Typically, more men than women snore, with around one-quarter of males prone to snoring.

Snoring can, in fact, be a symptom of significant sleep disruption with breathing significantly affected, causing a condition known as ‘obstructive sleep apnoea’.

During sleep, the muscles of the soft palate and uvula (the structures found in the back of the throat) are prone to relax and vibrate when the person breathes. This happens both when breathing through the nose or the open mouth. This relaxed tissue vibrates as air moves back and forth across it, making the characteristic ‘snoring’ noise.

Types of sleep disorder include insomnia, sleep apnoea, snoring, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy.

Efforts to cure snoring and sleep disorders include medical treatments such as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). This entails wearing a mask-like device while you sleep, which provides pressurized air, in order to prevent the airway from collapsing.

For a self-help treatment, it may be worth trying sleeping on your side, losing weight, elevating your head, avoiding certain foods, medications, alcohols before bed and clearing your nasal passages. Snoring aids, anti snoring devices and snoring mouth guards, dental appliances, oral devices and lower jaw position devices are also treatment suggestions. The Mandibular Advancement Splint is a dental device that works as a mouth guard to prevent the effects of snoring.

Snoring treatment and snoring solutions are available to help stop snoring. You can also visit a sleep dentist for snoring problems.