About The Snore Store

Couples, families and friends sharing a room with a person who snores face a sleepless nightmare. The snorer embarrassed and feeling responsible for wrecking peaceful REM sleep for all those in ear shot, desperately tries to remedy and stop snoring.  A drawer full of mouth guards, nasal strips, mouth tape, pillows and contraptions don’t always seem to be successful.  The problem is known; the solution is evasive.

My name is Dr. Allison Wilson, and I am a general dentist.  Over the last 19 years practicing dentistry, I have heard patients ask about different appliances for snoring, and if I think it will work for them or their spouse.  I have seen how snoring can affect family relationships and overall health. In fact, it has personally affected me, once I entered my mid- forties I started to snore.

One night my husband left the room to sleep in the guest bedroom because he couldn’t sleep.  I didn’t want my husband to lose sleep over my snoring, but new sleeping arrangements were not an option for me.  Continuing Education lectures about sleep science and airway have always piqued my interest, but now I was more eager to find better solutions.  Theoretically all the appliances and tricks have a basis in opening space in the oral cavity, leading to more recuperative sleep and the potential elimination of snoring.

The tricks work sometimes, but there hasn’t been a real solution that works most of the time.  That wasn’t good enough for me to give a full-fledged endorsement.  Then I found the Solea CO2 Laser. This solution was a game changer!  Approximately 85% of snoring is caused by palatal snoring. As you age and gain weight, the soft tissues in the back of your throat and soft palate become slack.  The vibration of these fatty or loose tissues makes the sound of the snore.  The Solea Laser can effectively and painlessly help tighten those tissues and reduce palatal snoring.  The laser doesn’t treat nasal snoring or Obstructive Sleep Apnea, but it certainly doesn’t harm opening the airway as an adjunct to OSA treatments such as CPAP therapy.  Our wonderful medical ENT colleagues and sleep specialists can test lower airway constrictions and can provide treatment for sleep disorders. This is very important as snoring can be a solo issue or a symptom of a larger problem.

The Snore Store is a boutique dental practice focused on a single concept of snoring reduction, making people feel comfortable and at home so they can bring some peace and quiet back to their own homes.  Welcome to the Snore Store.  Please go to our educational videos to learn more about how the Solea CO2 Laser can start you on your journey to a peaceful and quiet sleep.