Snoring can sometimes signal a serious health problem, but more often than not, it is an irritating problem for the people around you. In many cases, lifestyle changes can stop snoring, but sometimes snoring treatment is required. Snoring solutions such as a snoring dental appliance are available to discuss with your doctor when nothing else seems to stop the snoring.
Snoring is that loud, hoarse sound that occurs when you are sleeping and your breathing has become obstructed in some way. In some cases, snoring can be an indication of a serious health problem. In many cases, snoring can be an annoyance to your partner. Many times, lifestyle changes like weight loss, sleeping on your side, or avoiding alcohol are enough to address snoring. Other times, snoring treatment is required.
If chronic snoring is a problem for you, see your doctor. He or she will most likely recommend lifestyle changes at first, but if these don't work, consider using an oral appliance to help treat snoring:Snoring Dental Appliance: These dental mouthpieces are worn at night and are designed to help reposition your tongue and soft palate so that your air passage will remain open. These appliances have been shown to be effective in both reducing snoring and treating sleep apnea. Oftentimes, these appliances are better tolerated than CPAP machines. Oral appliances require regular visits to a specialist to have their fit checked, and to ensure that you are in good condition. Long term follow up is necessary with a professional to adapt the fit of the appliance as well. Additionally, your physical and medical responses to the appliance need to be monitored as well.
As far as snoring solutions go, oral appliance therapy is an effective solution for patients who have had little relief from CPAP therapy or who have mild sleep apnea. If fitted properly, oral appliances are convenient and small, an easier solution for snoring when you are on the go or traveling, and unlike CPAP, they do not make noise which can interfere with your partner's sleep. Â
Specifically, a snoring dental appliance works by increasing the muscle tone of the tongue, and stabilizing the lower jaw and the tongue. It moves the tongue, soft palate, uvula and lower jaw slightly forward, and moves the muscles of the front part of the neck forward to open the airway, freeing it of obstructions. However, although it slightly repositions the mouth, it is non-invasive and reversible.
Consumers interested in purchasing a snoring dental appliance are cautioned that buying appliances over the counter or on the Internet are positioned at home, rather than by a professional, and they can have difficulty setting up a correct jaw position. If the jaw is over advanced, it could result in jaw pain, while if the jaw is under advanced, no therapeutic effect will be experienced.
Snoring is that loud, hoarse sound that occurs when you are sleeping and your breathing has become obstructed in some way. In some cases, snoring can be an indication of a serious health problem. In many cases, snoring can be an annoyance to your partner. Many times, lifestyle changes like weight loss, sleeping on your side, or avoiding alcohol are enough to address snoring. Other times, snoring treatment is required.
If chronic snoring is a problem for you, see your doctor. He or she will most likely recommend lifestyle changes at first, but if these don't work, consider using an oral appliance to help treat snoring:Snoring Dental Appliance: These dental mouthpieces are worn at night and are designed to help reposition your tongue and soft palate so that your air passage will remain open. These appliances have been shown to be effective in both reducing snoring and treating sleep apnea. Oftentimes, these appliances are better tolerated than CPAP machines. Oral appliances require regular visits to a specialist to have their fit checked, and to ensure that you are in good condition. Long term follow up is necessary with a professional to adapt the fit of the appliance as well. Additionally, your physical and medical responses to the appliance need to be monitored as well.
As far as snoring solutions go, oral appliance therapy is an effective solution for patients who have had little relief from CPAP therapy or who have mild sleep apnea. If fitted properly, oral appliances are convenient and small, an easier solution for snoring when you are on the go or traveling, and unlike CPAP, they do not make noise which can interfere with your partner's sleep. Â
Specifically, a snoring dental appliance works by increasing the muscle tone of the tongue, and stabilizing the lower jaw and the tongue. It moves the tongue, soft palate, uvula and lower jaw slightly forward, and moves the muscles of the front part of the neck forward to open the airway, freeing it of obstructions. However, although it slightly repositions the mouth, it is non-invasive and reversible.
Consumers interested in purchasing a snoring dental appliance are cautioned that buying appliances over the counter or on the Internet are positioned at home, rather than by a professional, and they can have difficulty setting up a correct jaw position. If the jaw is over advanced, it could result in jaw pain, while if the jaw is under advanced, no therapeutic effect will be experienced.
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