It’s important to understand the lengths anyone who makes an oral sleep appliance should be going to, so as to ensure they properly fitting someone for a dental appliance for snoring or mild to moderate sleep apnea, reports KOAA News 5.

An oral appliance has to be custom made for each person.  With the green light from my primary care doctor Dr. Cairns is ready to plow ahead with the fitting process that includes an exam to check the health of the muscles in my head neck and mouth and jaw both inside and outside.

Also through the exam Dr. Cairns determines the best position for my jaw to open the airway based on the range of motion of my jaw in many directions.