The flextTAP oral appliance will become available through Airway Management Partner Dental Labs in early 2023, expanding access for patients suffering from snoring and sleep apnea.
Airway Management has announced that its flexTAP® lab-made oral appliance will be available through partner dental labs in early 2023. flexTAP is designed to treat snoring and mild to moderate sleep apnea and initially launched in fall 2022, according to a press release from Airway Management. This product’s availability through its dental labs will allow for wider access to flexTAP and its features, including its customizability and the Mouth Shield comfort accessory.
“We’re pleased to continue our partnership with Airway Management and add the new flexTAP to our family of sleep appliances,” said preventive care manager at Glidewell Itzel Armenta. “At Glidewell, we strive to make sleep therapy more accessible to dentists and their patients. flexTAP’s customizable design and unique technologies is a product that supports that goal.”
This oral appliance being more widely available will be a great help for patients with sleep apnea, according to vice president of Great Lakes Dental Technologies Bill Gertner.
“As a proud, long-time partner with Airway Management we are excited to be providing the new flexTAP appliance to our practices,” Gertner said in the press release. “And we look forward to helping more patients get healthier every day through our partnership.”
This launch is expected for early 2023.
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