Dental Sleep Medicine Insider December 2015 | Page 14
GARY QUAKA
ACHIEVE
A 100% BATTING AVERAGE
WITH ORAL APPLIANCES
Wouldn’t it be wonderful
to have all of your sleep
devices fit the first time,
every time? We all know,
no matter who is the
manufacturer of your
oral appliances, not every
appliance fits the patient
at the first delivery. Many
times delivery of a device
requires time consuming
efforts such as relieving
acrylic for path of insertion,
adjusting and readjusting
wires for retention or worst
case scenario returning
the device to the lab for a
total remake. All this can
be frustrating for you, your
patients and staff.
Finally, you have a solution
for the challenge of poor
fitting appliances in the
Accu-Fit material.
This
thermally fitted material
makes it easy to deliver
the oral appliance and
adjust to the patient’s
dentition. DynaFlex offers
the Accu-Fit material in
both the Dorsal and Herbst
appliances. The body of the
appliances are still made of
the same dense, durable,
lab processed acrylic,
while the retention is
provided by an inner lining
of thermal acrylic. The
unique feature of the AccuFit material, it allows the