cpap chin straps for snoring?
Do you use a cpap chin strap for snoring or sleep apnea? If so, do they really keep your mouth closed tight so you can’t open your mouth? I have to sleep on my back due to medical reasons and my mouth gets very dried out during the night when it drops open when asleep.
sorry I mentioned the cpap. I was thinking of the special chin straps for using the machine.
DO THEY KEEP THE MOUTH FROM OPENING AS ADVERTISED?
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March 3rd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Chin straps are an effective treatment to your issue of dry mouth. The chin strap does not constrict movement of your jaw to the point that you are unable to open it, it simply keeps the jaw aligned at the point during REM when your muscles relax.
Mark Seager, Owner
Midwest Sleep & Respiratory Supply
http://www.respiratory-supply.com
http://www.secondwindcpap.com
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:57 pm
CPAP stands for Continuous Postive Airway Pressure, which is produced through a machine. This is completely different from the chin straps you are thinking of. The chin straps are generally non-prescription and just hold your mouth closed.
The CPAP machines require an extensive sleep study process to get a prescription and actually do something about problem snoring rather than just muffling it by closing the mouth.
It sounds like the chin strap is what you are looking for, though, if your only problem is a dry mouth from it dropping open.
Good luck!
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
I thought cpap was a machine that forces air into you so you won’t snore or stop breathing… it’s not made to strap your chin down…