According to one embodiment, a dental device is provided. The dental device includes an arch configured to engage at least some of the teeth of a users dental arch and having a midline that aligns substantially with the anterior midline of the users mouth when the arch is inserted in the users mouth. The dental device further includes a dental attachment that includes an anchoring element configured to be outside the users mouth when the arch is inserted in the users mouth. The dental device further includes a second arch. The dental device further includes a flexible tension element including a substantially planar surface extending along the longitudinal axis of the flexible tension element, the flexible tension element configured to couple to the second arch proximate to the midline of the second arch and to couple to the anchoring element outside the users mouth.
