Using an Oral Appliance with CPAP Really Helped - Details

[Mike_Snodgrass]

This is great information!

Note that the "process" is long with an oral appliance. You have to slowly adjust the device to avoid those jaw pains (and other potential problems). I kept a journal for about two months where I recorded the number of turns on the device (each turn resulted in less than a mm in moving my lower jaw forward) and the resulting AHI's. At the end, my oral device is almost maxed out. But it works great.

Am looking forward to seeing your results.
-Mike

[NapsZ]

Thanks Mike. I didn't realize the adjustment was done so gradually. Reminds me of the braces I had when I was a kid.

They made the moulds this morning. It's a "Thornton Adjustable Positioner" (TAP) first generation, which has gotten good reviews.

Hopefully I will get the same sort of results you did. I'll keep everyone posted.