Dental Sleep Medicine Insider March 2016 | Page 10

THE FUTURE:

to maximum passive protrusion the mandible where it can rest
with only one adjustment under the incisal edges.
screw. This feature also allows
the appliance to be adjusted in
the sleep lab by a technician
without awakening the patient
TAP Sleep Care is a systematic,
or removing the appliance from
comprehensive approach for
the mouth. Another critical
managing SRBD. Several recent
feature is adequate tongue
small studies have shown
space. According to Isono, you
great promise for hybrid
must “create enough room in
therapy such as TAP-PAP. One
the box”. This is achieved not
retrospective study showed
only by protrusion but also by
that 70% of patients who were
increased vertical. Hoekema
not adherent became successful
reported an average interincisal
vertical of 13mm. The TAP
appliances for the Holly (Army)
study were manufactured by
Airway Labs at 11mm vertical. Again, this creates more room
Finally, the TAP has a single in the “box”. Although we have
point contact anteriorly with no studies yet, we feel that
Beyond thickness
disruptions
bedroom,
it’s time
to recognize
we will
be able
to achievethat
an snoring can indicate serious health
minimum
of in
thethe
trays
risks
for
your
patients.
TAP
Sleep
Care
from
Airway
Management
allows you to effectively treat
allowing much more lateral even better result with less
the full
spectrum
breathing,
starting
with myTAP™ on their first visit. So in
protrusion
than our
previous
room
for the
tongue.of sleep-disordered
Weahave
also
changed
addition to better sleep, you canversions.
also offer
better
quality
of life.
the composition of the metal in
the mechanism from stainless
steel to cobalt-chromium to
TM
myTAP
TAP
CUSTOM
myTAP PAP
TAP PAP™ CS
of an
Airway management is pleased eliminate any possibility
to announce the release of our allergic reaction to nickel and
newest appliance, dreamTAP to increase the strength. As with the TAP-PAP. With the TAP
this spring. The impetus for the will all of our appliances, we appliance being able to treat
change is the continuing drive have designed the dreamTAP to the majority of SRBD patients
to improve all of our products meet the PDAC specifications to below 5 AHI, with patients’
and to make the TAP not only to qualify it for Medicare preference for oral appliances
the most effective appliance reimbursement.
and a failure rate of 75% for CPAP,
but also the most userand with
improved
Beyond disruptions in the bedroom, it’s time to recognize that snoring
can significantly
indicate serious
health
friendly for both dentists and
adherence
with
hybrid
therapy,
risks for In
your
allows you to effectively treat
patients.
an patients.
effort to TAP
makeSleep Care from Airway Managementthe
logical treatment algorithm
the full
spectrum
of sleep-disordered
breathing, starting with myTAP™ on their first visit. So in
more
room
for the tongue,
the
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