Snoringone - Snoring Aid
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The SNORINGONE Mandibular Advancement anti-snoring device is quite simply the
best off the shelf device available on the market.
If
you are familiar with the ‘Mandibular Advancement’ principle and know that it
is a device of this type you are looking for, then all you need to know are the
following salient points…
Summary
of the features that make the SNORINGONE the best
·
Twin large air intakes
allow easy free-flowing breathing through slightly parted lips. Nostrils do not need to be clear as with many
other devices.
·
It is immediately available
for use. Its soft flexible material
avoids the need for ‘boil & bite’ fitting.
·
The material of which it is
made is a material certified for medical applications.
·
It is durable enough to be
suitable for those snorers who also suffer from Bruxism (teeth grinding and jaw
clenching)
·
It does not require the jaw
to be held any more than slightly open, unlike some competitive products.
·
The mandibular advancement
principle will not work for approximately 1 out of 10 people. So you have not
had to spend up to 40% more on one of our competitor’s products to discover if
you are one of the unfortunate few.
·
The SNORINGONE device was designed by an award-winning British Design
consultancy.
·
It has a number of improved
functional features over those being marketed for considerably more money.
·
It is manufactured in The United Kingdom.
All potential
purchasers should read the important note at the end of this text
If however, you are not familiar with
the causes of snoring and what can be done about it, please carry on reading
for more in-depth information…….
The extravagant claims
of many alternative products
If you
believe everything you read concerning snoring prevention remedies you will be
overwhelmed with a whole range of differing products claiming to provide a
solution.
These
products range from those that logically might be thought to work (such as
nasal strips to open up the nasal airways) to those that are most
unsatisfactory solutions (such as devices to disturb your sleep when you start
snoring!). You are obviously free to try
any of these products, but we believe that you will be wasting your money.
So what do
unbiased experts think? Well, in the UK,
your doctor might refer you to one of the few excellent sleep research
centres. Apart from expensive and
inconvenient CPAP apparatus (see below) or even more expensive surgery, what
you will be recommended to try will be a device of the SNORINGONE type. This is
simply because such devices utilise the only principle that the experts know to
work.
The
cause of snoring
In reality,
there is just one main cause of what is described as ‘proper’ snoring. This is when the upper palate becomes less
firm or more flabby for any of the reasons stated above. As a result of these
factors, the airway in that part of the throat becomes reduced in size and it
is the vibration caused by the same amount of air trying to get through this
reduced space that causes the noise of snoring.
The
Solution
The solution
becomes more obvious once it is known that it is this reduced size airway that
is causing the problem. The issue can
only be tackled when the airway in the upper palate is made larger.
So-called
remedies that work on any part of the body other than this airway cannot, therefore, provide the solution. Do not
waste your money on these.
Enlarging
the gap in the airway can be done in one of three ways. Two are expensive and
complicated. The first of these is by
means of a CPAP machine. These generally
have to be prescribed by your doctor and this is usually done only for those
who have the medical condition of sleep apnea and who might coincidentally
snore. This pumps air into the lungs and keeps them at positive air pressure. In other words, the soft palate area is
inflated to widen the airway. These
machines, the price of which start at around £400, take some getting used to
and many struggle to get on with them long-term.
The second
solution is by expensive surgery on the upper palate area. This can be successful but not necessarily
so. It is a procedure carried out under
a general anaesthetic and many doctors and sleep centres steer clear of this
even for mild or moderate sleep apnea sufferers due to the potential for
complications with such an operation.
The simplest
and cheapest method is by mandibular advancement.
Mandibular
Advancement
This
long-winded term refers to moving the jaw forward with a mechanical device or
‘splint’. This simple action has the
required result of providing a larger airway gap thereby removing the cause of
the vibration … and so, by definition, the snoring.
Sleep
centres and doctors will usually suggest a mandibular advancement as the first
step to trying to prevent snoring in a patient.
This is because for the large majority of patients it is enough to
prevent further problems with snoring.
To put some
figures onto this, depending on which studies are examined, it is claimed that
between 89% - 92% of snorers will cease snoring or have their snoring drastically
reduced by use of a mandibular advancement device. In other words, you have a 9 out of 10 chance
of having such a device work for you.
The SNORINGONE
device provides a simple and
effective way to achieve this mandibular advancement. Like all such devices it will take a little
getting used to, but in reality this can be achieved surprisingly quickly.
