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At a recent AWAKE group they mentioned that there is a concerted effort
starting (locally?) to get Dentists formal training and for Dentists to work
in concert with Sleep Apnea Doctors.

The aim is to educate Dentists more, and for them to have the professional
medical input so a better job can be done.

They mentioned that some of this joint collaboration has already been going
on over the last 3-6 months.

Best---
Ron Gould   :-)
No, I'm not, I'm a Scot  <g>




Scott Vercuski <scott@virtualhorizons.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
>    I'm looking for alternatives to the BiPap machine I have.  More
> specifically I'm looking for non-powered alternatives.  I've enjoyed
> camping in the past and I'd love to go again (and I mean real camping,
> not RV Camping), but nature has a decided lack of AC outlets.  Has
> anyone heard of any kind of apparatus that will help keep me from
> snoring all night but doesn't require any kind of power.  There was a
> story recently about a local dentist that claimed to have had a
> mouthpiece that one would wear at night that would supposedly keep the
> airway open but at the time I didn't have the $400 to try it out so I
> never did any more digging into it.
>
>    Thanks for any help in advance,
>
>    Scott Vercuski

Here is a web site about a dental appliance that is suppose to help.
http://www.amisleep.com/home.html

I talked to this Doctor once but didn't pursue it.  I lost weight instead.

John

"Ron Gould" <ron@gould.net> wrote in message
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> At a recent AWAKE group they mentioned that there is a concerted effort
> starting (locally?) to get Dentists formal training and for Dentists to
work
> in concert with Sleep Apnea Doctors.
>
> The aim is to educate Dentists more, and for them to have the professional
> medical input so a better job can be done.
>
> They mentioned that some of this joint collaboration has already been
going
> on over the last 3-6 months.
>
> Best---
> Ron Gould   :-)
> No, I'm not, I'm a Scot  <g>
>
>
>
>
> Scott Vercuski <scott@virtualhorizons.com> wrote in message
> news:e33d5075.0301290450.c89620a@posting.google.com...
> > Hello all,
> >
> >    I'm looking for alternatives to the BiPap machine I have.  More
> > specifically I'm looking for non-powered alternatives.  I've enjoyed
> > camping in the past and I'd love to go again (and I mean real camping,
> > not RV Camping), but nature has a decided lack of AC outlets.  Has
> > anyone heard of any kind of apparatus that will help keep me from
> > snoring all night but doesn't require any kind of power.  There was a
> > story recently about a local dentist that claimed to have had a
> > mouthpiece that one would wear at night that would supposedly keep the
> > airway open but at the time I didn't have the $400 to try it out so I
> > never did any more digging into it.
> >
> >    Thanks for any help in advance,
> >
> >    Scott Vercuski
>
>

in article pow%9.8079$37.921718@cletus.bright.net, John Fawcett at
john@fawcett.com wrote on 2/3/2003 9:03 AM:

> Here is a web site about a dental appliance that is suppose to help.
> http://www.amisleep.com/home.html
> 
> I talked to this Doctor once but didn't pursue it.  I lost weight instead.
> 
> John

I would love it if this sort of thing could solve the apnea problem. Most of
us here are dedicated to our CPAP treatment because it has made such a
difference in our lives. But it is certainly ugly and awkward. I have a
hunch we, or our descendents, will look back at CPAP and laugh at such a
primitive treatment. There is room for improvement and I hope all parties
can contribute to that improvement in the most efficient way.

My dentist spoke to me about a dental appliance he has made for others. He
claims he has saved marriages (solving snoring is not solving apnea.) He was
clear he wasn't pushing me on this, just offering, you know. He thinks it
has solved apnea, but when asked he didn't know whether anyone had been
tested using it during a monitored sleep test. So I say, we don't know that
it treats the apnea for those patients.

I looked at this site and pursued the testimonials. Neither of them said
they had been tested using the device. I'm glad they feel so much better,
but I say we don't know they have been treated.

Within the medical field there is some turf competition for apnea among
pulmonology, neurology, surgery, etc. And I see dentists are trying to, um,
participate, too. I hope it goes beyond turf to cooperation and better
solutions.

Anna