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, hold the spurred surface in near boiling water for 15 seconds then, holding the blue case open with the lid and base at right angles, engage the slots at the sides of the device into the lid and base walls of the blue case, then push your thumb onto the smooth side of the spurred area to form it into a curve. Hold until it has cooled enough to retain the curve.