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• The Oral appliance provided by our Centre shifts the lower jaw forward and maintains it in an appropriate position.
• The re-positioning of the lower jaw prevents the tongue and related soft tissues from falling and blocking up the air passage when a person is asleep.
• Snoring disappears when the air passage is clear for the free flow of air and the body gets adequate supply of oxygen.
• As a result, there will be no disturbance from snoring or intermittent cessation of breathing during sleep. |
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• Physical exercise to avoid obesity
• Not to eat excessively before going to bed.
• Alcohol could relax muscle and the air passage could be further blocked. |
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| OSA is the most common condition of SAS. The condition is associated with the neck muscles become relaxed and the
tongue muscle falling back to narrow down or even block off the air passage. OSA has been found to be more prevalent
in people with obesity, large neck circumference, short neck, tonsillitis, enlargement of lymph nodes, and other lower jaw
or chin related anatomical structures that are prone to block up the air passage. |
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| CSA is a less common condition of SAS. The problem is mostly associated with brain injuries leading to the dysfunction of
single transmission by the brain in the breathing mechanism. Stroke and vascular diseases are the common causes of the condition. |
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| A person presenting with symptoms of OSA and CSA at the same time. |
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