The softness
and flexibility of the material of which the SNORINGONE
device is manufactured is of help
in this respect also. This is because it
is naturally more ‘user friendly’ to have something in your mouth of this soft
consistency … rather than rigid ‘boil and bite’ and custom made devices.
In
conclusion then, the SNORINGONE
mandibular advancement device is
painless and convenient to use. There is
no need for surgery nor for any other changes to your body. It is both a successful and cost-effective
way of treating snoring.
The
Cost of Mandibular Advancement Devices
Most
mandibular advancement devices are priced from £40 - £50 for off-the-shelf
devices to anywhere between £200 - £400 for ones made and fitted by your
dentist. However, it does not mean that
the most cost-effectively priced device need be one of a poor design. The SNORINGONE device
is an excellent design at a most competitive price.
It is
because of this price discrepancy that many snorers decide to try the off the
shelf solutions first to confirm that the principle works for them. If it does, then they might move on to a
custom made device, but many others feel no need and carry on with what they
already have.
At £19.99
(which includes a neat little storage box), the SNORINGONE device is one of the
most economically priced splints on the market.
Why spend another £10
- £20 just to confirm whether the principle works with your snoring?
The
Design of Mandibular Advancement Devices
All such
devices work on the principle of locating with your upper and lower teeth. The design then contrives to move the jaw forwards
a little by pushing outwards on the rear faces of the lower teeth and inwards
on the front faces of the upper teeth.
As mentioned
previously, some on the market are made of quite hard materials and have to be
moulded to fit the user’s mouth by the ‘boil and bite’ method. This is the process more commonly used with
gum-shields for sports purposes. This
precise method of fitting is necessary for hard devices to spread the load
across all the teeth and to avoid localized pressure points
Other devices
are made of more flexible material and can, because of this flexibility, mould
themselves to the jaw shape of the majority of users. Also, the flexibility means that the pressure
on the teeth is spread evenly over the teeth avoiding local pressure
points. Consequently, they do not need
boiling and shaping and are therefore more straightforward to set up and
use. The SNORINGONE
device is a very flexible but
substantial example of this latter type.
What is most
surprising is that the majority of the devices on the market provide no means
to breathe through the mouth. They rely
on the user’s ability to breathe through their nose. It is our experience that this is a very
undesirable design feature as it does not allow for the usual sleep habits of
snorers. Many snorers naturally breath
through their mouths when asleep and especially those who suffer from colds or
blocked noses.
Some devices
solve this problem by providing hinging between the upper and lower parts of
the devices. These are characterised at
the lower priced end of the market (still around £50) by one-piece ‘live’
hinged devices that are by definition of a thin walled construction. The trouble is that they are certainly not
sturdy enough to locate the jaw properly.
Alternatively,
there are devices that are considerably more expensive with separate adjustable
hinges. However, these hinges are small
pieces that always have the potential to come adrift and be swallowed or
inhaled during sleep.
The best
solution is to have a solid one piece device that has adequately sized airways
that allow for breathing through a gap in the lips even when the mouth itself
is closed.
The SNORINGONE device is one such splint. It has not one, but two, big airways allowing
plenty of airflow. However, these are
not so deep as to require the mouth to be held fairly wide open even while the
teeth are holding something firmly. That is not a natural feeling.
What
material is used for our Mandibular Advancement device?
An
important question when you think that you will have the device in the
aggressive environment of your mouth for hours on end and swallowing saliva
that has been in contact with it throughout that time.
Because of
this, the material we chose for the SNORINGONE device
is produced
by a division of one of the most experienced polymer companies in the world and
it has been created specifically for medical applications and has
USP Class VI certificates of compliance held by the FDA in the USA for such
applications.
Try and find
that information on our competitor’s websites!
Read
This!
Important Note
It is the nature of a mandibular advancement device that it will not
work for everyone. Thus there is no
guarantee that this, or a competitor’s device, will work or be suitable for
you.
The SNORINGONE device
does however give you one of the best priced and best designed solutions to
find out for yourself.
The chances are that no non-custom-made mandibular advancement device
whether our SNORINGONE device
or one from our competitors will work for you if your jaw is positioned a
significant way forwards or backward.
You must not use one of these devices if you have loose teeth,
loose caps, bridgework… or suffer from generally unhealthy teeth or gums.
They are also not suitable for children or those who wear
dentures due to a significant number of missing teeth.
If you have
any doubts at all, we recommend that you have a word with your dentist before
you purchase one of our products. Then, if you do go ahead, it is important
that our instructions for use are followed carefully.