hussain releases ties with the Solea® all-tissue laser – usually with minimal bleeding and a quick recovery – and pairs the release with simple exercises so the new range of motion is put to use.
Laser frenectomy
Guided exercises that retrain tongue posture, lip seal, nasal breathing and the swallowing pattern – the habits behind many airway problems. Dr. Zubaida Hussain is a certified orofacial myofunctional therapist and two of our dental assistants are certified as well, so sessions are led in-house.
Myofunctional therapy
For children the “oral appliance” is not the adult snoring device. Soft, removable myofunctional appliances such as Myobrace® and Myosa® are worn mostly at night and for a short time each day to encourage nasal breathing, correct tongue posture and guide jaw growth and tooth alignment while your child is still growing. Palatal expansion is added where the upper jaw is narrow.
Myobrace® & Myosa®
Dentists screen; physicians diagnose. Dr. Sabah Jarullah, family physician, reviews your child’s history, examines the tonsils, adenoids and nasal breathing and decides whether a sleep study, an ENT referral or other medical care is needed. Because he is in the same clinic, the dental and medical plans are made together.
Sleep assessmentBook a children’s sleep consultation. Bring a short note of what you see at night and during the day – snoring, mouth breathing, restlessness, bedwetting, behaviour – and a video of your child asleep if you have one.
Dr. Zubaida Hussain checks jaw growth, palate width, bite, tonsil size and tongue-tie, and watches how your child breathes, rests their tongue and swallows. Imaging is used only when it adds to the plan.
Dr. Sabah Jarullah examines your child, reviews the findings and decides whether a sleep study, an ENT referral or other medical care is needed. Sleep apnea is diagnosed by a physician, not by a dental exam.
Frenectomy, myofunctional therapy, a myofunctional appliance or a combination – reviewed at each visit as your child grows, with your paediatrician or family doctor kept in the loop.
Screening at Westside does not replace a medical diagnosis. Sleep apnea in children is diagnosed by a physician, often with a sleep study, and we work alongside your child’s paediatrician, family doctor or ENT whenever that is the right path.
Content reviewed by Dr. Zubaida Hussain, dentist, and Dr. Sabah Jarullah, family physician, at Westside, West Springs, Calgary SW — last reviewed September 2026. Educational information only; it does not replace an assessment with your provider.
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