pulling the soft palate 30 and uvula 32 into a forward stabilized position to remove the appliance 40 the patient uses a fingertip to peel the flexible base 58 away from the roof of the mouth 20 in one embodiment see fig1 a and 12b the anterior end 101 of the appliance 40 can include a groove or chamfer 102 to facilitate peeling the base pad 58 away from the roof of the mouth 20 as also shown in fig1 the remaining adhesive can be removed by brushing with a toothbrush to reuse the appliance 40 the patient peals off the remaining adhesive attached to the base 58 by using a fingertip to roll the adhesive off of the top surface of the base 58 the appliance 40 may alternatively be of a modular design allowing the soft compliant base 58 to be a disposable component into which the tool 72 may be placed and withdrawn for re use the next night the disposable base 58 may contain a pressure sensitive adhesive to eliminate the need to use and apply a liquid adhesive fig1 to 18 show another representative embodiment of an appliance 104 that can be releasably mounted in the oral cavity 20 to hold one or more secondary magnets 38 in alignment with one or more primary magnets carried by the soft palate and or uvula in this arrangement secondary magnets 38 c and 38 d are mounted on a stem portion 106 having a knob 108 at the anterior end 110 of the appliance 104 the secondary magnet 38 c is positioned at the posterior end 112 of the stem 106 and is complementary to.