In-network provider for medical insurance coverage
Phone: 512-338-8120
7800 N. Mopac #300
Austin, TX | VIEW MAP
About Sleep Apnea
and Oral Appliances
About Our Office
AN OPEN LETTER to prospective patients: I am writing this letter to prospective patients and individuals who are investigating oral appliances for themselves or a loved one.
Advanced Dental Sleep Business Seminar
Dr. Denbar is teaching an advanced billing and clinical seminar in Dental Sleep Medicine (designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry.)
This Dental Sleep Continuing Education (CE) Seminar focuses on medical insurance reimbursement and the clinical aspects of Dental Sleep Medicine. Understand how both impact the business side of your practice. Learn how to provide maximum benefits for your patients and learn how to get paid for Oral Appliance Therapy.
Dr. Denbar is an in-network provider with major medical insurance companies for oral appliances to treat sleep apnea as an alternative to CPAP. Our Austin, TX office is located in the Citibank building at the NW corner of MoPac and Spicewood Springs.
Oral appliances have been registered by the FDA and may be used to treat sleep apnea when administered by a qualified dentist trained in Dental Sleep Therapy.
Combination Therapy - CPAP and TAP-PAP
If a single treatment is not successful by itself, we are able to combine different therapies to obtain the desired result. Patients with severe sleep apnea often require higher air pressures from their CPAP units. Higher air pressures can be uncomfortable making CPAP usage difficult if not impossible for many patients.
The new FDA approved device, the TAP-PAP, allows a CPAP to be attached directly to an oral appliance. The TAP-PAP has no headstraps to keep the mask on your face. It uses nasal pillows and is extremely stable so that the nasal pillows are not easily dislodged. Since the oral appliance is already assisting in maintaining your airway, the air pressures for the CPAP unit are usually substantially lower. With lower CPAP air pressures, no headgear and a stable device, patient comfort is improved and patient usage increases.
Currently Dr. Denbar is the most experienced dentist trained to utilize combination therapy in the Austin area. In the very near future, Dr. Denbar will be teaching doctors from around the nation how to treat severe apnea with TAP-PAP combination treatment. If this therapy is needed, our office has state-of-the-art CPAP units for patients to use with their appliance. We are able to download information from the CPAP units and forward it to your physician so they are also updated on your medical condition. Our office and your physician's office can now work together to obtain the best result for you.
Austin Apnea & Snoring Therapy uses FDA registered dental oral appliances to treat mild and moderate sleep apnea and to provide a more comfortable alternative to CPAP. Our office is an in-network provider for most major medical insurance companies.
