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by vmh1928 1272 days ago
Thanks for the link. If I sleep on my back my jaw slackens and moves back toward my throat and blocks the throat or at least constricts and I snore. I tried a device like a mouth guard that captures the lower teeth but the pressure on my front teeth of holding my jaw up hurt. If I sleep on either side then my jaw doesn't fall back and all is good.
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This was my exact experience.

Chin straps don't work with me. My face shape is kinda flat, and my temporomandibular joint is kinda messed up and doesn't hold my teeth together naturally. The chin straps I've tried all pull my chin down towards the airway.

A mouth guard plus chin strap may work but yeah there's that front teeth holding up the whole chin pressure.