The Silent Treatment - ST-2 Instructions for Use

Instructions for use of the ST-2

Just pop it into your mouth with the curved wall at the front, either sitting between your upper lip and your upper front teeth, or outside your upper lip, whichever is the most comfortable. The tiny spurs will be pointing down. From there, just push your tongue gently forward, then up, to engage with the spurs. Your tongue will then naturally want to move back when you are asleep but it can't because it is engaged with the spurs. This in turn helps keep the device in place. 

If you are finding that the device comes out of position while you are asleep, that is just your mouth rejecting it because it is not accustomed to having it there. Wear the device during the day as you go about your normal routine and your mouth will soon become accustomed to it being there. Any excess saliva production will return to normal at this time too.

If you wish to remove any parts, hold the device in boiling water for 15 seconds then cut with a sharp knife or scissors. Remove any sharp edges created with fine sandpaper if necessary.

If you are finding that your tongue sometimes disengages from the spurs during sleep, you can form a curve into the spurred surface to make it sit closer to the top of your tongue, thus reducing its ability to disengage. For this you will need a length of light cotton string, fishing line, dental floss or something similar,, and a pot of boiling water. Place the end of the string on the front edge of the smooth side of the spurred section. Hold it in place with your thumb. Now run the string through the slot in the side of the spurred section, under and through the slot in the other side and around again to make two or three complete turns. Now change your grip to holding it by the two breathing channels with thumb and forefinger (or where they used to be if you have cut them off) and squeeze them together to form the spurred section into a curve. Keep making tight turns with the string in the slots until you have got the desired amount of curvature in the spurred section. Make a few more turns with the string and you can then lower the ST-2 into the boiling water for five seconds. Allow to cool and remove the string.