Prevention » Anti snoring device
Snoring is more than just an irritating noise. It can lead to broken sleep for the snorer and sleepless nights for their partner. This can cause issues within relationships as well as daytime tiredness for the snorer and their partner. Snoring has also been associated with several other medical complications if left untreated.
What is snoring?
Snoring is caused by partial closures of your airways due to relaxed muscles in your neck, seriously restricting the passage of air. Your body compensates for this by forcing air through. This causes vibrations of the soft tissues lining the airway which in turn generates the noise of snoring.
There are many causes of snoring including the following:
- The shape of the airway – can effect the way air travels down the airway
- Excess body fat – Adds extra pressures on the neck and throat.
- Weaker throat muscles – As we age our neck and throat muscles become weaker
- Alcohol – These can cause the neck and throat to relax
- Sleeping Tablets - These relax the neck and throat
This affects the snorer in the following ways:
- § Daytime tiredness
- § Lack of energy
- § No motivation
- § Become more Accident prone due to poor concentration
- § High stress levels to fatigue
- § Short temper due to lack of sleep
- § Less productive at work
What can we do to help:
We can make you a Mandibular Advancement Splints (MAS) this positions the mandible in such a way that it promotes breathing through the nose and reduces the amount of obstruction caused by the soft palate encroaching on the airway. These are custom made devises that the snorer would wear over night.
The snorer would first have a consultation appointment with the dentist and an impression would be taken of their teeth and sent to our lab where it would help the technician to create their anti snoring device.
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