Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT)

As a person falls asleep, their lower jaw (mandible) relaxes and falls down and backwards, causing the airway to narrow and increases the accumulation of soft tissue. As air is breathed, the collapsed soft tissue vibrates and this causes the snoring sounds.

Oral appliance therapy (OAT) are custom made, form fitting dental mouthpieces, which hold the mandible (lower jaw) in the ideal position. This creates more opening for the airway, and the airflow becomes smooth and without sound.
Thus reducing or eliminating the snoring!

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Advantages of an Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT)

• Creates an anterior movement of the suprahyoid and genioglossus muscles
• Decreases the gravitational effect of the tongue
• Stretch the soft palate
• Stabilizes the mandible to the hyoid bone
• Opens the airway and allows for smoother breathing. Thus reducing or eliminating the snoring!

Note: Custom Oral Appliance Therapy should be provided under the supervision and care of a qualified dentist. Teeth movement, shifting, and temporomandibular jaw dysfunction (TMJD) have been reported by the use of improper oral appliances.

Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT) Benefits

• High Compliance – 80% of patients wear the device, seven nights a week
• Demonstrated Results – proven to reduce snoring – great for light obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – improves / amends conditions that cause moderate to severe OSA
• Discrete and Comfortable – easy to wear – easy to travel with
• Rapid improvement on parameters of sleeping and quality of life

 

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