TAP
Two trays joined at the front by a hook and socket, titrated at one central point with a key.
Removable · Scan or impression
Scan or impressions, a bite where the design needs one, and a signed prescription. If anything on the Rx is left open, a technician calls your practice before the case is started.
Print it or save it as a PDF, then send it with the case.
TAP® 3 is a trademark of Airway Management. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
The TAP 3 is two custom trays joined at the front. A hook on the upper tray seats in a socket on the lower tray, and that connection holds the mandible forward. The joint works as a fixed hinge, so the trays stay connected while the patient sleeps.
Advancement is set at a single point on the midline with an adjustment key. With one central adjustment there is no left and right to set separately: both sides advance together, which avoids the irregular bite that uneven adjustment can leave.
The patient, or you, turns the key with the appliance in the mouth, following the titration you prescribe. One hook gives 7 mm of advancement. The stainless steel parts sit lingually, which helps the lips close over the appliance, and the design leaves room for the tongue.
We build the trays in hard acrylic, or hard acrylic with a soft liner, from upper and lower scans or impressions and a construction bite at the starting advancement and vertical opening you choose. Put the starting advancement and the titration range on the prescription.
TAP
The TAP with its hardware set facially, on the outside of the trays, for more tongue room. Three hook sizes cover 15 mm, adjusted 0.25 mm per 180-degree turn of the key. Hard acrylic or soft liner, built from scans or impressions and a construction bite.
Dorsal
Gergen's own dorsal variant, built to the protrusive position and adjustment range you prescribe.
Dorsal
Two independent arches with acrylic dorsal fins engaging upper ramps, adjusted by screws in the upper acrylic.