Snoring Treatment
Springfield, Holyoke, Longmeadow, and Wilbraham, MA
Snoring Device - Silent Nite©
Do you sleep near someone who snores? If so, you probably find it disturbing to some extent. Or perhaps you have that habit yourself? It is nearly impossible to sleep soundly when someone near you is snoring. As many as 80 million people in North America snore, and this equates to a lot of innocent snoring “victims” who are repeatedly disturbed during their sleep cycles.
You may be surprised to learn that dentists can treat snoring. The general and cosmetic dentists at Baystate Dental can fit the snorer in your life with an affordable, custom-made Silent Nite© snoring prevention device.
Causes of Snoring
If you are a snorer, the soft tissue in the throat and mouth are collapsing against the airway and blocking air flow. With a more narrow space in the airway, the speed of air flowing through the airway increases. Soft tissues like the soft palate and the uvula vibrate as it flows past them, creating the snoring sound. Sleep studies have shown that several conditions can increase the severity of snoring:
- Excess body weight
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Sedative use
How Silent Nite© Prevents Snoring
The Silent Nite© device uses flexible upper and lower plastic trays that fit your teeth precisely and comfortably. They are connected so as to position the lower jaw into a forward position. By holding the jaw forward, this device prevents soft tissue from compressing the airway. This reduces air speed and soft tissue vibration and eliminates snoring.
Benefits of Silent Nite©
The success rate of these oral devices is 70-100%. Besides the obvious benefit of eliminated snoring, Silent Nite© also:
- Allows mouth breathing, even with congested nasal passages
- Minimizes Temporomandibular jaw joint (TMJ) stiffness
- Gives you deeper, more restful sleep
- Prevents the development of Sleep Apnea
- Requires no surgery
- Is comfortable to wear
The Silent Nite© device may give you a slight sensation of the jaws being out of alignment when you wake. This is due to a build-up of lymphatic fluid in the jaw joints that occurs overnight and will subside in minutes.
We have a simple take-home checklist to determine if you or your loved one is a good candidate for Silent Nite©. From this checklist we can determine the design of your Silent Nite© device.
If you have been told that you snore, or if you are plagued by a snorer in your household, please contact Baystate Dental serving Holyoke, Longmeadow, Wilbraham, and Springfield, MA today to start on the path toward a more restful night’s sleep with our snoring treatment options.
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