Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a significant life-threatening, yet an under-treated chronic disease. While it is traditionally treated by Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP) devices, their low compliance rate (50 % non-compliance after 6 months1 ) has paved the way for treatment alternatives such as oral sleep appliances. These small and practical devices can be used for snoring and mild to moderate OSA. They can also be used for severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) when patients are non-compliant with CPAP.
Thanks to digital impressions, sleep appliance treatments have never been so easy and comfortable. With Primescan and Omnicam you get outstanding and reliable scan data to create custom-made sleep devices for your patients.
Fully digital workflow
Scan
Primescan is the ideal starting point for a fully digital workflow.
Take a full arch scan in less than one minute and a protrusive bite registration in our Connect Software.
Send
Use the Connect Case Center to send the scan data to our validated partner Panthera Dental or another partner of your choice.
Panthera Dental appliances are cutting-edge Digital Sleep Apnea Devices (D-SAD) made out of medical grade nylon – a material of superior quality and outstanding intraoral haptics.
Each device is individually designed for your patient based on your Primescan data. Thanks to the CAD/CAM technology of our recommended partner Panthera Dental, you will receive a custom-made device that fits perfectly, allowing your patients to enjoy considerable improvements in their quality of life.
Benefits of the sleep appliance workflow
Improve your patients' sleep while growing your practice with the validated workflow.
Excellent results
Primescan delivers excellent, reliable, high quality intraoral scan data to create custom-made sleep devices. This nearly eliminates the necessity for any adjustments during the patients’ visit.
Time saving
The easy to use, validated fully digital workflow allows you to complete a full arch scan in less than one minute. This procedure can also be delegated, saving you time and empowering your assistants.
Efficient workflows
With Primescan you can take a full-arch scan in less than one minute and safely transfer the data via the Connect Case Center. Sending digital impressions instead of analog casts also increases turnaround times for a Panthera D-SAD.
Improvement of quality of life
This high-tech oral sleep appliance workflow gives you the ability to offer a lifestyle
product that makes your patients happy and healthier by treating snoring & sleep apnea. Deliver greater satisfaction for your patients and grow your business at the same time.
“The validated digital workflow solution between Primescan & Panthera enables dentists to help many suffering patients live a longer, better and healthier life.”
Panthera Dental’s CAD/CAM and 3D printed Digital Sleep Apnea Device (D-SAD) is made out of 100% medical grade biocompatible nylon. This cutting-edge material is light, smooth, strong yet flexible, very durable and resistant to bruxism. A wide range of plateaus and bands are available and allow for over 300 standard design combinations as well as maximized tongue space. Additional customization is possible, and the D-SAD can be adapted to every possible patient morphology, from basic to the most complex.
An MAD is an oral appliance that protrudes the lower jaw in a forward position to open the airway and prevent it from becoming obstructed during sleep. It is designed to aid in opening up the space behind the tongue and increase the tension of relaxed soft tissues to help reduce snoring and decrease the number of sleep apnea events that may disturb the physiological sleep cycle.
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