If you are thinking about getting a stop snoring mouthpiece, it is best to seek the counsel of a dentist who can custom build one for you that fits perfectly. This may be a bit big-ticket but there is an alternative. Some companies will send to you a mouthpiece kit with which you can prepare complete imprints of your teeth and mouth. You return this to them and you receive a custom designed one.
How stop snoring mouthpiece work?
It places the lower jaw forward, keeping the tongue towards the roof of the mouth. This prevents the obstruction of the windpipe and the airway. It also creates a sort of lip seal. This in turn helps and encourages breathing through the nose which is the right way to breathe.
10 of the steps to take to own and use a stop snoring mouthpiece are as follows:
a. Get a mouthpiece only from or recommended by a dentist.
b. The mouthpiece will be dismantled and you have to get it together by aligning the pegs for making the lower jaw to move forward.
c. Put the higher part of it into boiling water for one and a half minutes to start molding it.
d. Take it from the hot water and put it into cold water for less than 30 seconds so as to decrease the temperature in order not to harm your mouth.
e. Get it out from the cold water now and put around your higher jaw teeth.
f. Use your tongue and your fingers to press on it until it takes your teeth form.
g. Get it from your mouth and put it in cold water for 5 minutes.
h. Do the same thing for the lower part.
i. Assemble the two parts as seen in the user guide.
j. Put it in your mouth before you sleep.
The stop snoring mouthpiece may feel uncomfortable and cause you some pains around the gum, cheeks and teeth but as time goes, you gradually get comfortable with it. One other minus to it is that it causes you to produce a lot of saliva. Then also, some people find it difficult fitting it into their mouth.