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Kent et al, I have made quite a few Tap 3 Elites for patients who snore. I require an ambulatory sleep test on all unless they have recently had a test and report in hand. None have had particularly bad scores and the Tap 3 has dropped them to below 5 AHI with minimal desaturations and no snoring. I made a Tap 3 for a lady who had an original score of 55 and snored to the point that her husband had threatened to move out of the room. She had a sleep test done and had a CPAP but was totally intolerant.
Her brother came in last week because he snored just as badly as his sister did and was also threatened by his wife with moving out of the bed. The Somnodent is above their financial threshold even though the brother is self-pay.
He is coming in Monday for impressions for a TAP 3 Elite. But we got his sleep study scores back and he blows is sister away…AHI of 88, multiple desats to as low as 81%...everything bad. He informed me on the consult visit that he did not give a damn what the sleep study showed. He was not wearing a mask because he could not stand for someone to put their hand over his face…anything and he'd just have to die before he wore one of those damned masks.
I'm going to have him sign a release and retest him with the appliance. His sister dropped below AHI of 5 with the TAP 3 Elite and has completely quit wearing the mask, which she never finished a night with it on.
On questioning them both I get the feeling that they suffer for an anxiety disorder and that is at the root of their CPAP intolerance.
My question is basic. I know he is not going to go to a physician. I know he is not going to wear a CPAP. I personally know this guy. He is not overweight but muscular with a very thick neck from high school football, which he has maintained…physique. Should I stick with the TAP 3 which I have quoted or should I try to talk him into paying the higher fee for a Somnodent appliance. The results for his sister with the TAP 3 were amazing so I'm inclined to stay there with him. I have patients that have bought both the TAP 3 Elite and the Somnodent type appliance and almost all find the TAP 3 more comfortable. As soon as I get these damned implant crowns on, I'm having a TAP 3 made for meself. Any advice from all this BS???? Thanks, Guy
Guy W. Moorman, Jr., D.D.S.
The Swamp
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-7400
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