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Re: chin lock?


Posted by Been There Done That on August 07, 2000 at 12:14:53:

In Reply to: chin lock? posted by Don Bradley (seattle) on August 07, 2000 at 11:39:40:

The dental devices used to treat apnea are like athletic mouth guards, but are put on both top and bottom teeth. The devices seem to rely on spit and vacuum/suction to remain in place (not like false choppers), and are either one big piece of plastic or separate pieces locked together by some metal parts. I'd think that with one of these things in the mouth you wouldn't be able to mouth-breathe very easily, but at least it would control the distance which your mouth could be open. These things are expensive, and seem a pretty drastic way to cure mouth-breathing.

Just had a different sort of thought... I've seen mattress pads that have a sort of knit stretchy stuff sewn on to make the pad stay put on no matter what shape or type of mattress is used. This stuff is almost like stretchy cheesecloth, and there's usually quite a lot of it as it has to cover the sides of the mattress and a sufficient portion of the mattress's underside. I'll bet a clever (or merely efficient) seamstress could fashion a sort of stretchy strap to wear. The elasticity is very gentle, but can stretch really a lot, so it wouldn't take a whole lot of tailoring to make it work. Even a wide tube of the stuff (made like a cowl or turtle-neck) could be worn so it wraps around the lower part of the face (keeping mouth shut while exposing the upper lip and nose)--like those neck warmers that cross-country skiers can wear and pull up over the lower portion of the face. Probably hotter than heck, too.

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