This episode also provides valuable advice for sleep techs dealing with patients wanting to use mouth tape during in-lab sleep studies. DeNike underlines the importance of ensuring patients have a healthy nasal passageway and clarifies the role of mouth tape as a supportive accessory, not a standalone treatment. This episode is sure to provide you with a deeper understanding of mouth taping during sleep, armed with expert advice and valuable insights, whether you're a sleep professional or someone simply interested in optimizing your sleep health. In this episode, we answer the questions:

• What exactly is mouth taping during sleep?
• How has the practice of mouth taping during sleep evolved in popularity over the years?
• Is there any evidence that mouth taping is useful for healthy sleepers, that is, people without any sleep disorders?
• Is there any evidence that mouth taping is useful for people with any sleep disorders, perhaps as an add-on to a device such as an oral appliance for sleep apnea?
• What dangers are associated with mouth taping during sleep?
• What is your advice to sleep techs for how to handle the situation of an in-lab sleep study patient who wants to use mouth taping during an in-lab sleep study?
• What is your evidence to sleep medicine professionals if their patients confide in them that they using mouth tape, either with or without their prescribed device, to treat a sleep disorder?