SILENT - Smiles On Trindle Dental Care · results in snoring. shown excess body weight, heavy...

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A relaxed and col- lapsed ainoay pro- duces soft tissue oibrations during breathing iobicb results in snoring. shown excess body weight, heavy alcohol consumption and other sedatives increase the severity of snoring:" Surgical techniques to remove respiration impairing structures, such as the uvula, enlarged tonsils and adenoids, have been among the many attempted snoring remedies. These soft tissue surgical procedures have shown only moderate success rates (e.g., 20 to 40 percent)." \ At certain levels of severity, complete blockage of the airway space by the soft tissues and the tongue can occur. If the period of asphyxi- ation lasts longer than 10 seconds, this is called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)" OSA can be a serious medical condition and your den- tist may refer you to a sleep specialist. For the majority of snorers, however, the most affordable, non-invasive, comfortable, and effec- tive snoring solution remains a dentist prescribed snore prevention device, such as SILENT NITE.

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A relaxed and col-lapsed ainoay pro-duces soft tissueoibrations duringbreathing iobicbresults in snoring.

shown excess body weight, heavy alcohol consumption and othersedatives increase the severity of snoring:"

Surgical techniques to remove respiration impairing structures, such asthe uvula, enlarged tonsils and adenoids, have been among the manyattempted snoring remedies. These soft tissue surgical procedureshave shown only moderate success rates (e.g., 20 to 40 percent)."

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At certain levels of severity, complete blockage of the airway spaceby the soft tissues and the tongue can occur. If the period of asphyxi-ation lasts longer than 10 seconds, this is called Obstructive SleepApnea (OSA)" OSA can be a serious medical condition and your den-tist may refer you to a sleep specialist. For the majority of snorers,however, the most affordable, non-invasive, comfortable, and effec-tive snoring solution remains a dentist prescribed snore preventiondevice, such as SILENT NITE.