Dental Sleep Medicine Insider February 2016 | Page 17

DR. RICHARD DRAKE
Physicians want to exhaust
ALL PAP options before they
consider anything else. Fine.
All sleep docs know is PAP.
It’s what they learned in
their residencies, and you
shouldn’t take it personally just
because they are misinformed.
However, you should work
hard to educate them that
dental devices are a viable
option for most patients. Boost
their knowledge about the
effectiveness of OAT, and you
will see these docs referring
more patients sooner.
The patient may not be able to
afford oral appliance therapy.
Mostly true. Not everyone can
afford it, but there are ways to
make it easier on our patients.
Medical insurance pays for PAP,
or at least most of it. This is what
you (