Pilot Study for Feasibility of Using an Oral Appliance for Decreasing Snoring

Overview

This research study proposes to determine how well tolerated and effective lower and upper oral dental devices are at reducing snoring. The device is designed to move the genioglossus muscle forward, with interior attachment to maintain forward placement of of he tongue on the bottom of the mouth.

This study proposed to determine if the use of an oral device which causes forward positioning of the tongue will decrease the intensity and frequency of snoring as measured by the SnoreLab phone app, evaluate the level of snoring as measured by the bed partner, evaluate tolerance and comfort of the device and evaluate the quality of sleep of the subject by the bed partner. Subjects will sleep at home using the SnoreLab app to record snoring for five nights and fill out the Snore Outcomes Survey. They will then utilize the lower dental device for five nights recording their snoring. At the end of the five nights of using the lower dental device, the subjects will fill out the comfort and difficulties form with the bed partner completing the Snore Outcomes Survey. If the lower device is tolerated, the process is repeated with the upper device added to the lower device.

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