What Does Your Dentist Have to Do With Your Snoring?
Do you snore? If you’re not sure, we’d normally suggest that you ask your sleeping partner. But if you do, that might be a bit of a sore point. Let’s stick with the statistics. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reports that approximately 45% of adults snore at least occasionally, and 25% snore regularly to the point that snoring affects their sleeping partner’s sleep. So the odds are good that if you don’t happen to snore, your partner does. Snoring may be more than a nuisance What is snoring anyway? Snoring occurs when the muscles in your soft palate (the back and roof of your mouth where it meets your throat), throat and tongue relax. The snoring sound itself is the result of the soft tissues in your throat vibrating as air flows through your throat while you sleep. Snoring is more common in men than women and is more common in people who are overweight, smoke, sleep on their back, consume too much alcohol, use sedatives or are congested. Snoring can be more than a n