Government to toughen punishment for unlicensed oral treatment device for snoring and sleep apnea

The government on Monday announced a set of measures to toughen the punishments for unlicensed oral devices to prevent or alleviate snoring and sleep apnea, which have been recently used in dental hospitals.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said that such devices should be approved under the nation’s medical device law, as snoring and sleep apnea are officially classified as a dis...