customTAP
Proven Personalized Comfort
The TAP® is a durable, patient-friendly sleep care solution. It’s also incredibly effective, with a 90% success rate. customTAP devices are recognized as the market leader in sleep care and are currently prescribed by over 15,000+ clinicians worldwide to treat nighttime snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Available in multiple hardware choices and tray liners, these premium, lab-made devices are individually fabricated for personalized comfort.
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Custom Design
Whether you fine-tune your treatment position at home or work with your dentist, the unique design of the TAP allows multiple ways to achieve the most effective and comfortable results. With a single point of central adjustment, the TAP prevents uneven bilateral adjustment that may create an irregular bite and jaw discomfort.
With the fixed mechanical hinge and inseparable pivot point, all customTAP devices meet Medicare requirements to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Key Features
- Incorporates the best features of myTAP® with a customized fit and new Vertex Technology®
- Vertex Technology “opens the box” with less protrusion
- Mouth Shield standard accessory to promote quality nasal breathing
- More tongue space due to less hardware in the mouth
- No bite registration needed
- Fewer returns to lab for hardware customizations and fit issues
- 3 year warranty
Protrusion
- 14mm range of self-titratable adjustment
- No need to switch out hooks
Hardware
No metal parts. Interchangeable threaded adjuster. 30% shorter post (vs myTAP) for increased comfort.
Liner
New ThermAcryl™ liner, irradiated makes it easier to adjust chairside. Thinner trays.
Key Features
- Offers greater tongue space with no obstructions
- Option to connect TAP PAP™ for hybrid therapy (severe patients)
- Custom Mouth Shield accessory available to promote nasal breathing
- Bite registration preferred
Protrusion
- 15 mm range of protrusion
- 3 hook sizes for greater range of advancement
- Each case comes with all three hooks
- Each hook allows for an additional 5 mm range of adjustment
- Typically, the medium hook is used in the appliance and the long and short hooks are supplied for later use
- A clinician can easily change hooks in the practice, in about 5 minutes or less
- Using the supplied key, you can advance the hook 5mm. A half turn, counter-clockwise facing the patient, will advance 0.25 mm.
Hardware
Nickel-free Cobalt Chromium (100% Allergen free)
Liner
Two custom-formed soft liner options for superior retention: AccuTherm™ or Triple Laminate (TL)
Key Features
- An adjustment key enables the patient or clinician to adjust the lower jaw while wearing the device until a comfortable and effective position is achieved
- Custom Mouth Shield accessory available to promote nasal breathing
- Bite registration required
Protrusion
- Single hook allows for 7mm of advancement
Hardware
Stainless steel parts
Liner
Two custom-formed soft liner options for superior retention: AccuTherm™ or Triple Laminate (TL)
A Deeper Look At Liners
New ThermAcryl
Only available with flexTAP.
Irradiated thermoplastic makes it easier to work with:
- For a clinician when adjusting the trays
- For the lab when fabricating the appliance
More comfortable for the patient due to thinner trays and irradiation features.
Use warm water to achieve a perfect fit chairside.
AccuTherm
Irradiated thermoplastic liner with a hard outer shell.
Use warm water to achieve a perfect fit chairside.
Triple Laminate (TL)
Hard outer shell with a soft inner liner.
All customTAP appliances are Medicare coded (E0486). Download the coding verification for all customTAP Appliances.
Accessories
Improve Treatment Outcomes with Mouth Shield
- Alleviates dry mouth or excess saliva by sealing the mouth
- Promotes nasal breathing - research shows this is the best natural way to breathe
- Sold separately
Prevent Bite Change with the NEW AM Aligner
- Repositions the jaw after each use of an oral appliance
- Unique thermoplastic material takes registration of the patient's normal bite before treatment
- Prevents permanent bite change
- Included with every TAP device
Learn More about Our Other Oral Appliances
myTAP
myTAP can be fit in as little as 15 minutes, allowing same-day treatment and immediate relief from sleep apnea and snoring.
myTAP PAP
myTAP PAP Nasal Pillow Mask is the next evolution of CPAP mask technology that combines the upper tray technology of the myTAP and a traditional CPAP mask to provide strapless sleep apnea treatment.
customTAP PAP
customTAP PAP is a hybrid therapy for the most complex sleep apnea cases that combines a customTAP oral sleep device with nasal pillow CPAP therapy.
