Forty-five percent of normal adults snore at least occasionally, and 25 percent are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in males and overweight people, and usually grows worse with age.

Wearing a mouth appliance designed to move the lower jaw forward can be an effective way to reduce snoring and improve sleep apnea symptoms

patients who used the two-piece device

experienced decreases in snores per hour and snoring loudness, along with a decrease in the percentage of palatal snoring events. There was also a decrease, according to the study’s authors, in oxygen desaturation events (where oxygen levels are decreased by four percent or more from normal levels).