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What suggestions can you give to keep mouth closed while sleeping?
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Might be positional: Sleeping on your back can maintain open mouth, but on your side or stomach less gravity effect (and perhaps less snoring!) there are dental splints which might make a huge impact, and some dentists speicialize in area.
Answered 7/15/2013
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