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Pillar Procedure: Seeking snore relief

Want to snore no more? Losing weight might help. So might various oral appliances that move the jaw or a special breathing machine, if sleep apnea is the culprit.

Or you could have tiny sticks implanted in the roof of your mouth.

Known as the Pillar Procedure, this surgical treatment uses inch-long polyester rods, and the scar tissue that forms around them, to firm up the roof of the...

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