lip puffs, tape and tongue guide

kenrose · Post by **kenrose** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:12 pm

I am starting to get lip puffs and flapping lips. besides taping does any one have any success with tongue guides or other appliances? FF masks don't sound like they really work that well with all the leak complaints.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:27 am

The link below is to a several pages long topic about frequenseeker's "Do it yourself" mouthguard to try to make the tongue prevent mouth air leaks.

On page 3 or thereabouts of the link you can click below, I posted clickable links to a lot of old topics - discussions of trying to stop mouth air leaks and lip puffs, and other ways to try to "train" the tongue to hold a seal on its own.

Topic started by frequenseeker Dec 01 2004 subject: mouth leak solution, cheap DIY oral appliance

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:29 pm

Just now read an interesting review by Kermit:

Dental device made by a dentist to stop mouth air leaks - Posted on TAS by Kermit (Guest):

Jul 23 2005 subject: Nosebreathe dental appliance for mouth leakage review

snork1 · Post by **snork1** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:43 pm

The tongue guide works GREAT for me! I hated my many variations on chin straps and they never worked all that well anyway.

follow the Rested Gal links. I made my own, but for those less handy the other referenced link for Buy It Yourself appliance looks pretty good

bigheadr · Post by **bigheadr** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:57 pm

What is the difference of this tongue guide versus a snore guard? I used a TheraSnore mouthguard for years with little success with snoring. Does this tongue guide have air slit? Or is it more like a Bruxism mouthguard which like a boxer mouthguard?

snork1 · Post by **snork1** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:17 am

I can only speak for my homemade variation on the tongue guide appliance. I would NOT say this is a cure for snoring. Its only an aide to reducing mouth leaks.

Mine is basically a bruxism appliance (which is only the top teeth covered) with a curved flange that come down from the front and forms a pocket to push my tongue back and up. Mine also has an extra bonus of ramping the jaw forward when i do all my usual nightly jaw clenching, which its my opinion it might be reducing the CPAP pressure top end a bit.