Saturday, February 11, 2012

Health and Fitness Articles ? Blog Archive ? Stop Snoring with Oral ...

Snoring on the whole is a life long problem, typically to the long suffering partner, female or male. Snoring and its related more significant condition sleep apnoea, can add strain to a relationship, upset sleep, result in expulsion of the guilty snorer to a separate bedroom or the sofa, affect health, worsen cardiovascular issues and in the most serious of cases lead to untimely death.

Numerous cures have been suggested for dealing with that issue ranging from the gold standard, a continuous positive airway pressure pump (CPAP) which takes the form of a face mask attached to a positive pressure air pump, various upsetting and frequently unpleasant surgical techniques, jaw forward posturing devices, to the bizarre e.g. The infliction of an electric shock on the unfortunate snorer.

One of the most frequently researched and successful treatments is holding the lower jaw forward whilst asleep. These include joined plastic gum shields, plastic trays, acrylic jaw posturing devices, orthodontic functional appliances, postural head pillows and many more. Basically all of these types of systems on the of holding the lower jaw into the ?recovery position? and by doing so, advancing the mandible, tongue, and tongue base. As the tongue adopts a more forward position, it has been shown that both the uvula and the soft palate, that small dangly part and the soft piece of skin at the top and back of the mouth, follow the tongue forward. Both the advancement of the tongue and soft palate lead to an opening of the airway, improving air passage and stopping snoring, the obstruction being the primary cause of sleep apnea.

The snoring is far worse if the jaw and the tongue along with the soft palate drop backwards against the back of the throat under the influence of gravity. Rolling the snorer onto the side will help to overcome the gravitational pull and open the airway by the jaw and tongue moving forward and to the side.

Thankfully in very many cases these oral appliances have been proven to be tremendously successful, actually there is now a entire industry building up to manufacture and provice these appliances, many have their restrictions and complications in the short and more importantly in the long term.

Loran Simon is a Director at Somnowell. Somnowell manufacture the first chrome cobalt oral device to be used in the management of snoring and sleep apnoea.

Tags: Health and Fitness, oral devices, snoring

Source: http://www.healthandfitnessarticlesblog.com/stop-snoring-with-oral-devices/

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