TARA GRIFFIN
DON’T PUT TREATMENT ON HOLD
P
atients who come to my office have been suffering for quite
some time and are looking for my
help. They want to stop snoring
and start sleeping better as soon
possible. I can see discouragement when I tell them the time
frame involved to preauthorize
their medical insurance and wait
for their custom device to be fabricated. We both know this extends the time they are going untreated and continuing to suffer.
Offering these patients a temporary, effective, low-cost device
that allows them to begin to resolve their symptoms gives them
reassurance that we are doing
everything we can to help them,
but it also increases their excitement for their custom appliance.
That is why I keep the ZQuiet S.A.
on hand in my dental sleep practice.
The ZQuiet S.A. was designed as
a true temporary device with the
clinician in mind. It is not a permanent solution for treating OSA
and it does not take the place of
a custom appliance. It can be
easily dispensed by the assistant,
requiring little to no chair time,
and no molding or complex fitting is required. There are four
protrusive sizes to best match
the therapeutic position need-
ed by each patient. Patients find
the soft, low profile design to be
extremely comfortable, and the
flexible material confo