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Some of you have probably heard the radio commercials for Dr. Lane's mouth guard for sleep apnea. I have been to her Durham office and looked into getting one. My insurance would not cover any portion so I would have to scrape up the whole cost.
Has anyone tried this device or know anyone else who has? I have tried CPAP and BiPap machines with little success. I had an adult tonsillecomy several years ago that was supposed to help but didn't help a bit. I hesitate to try anything else without feedback.
I've tried the OTC night guards and they suck. I finally went to my dentist and got one made, and although it wasn't cheap, it has probably saved my teeth, which were cracking badly. There's nothing wrong with shopping around to see who can make you one for the lowest price, and they last a long, long time. Good luck.
Nor much of a reader. OP isn't looking to solve a tooth grinding problem, but a sleep apnea problem.
Ouch! That's a stinging rebuke and not justified.
1) OP expressed a concern about cost and I offered a low-cost alternative.
2) Before posting I did a Google search for mouth guard for sleep apnea. The pictures of these products are remarkably like mouth guards for athletics and bruxism (grinding).
3) Such athletic guards were recommended to me by a dental assistant and I have used them with good results. They last for a few years and then are replaced.
4) By coincidence only a few hours before reading OP's post I ordered one of those 97-cent guards for myself.
5) If OP tries the athletic guard and finds it ineffective only 97 cents were lost. I can't see how it would do any harm.
If you have constructive advice for OP please post it here. I tried to help. You didn't.
My husband has severe sleep apnea and now uses a CPAP machine. Thankfully most of it was covered by our insurance as they are fricken' expensive. The device itself (the one he uses) costs around $3K and then you have to replace parts every so often... anyway..
When he was meeting with the sleep doctor and going through the sleep studies and mask acclimation appointment, etc. We asked several people - respiratory therapist, two doctors, medical supplier, etc. - about the mouth pieces you see advertised for sleep apnea.
The general consensus was if your AHI is 30 or less, they might work. If your AHI is 30 or more, they almost certainly will not work.
(AHI is the number of times per hour you stop breathing. My husband's AHI was over 100! Anything over 30 is considered severe.)
Some of you have probably heard the radio commercials for Dr. Lane's mouth guard for sleep apnea. I have been to her Durham office and looked into getting one. My insurance would not cover any portion so I would have to scrape up the whole cost.
Has anyone tried this device or know anyone else who has? I have tried CPAP and BiPap machines with little success. I had an adult tonsillecomy several years ago that was supposed to help but didn't help a bit. I hesitate to try anything else without feedback.
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