Features and Benefits 

• Comfortable, reliable, inexpensive and easy to use, the Somni Snore Guard has been used successfully by thousands of snorers around the world for over ten years. It has also been proven to be safe and effective in comprehensive clinical trials.
• 93% of first time users find it completely comfortable and unobtrusive.
• 80% of chronic snorers find that it controls snoring effectively.
• 100% safety record in over 20 years of use.
• 100% of users are able to customise the device themselves without the need of professional help.
• The very affordable price means that it is worth trying the Somni Snore Guard rather than outlaying large sums of money on an expensive mouth device or before resorting to surgery.
• Includes easy-to-follow instructions and handy storage container.

Testimonials

“The Somni Snore Guard is a unique device. Being simple to prepare and comfortable to use, it has become a best seller among the serious treatments for snoring. We frequently receive unsolicited, positive feedback from users.”
British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association, (2005)

“The Somni Snore Guard is GREAT! 100% effective the first night. After years of using other oral devices and the associated pain I thank my God for your device! I wish more of us poor buggers in the United States would buy this - better sleep, better relationship with our spouses!”
Steve, San Diego, California, (2006)

“I have found the use of your Snore Guard absolutely fantastic and cannot recommend it strongly enough to anybody who has the problem that I have.”
Peter Thorburn, South Africa,  (1992)

It is not often in these days of gimmicks that a simple yet effective solution appears on the market. Your product is the first real solution to the snoring problem – simple, easy to use and it really works.”
M. Letowt, South Africa, (1994)

“It’s great!! My wife says my snoring has quietened down 90%. She is also sleeping much better, so thanks!!”
B. Johnson, USA (1999)

“I am amazed at how well the device seems to work. You appear to have a winner.”
Dr T. Hoggan, USA (1999)

“When we arrived at our weekend cottage, I found I had left my Snore Guard behind. My wife drove 100 kilometres back home to fetch it.! I regularly prescribe the device to my patients.”
Dr A. Courie, South Africa (2001)

“The National Health Service has many consultants who recommend the Somni Snore Guard.”
British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association, (2002)

Technical Information 

In the vast majority of cases, snoring is caused by breathing through the open mouth during sleep. Air inhaled through the mouth has to pass the obstruction posed by the tongue, soft palate and curtains of soft tissue in the oropharynx. Turbulent airflow causes vibration of these tissues, which in turn gives rise to the noise of snoring.
The Somni Snore Guard provides a barrier to mouth breathing when the mouth falls open during sleep. Consequently air is inhaled through the nose, passing smoothly behind the soft palate and tongue, flowing parallel to the vertical curtains of soft tissue straight down the trachea into the lungs.
The Somni Snore Guard is not anchored to the teeth and places no stress on the oral structures. In the event of respiratory distress, the device is readily expelled from the mouth. It does not inhibit normal mouth, tongue and jaw movement.

The Somni Snore Guard is not a mandibular advancement device - it is a mouth shield/guard which fits comfortably in the mouth to prevent open mouth breathing.

Clinical Studies 

1. The Management of Snoring - Background and a series of treated cases, Peter C.S. Campion (1985), The Medical Journal of Australia 143:337-338

47 patients out of a total of 55 patients (86%) were treated successfully with a vestibular mouth shield. Most patients adapted easily to it and were delighted when it broke the snoring habit. The period of adaptation varied from a few days to two or three weeks.

2. Clinical Trial of an Oral Vestibular Shield for the Control of Snoring, E. Veres (1992), Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa 48:15-17

An intra-oral vestibular shield was used in 77 patients who were chronic snorers. The effectiveness of the device in controlling snoring was assessed after eight weeks and it was found to be successful in 80% of the patients. Of those who failed to benefit, 12% appeared to have a nasal obstruction and 8% either abandoned the device because of poor self-motivation or because they were unable to tolerate it in the mouth.