Adults
Adults
Airway Health
Airway issues often result in snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. This presents an opportunity to evaluate your adult patients for any number of airway related problems.
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The Lamberg Sleep-Well™ Appliance keeps the airway open by holding the jaw and tongue in a comfortable forward position while triggering a slight tightening of the soft tissues and muscles of the upper airway, especially the soft palate. FDA-cleared for Snoring and OSA, the Sleep Well Appliance is ideal for use in bruxing cases.
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Adjustable Herbst Appliance has become one of the most commonly recommended, most often prescribed devices for the relief of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Now, The Adjustable Herbst Appliance brings new ease and precision to in-chair adjustment. A FDA 510K Cleared Medical Device.
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Sleep Apnea
- 25M Americans affected by obstructive sleep apnea (National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project)
- 90M Americans affected by snoring; 37M affected on a regular basis (National Sleep Foundation)
- 50% of persons that snore loudly suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (National Sleep Foundation)
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the use of oral appliances is indicated for patients that cannot tolerate the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy or choose not to wear the CPAP device. According to research studies, up to 83% of patients do not adhere to CPAP treatment. With this large number of CPAP-intolerant patients, the $5B CPAP industry also represents a great financial opportunity for practices that offer dental sleep appliance therapy as an alternative to the CPAP.
Since the mid-80's, SML® has led the way in the design and fabrication of dental sleep appliances and results-driven sleep education. We know sleep…and we know how to make it work for you.
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REFERENCES:
Peppard PE, Young T, Barnet JH, et al. Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults. Am J Epidemiol 2013 May 1;177(9):1006-14. Epub 2013 Apr 14.
Institute of Medicine. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2006.
Weaver TE, Grunstein RR. Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008; 5:173.
The U.S. Sleep Market (04/2018). MarketData Enterprises, Inc.
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