Dental Sleep Medicine Insider February 2016 | Page 8

DR. STEVE CARSTENSEN, DDS

Dr. Carstensen is the principal of Premier
Sleep Associates in Bellevue WA. He treats
OSA and SDB exclusively. He serves as Lead
Faculty for Sleep at The Pankey Institute and
Spear Education as well as serving as Editor
in Chief of Dental Sleep Practice Magazine.

we can record the exact
conditions we see. The
prescription can include
design features precisely
tailored to the clinical
picture while keeping
the overall functionality
intact.” says Carstensen.
“The non-obtrusive design
is extremely comfortable
so my compliance rate is
near 100%. Patients who
have worn non-milled
appliances
commonly
report that they have
experienced the fit to be
loose or felt the need for
clasps; however, they report
the milled appliances to
be very retentive and well
adapted” reported Carlton.
Carstensen continues,
“The

most

important

NIKOLA VRANJES, DDS

Dr. Vranjes practices
in Calgary Alberta,
he is also a member
of the AADSM, a Spear Alumni,
and practices Dental Sleep
Medicine with the Snore Centre.

design feature for these
CAD CAM appliances is
that the patients find them
simple to use and easy to
get used to. They were
designed for the patient
– we dentists can figure
out all of the straps, tubes,
screws and such, but
patients struggle.” Vranjes
adds, “the 90 degree fins
allow for some mobility,
while
maintaining
protrusion and preventing
opening of the mandible.
Patients always feel they
are in position.”
I recently had the need
to replace a one year-old
maxillary MicrO2 that had
broken in my luggage. The
engineers and technicians
at MicroDental milled a
new one using the year

DR. DAVID CARLTON, III DDS

Dr. Carlton is a graduate and Fellow of Las
Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies.
He has taken over 100 hours of training in
Dental Sleep Medicine and treats patients at
his Center for Dental Sleep Solutions
in Alexandria, LA.

old scan, polished it and
delivered it in their office.
If felt like I was reuniting
with an old friend. High
tech and high touch. You
have got to love technology.
These three esteemed
practitioners of dental
sleep
medicine
have
reported that this fourth
generation appliance, the
MicrO2, is far superior in
design, fit, function and
patient comfort. Like other
technologies and material
advances, these Optimized
solutions
improve
treatment outcomes and
the patient experience.
Onward and Upward!
All four of the contributors are
presenting at the “Sleep Matters”
MicrO2 Users conference in Austin
TX April 22-23, 2016.

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