They develop a splint to prevent snoring and sleep apnea

Technological developments are on the agenda and for every problem there is already an application or device that can solve it or at least help to do it. This is the case of snoring and dream apneas, which can now end thanks to a splint.

This is a device that is manufactured for each jaw, that is, personalized, by 3D printing with biocompatible materials and it works to maintain the advanced position of the jaw without being disturbed during the day. Opening of the mouth. The design of each splint is done after an x-ray and the measurement of the maximum opening range of each jaw.

The researchers come from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Malaga (UMA), in collaboration with the Ortoplus orthodontic company, which plans to be able to offer it to the public. here the end of the year, once the clinical trials carried out in Madrid and Barcelona

Juan Antonio Cabrera, one of the developers, explained that what the splint does is to "keep the mouth in an advanced position, so it avoids the relaxation of the muscle that causes the". collapse of the airways ".

This is undoubtedly a solution not only for those who suffer from these conditions, but for those who have to share a room with them, which also affects their quality of sleep.