What Non-Invasive Solutions Are There for Snoring?

If you are snoring, you are one in 45 percent of the population that does so.

It typically disturbs those around you more than it does you. Snoring is caused by an obstruction of the soft tissue in the throat that creates a vibration and harsh sounds.

It can be caused by weight gain, alcohol use, congestion, smoking, and/or enlarged tonsils. Therefore, snoring can be treated by changing any of these circumstances or habits.

There are several designs of oral appliances that help prevent snoring. These appliances are custom-fit and position the lower jaw and tongue forward, preventing the tissues from contacting and creating noises. Before getting fit by your dentist for an appliance, it is important that you are tested for sleep apnea. This is when there are moments the airway is shut off and your breathing stops. If you do have sleep apnea, this is more serious and needs to be addressed. 

Stacey Sparkman Hall, D.D.S.: Dr. Stacey Hall brings her unique outlook on dental care and her personable optimism to the Williamsburg Center for Dental Health. With nine years of solid dental expertise as a dentist in Williamsburg, she decided in early 2011 to branch out and open her own local practice. After completing her undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech in 1998, Dr. Hall graduated from VCU’s MCV School of Dentistry in 2002, receiving her D.D.S. She is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Dental Association, and was awarded member fellowship to the International Congress of Oral Implantology in 2008. She leads the elite Tidewater Dawson Study Club and is a scholar with the interntaionally renowned Dawson Academy. As a Dawson ambassador, Dr. Hall also assists in the training of students in the Dawson Academy. Stacey and her husband Michael have been blessed with three beautiful girls, Lanie, Gracie and Abbie. She is a loyal Virginia Tech Football fan, and enjoys Bible study and missions work.