Re: Klearway Oral Appliance

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Re: Klearway Oral Appliance

Posted by cleric on July 18, 2001 at 18:41:29:
In Reply to: Klearway Oral Appliance posted by whitlock on July 18, 2001 at 12:50:44:
I have one. I presume you've looked at the pictures on www.klearway.com For those who haven't, it's a bit like a retainer, with molded plastic parts that fit over your upper and lower teeth. It has a wire framework that connects the upper & lower "tooth holders" and allows their relative position to be adjusted.
It takes some getting used to. For the first month or so, I had difficulty bringing my molars together in the morning. But lately, that hasn't been a problem any more. And your mouth creates extra saliva as well at first (trying to dissolve the appliance).
The web site says it's easy to yawn, swallow, & drink water with the appliance in place. That's not been my experience. I can speak, but it's kind of hard for my wife to understand me. No way could I drink water. I find myself breathing exclusively through my nose when I have the Klearway in place, so I use Breathe Right strips to make that more comfortable. I takes me longer to fall asleep with it in my mouth, but not intolerably longer.
I'm not sure how effective it is. I actually have a sleep study scheduled to test that. My OSA is too severe to be treated with the device alone. And it wouldn't be a great long term solution anyway, since it puts a lot of torque on your temporomadibular joint. My ENT & oral surgeon just want to use it to get an idea of how much jaw advancement might be needed to cure me, so that they can plan my MMA.
Hope this helps.

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