Snore Therapy

Snoring affects millions of people of all ages, both male and female, and can affect sleep, concentration, irritability and stress management. Oral appliance therapy is the most common treatment for the most severe snoring problems. We offer the SnoreGuard® appliance that helps open the airways during sleep.

What makes the sound of snoring?

Snoring is caused by the vibrations of your soft and/or hard tissue palates; these vibrations occur because of increasingly narrow air passages.  When air passes through these passages, a “flapping” sound occurs because the tissue is soft in nature.  Surgery (to alleviate the snoring) is not always successful, however, because the sound may not originate from the soft palate; the snoring sometimes originates from tissues in the upper airway.   Common causes for snoring include:

• Smoking
• Alcohol
• Health Problems
• Obesity
• Obstructed Nasal Passages - Deviated Septum
• Poor Muscle Tone of the Tongue
• Daytime Fatigue
• Sleep Apnea
• Hypothyroidism
• Allergies

Sleep Apnea

Loud snorers may have a more serious case of blocked air passages, known as apnea. This has many serious side effects.