Bushy Park Dental

How bad is your Snoring Test
TSS (Thornton Snoring Scale by Dr Keith Thornton)

If you snore, it doesn’t only affect you, depriving you of a comfortable nights rest. It also affects the people around you. The Thornton Snoring Scale can help you determine how your snoring may affect the people around you. Choose the most appropriate number for each situation: 0 Never 1 Infrequently (1 night a week) 2 Frequently (2-3 night per week) 3 Most of the time (4 or more nights)
Situation	Likelyhood
My snoring affects my relationship with my partner	0 – Never 1 – Infrequently 2 – Frequently 3 – Most of the time
My snoring causes my partner to be irritable or tied	0 – Never 1 – Infrequently 2 – Frequently 3 – Most of the time
My snoring require us to sleep in separate rooms	0 – Never 1 – Infrequently 2 – Frequently 3 – Most of the time
My snoring is loud	0 – Never 1 – Infrequently 2 – Frequently 3 – Most of the time
My snoring affects other people when I am sleeping away from home i.e. staying with friends, sharing a hotel room, camping, on a boat etc	0 – Never 1 – Infrequently 2 – Frequently 3 – Most of the time
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Interpreting Your Score:

 

Snoring has a significant effect on the quality of life for many people. Snoring can affect the snorer as well as those around him / her both physically and emotionally.

If you score totalled above 4: You might owe it to yourself and your loved ones to do something about it.

If you score totalled above 7: Your quality of life is definitely suffering due to your snoring.

Dr Mike Deasy, the dentist at Bushy Park Dental is a member of the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine ».

 

“I know that the OrthoApnea device is truly effective at preventing snoring, I wear one. My wife is also truly delighted that it works ” – Dr Mike Deasy, the Dentist at Bushy Park Dental

 

 

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