Combined Therapy – Tulsa, OK
The Best of Both Worlds
Combined therapy involves a sleep apnea patient using a CPAP machine while also wearing a custom oral appliance. Combined therapy from our Tulsa, OK specialty dentist and dental team enables a patient who is suffering from severe sleep apnea to benefit from oral appliance therapy, and it also allows them to turn their CPAP to a lower setting. This can lead to increased comfort and better compliance for consistently better sleep. For this to work, a patient wears a nose mask as opposed to a facemask with their CPAP, which many people say is much more comfortable. Our team of doctors can easily design an appliance that can work with a patient’s CPAP, so they can benefit from the two most effective treatments available today.
Who Could Benefit from Combined Therapy?
- Patients diagnosed with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- Patients who do not like or have stopped wearing their CPAP
- Patients who still struggle to sleep despite using a CPAP or oral appliance alone
- Patients who have sleep apnea too severe to be treated by just an oral appliance
- Patients who experience both sleep apnea and teeth grinding (bruxism)