There’s nothing that can divide a household quite like snoring. If you’re a snorer and you’re tired of facing a barrage of complaints every morning or you live with a snorer and you long for peaceful nights again, you’ve come to the right place! At Liverpool Dental Spa, we understand the importance of getting enough sleep and hopefully, we’ll find a solution that will restore peace in no time at all.
What causes snoring?
Snoring is often linked to lifestyle factors, for example, your weight and how much you drink or smoke, but it can also be associated with your sleeping position, allergies and structural issues in the nose that affect oxygen flow. Snoring is not the same as sleep apnoea, but loud, persistent snoring is often a sign of sleep apnoea. The noise you hear when somebody snores is created by vibrations of the soft tissue at the back of the throat.
Tackling snoring
If you snore on a regular basis, it’s worth trying to make changes to your lifestyle and sleeping on your side rather than your back. If snoring persists, we can provide treatment in the form of a device, which is designed to push the lower jaw forward. The outcome of using a mandibular repositioning device is an open airway, which facilitates easy breathing while you sleep. The device isn’t painful or uncomfortable and all it does is open up the airway to enable more oxygen to flow into the body.
Are you struggling with snoring? Is it difficult to remember the last time you had a good night’s sleep? If snoring is causing you problems, now is the time to pick up the phone and give us a call! We’re here to help, and hopefully, you’ll be dreaming sweetly before you know it.
Tags: Mouth Guard, sleep apnoea, snoring, TMJ
