Removing tonsils and adenoids. Snoring may respond to surgery. Your surgeon may choose to use standard surgical instruments, electrocautery, or a laser for this procedure. If surgery is too risky, unwanted, or unsuccessful, the patient may sleep every night wearing a nasal mask that delivers air pressure to the throat. Oral appliances which stabilize the tongue and jaw may also be worn.
Laser treatment is much like a visit to the dentist.
The patient is treated right the doctor's office - sitting upright and fully awake in a comfortable chair. Each session takes about fifteen minutes, and the full treatment is spread over a few sessions spaced about four weeks apart. Eating and speaking are not affected. Patients go right back to their normal activity after each session. The biggest advantage to treatment with the laser, however, is that it works.