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A plastic “dental splint” mouthpiece may help keep some people from snoring through the night, Scottish researchers report.
The device might help many troubled chronic snorers avoid a cumbersome nighttime breathing mask or surgery, the team added.
The mouthpiece, known as a splint, is similar to a mouth guard worn by a boxer. But it protects both the upper and lower teeth and “moves your jaw forward, it allows you to breathe more easily at night and reduce your snoring,” explained study lead author Stuart M. Robertson, a surgical trainee at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
The mouthpieces cost about $400.
