Oral Appliance Theapy / Splint Therapy
Tmj splint
A splint is a removable dental appliance that covers several or all of the upper or lower teeth. Constructed in a dental lab, splints are typically made of hard acrylic resin and molded from an impression of your teeth.
TMJ splints or occlusal splint therapy may reduce loading forces and tension on the jaw muscles and the TMJ. Our expert clinicians will determine what type of splint would be best for the diagnosis.
Sleep Splint / Mandibular Advancement Splint
Oral appliances are devices that can be used to treat some people who have mild or moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and snoring or those with severe OSA who have failed with CPAP therapy. There are different types of oral appliances. Common ones include: Mandibular Advancement Devices (MAD), Mandibular Advancement Splints (MAS), Mandibular Repositioning Appliances (MRA), or Tongue Retaining Devices (TRD).
Oral appliances work by pushing or pulling your lower jaw forward. By doing this, your tongue is kept in a position that does not block your airway. This reduces the risk of snoring or that your tongue may obstruct your airway during sleep. If this device is helping you, the sound of snoring should be gone entirely or lessened.
Other accepted treatments for snoring, SDB and OSA that should be considered by sufferers, include lifestyle changes (e.g weight loss, sleep hygiene etc), behavioural modification, continuous positive airway pressures (CPAP) and surgical procedures.