OSA – A wake up call for Dentists
ARES™ for Dentists - OSA diagnostics
A truly next-generation device, ARES™ (FDA approved) is worn on the forehead and stores up to three nights of nocturnal data. Comfortable and designed to be worn in all sleep positions, ARES™ was created to be worn at home, where it’s easier to gather an accurate profile of the patient’s breathing and sleep. Engineered to integrate physiological data acquired in-home with clinical history and anthropomorphic data to determine the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
01
Form Completion:
Complete and fax the
Home Sleep Study
Order Form
02
Mail Delivery:
SleepMed will verify
benefits coverage and
contact the patient to
schedule delivery of the
home sleep test device
03
Home Sleep Study:
Patient receives the device
and completes a 1-2 night
home sleep study. SleepMed
will contact the patient on
the night of the study to
provide education on use.
04
Device Return:
Patient returns the
device via prepaid /
pre-addressed mailer.
05
Data Interpretation:
SleepMed will perform a
technical edit of the raw
study data and have a
professional interpretation
completed by a boarded
sleep physician, then fax
the final study report to
you for review.
Obstructive Sleep
Apnea for Dentists
80
Oral Appliances in the Market
2%
refuse CPAP and could be eligible for Oral Appliance
<29
AHI potentially suitable for Oral Appliance
Untreated OSA affects quality of life, health and mortality
Clinical research shows that it is linked strongly to a range of serious, even life-threatening, chronic diseases such as stroke, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease. However, awareness is low and we believe that about 90% of people who have OSA remain undiagnosed and untreated. Dentists are waking up to the opportunity and SleepMed is here to help.
