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grinderfrank

grinderfrank
Joined Feb 2018
grinderfrank
Joined Feb 2018

It was not stressed to use the AM aligner by the dentist. I did use it however, not daily until it became an issue. My lower jaw became advanced so far that it would not comfortably fit back in the aligner. It would not go back where it belonged. 6 months on CPAP, the lower jaw has retracted.

Those TAP devices did not last more than 6 or 7 months and would need to be replaced, I was still grinding. I was given another TAP device to try, during the Pandemic, but it was not alleviating my debilitating headache, facial pain that was undiagnosed for almost 50 years. It did not allow any side to side movement. The dentist got a lab to make the old style TAP that was no officially offering. So yes that was my other concern, when are they going go run out of parts.

Yes cleaning the CPAP is something that most be done. Its a daily chore, but It’s not that big of a deal. I buy distilled water by the case. My motivation to use the CPAP is that I feel great. If I don’t, I know something is wrong, mask needs adjustment. I had days with the TAP devices I felt lousy, more frequent than CPAP, However. I had to keep a spare TAP device for times when they broke because of the lead time for a replacement, it was costly to do this. And I used a machinist’s rule to measure the advance as there was no indication on the TAP, just a hook and eye. If I started feeling crappy, I knew the device was starting to crack and come out of alignment.

It took a long time for me to used to the TAP device. Maybe the amount my airway needs to be opened pushed the limit on those devices and caused them to fail prematurely. All I know is that a feel really good for a change

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