Dental Sleep Medicine Insider December 2015 | Page 30

KELLER’S CLEARDREAM
CLEAR IMPROVEMENTS ON AN OLD DESIGN
In recent years, the dental
sleep medicine community has
seen myriad new appliances
enter the market, often
claiming to revolutionize how
you approach oral appliance
therapy (OAT). These claims are
almost always unfounded and
can lead to uncertainty among
clinicians about what’s real
and what is mere hype. That’s
why I was skeptical about
Keller’s newest product, the
ClearDream, from the outset.
I mean, a dorsal is a dorsal,
right? Whether it’s blue or pink
or green, who cares. However,
with little hype or baseless
claims,
the
ClearDream
speaks for itself by taking the
familiar, proven concepts and
adding several significant
improvements. I found there
to be three key differentiators
when compared with other
similar devices.
“the device won’t absorb stain and
odor, nor will the fins break...”

Just by looking at the
ClearDream, the first difference
is immediately apparent. It is
made using a clear material,
not colored acrylics like all
other dorsals. This is important,
not for esthetic purposes
but because the device is

fabricated
using
Keller’s
proprietary clear, clinically
unbreakable,
non-porous
Crystal Clear 450 material. As a
result, the device won’t absorb
stain and odor, nor will the fins
break as can occur with many
other appliances. Constant
repairs or remakes eat into
profits quickly, so durability is
paramount. I know this claim
about durability is true because
it’s the same material they use
for NTI Plus splints.
“Repairs or remakes eat into profits
quickly, so durability is paramount.”

Another benefit of the Crystal
Clear material is its highly
retentive nature, avoiding the
need for ball clasps in all but
the most extreme situations.
This means I don’t incur a
bunch of charges for additional
ball clasps just to ensure the
trays don’t dislodge. At the
other end of the spectrum,
there is an option for a heatactivated Thermofit liner for
patients with deep undercuts
or for additional comfort.
When I’ve used this option,
they drop right in and usually
require zero adjust Y[