Using an Oral Appliance with CPAP Really Helped - Details

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Mike_Snodgrass
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Re: Using an Oral Appliance with CPAP Really Helped - Details

Post by Mike_Snodgrass » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:00 pm

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

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Additional Comments: Original AHI 80 (severe). Original titration set at 14. Currently using oral appliance with CPAP. Titration at 7.

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Re: Using an Oral Appliance with CPAP Really Helped - Details

Post by NapsZ » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:43 am

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.