What is the DNA Appliance?
The Vivos DNA System has been designed to improve and correct issues related to obstructive sleep apnea, TMJ pain, upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), orthodontic teeth crowning, and other postural problems.
This is because the source of these problems is related to each other, such as teeth grinding and clenching, bite imbalance, as well as breathing and airway paths during sleep. This system is unique in the sense that it is a unique facial and oral improvement appliance that works for adults.
How the Vivoslife DNA Treatment Works
Vivos devices work by promoting bone growth in the mouth, nasal passageways, and facial structures. In other words, DNA treatments result in an increase of the upper airway’s size while optimizing the spaces throughout the lower and upper jaws. Prolonged therapy helps to balance the jaw’s structures in a more forward and open position. Airway obstructions during the night can be avoided while breathing patterns can be normalized during sleep. In addition, DNA Therapy will optimize the bite for better neuromuscular and biomechanical function.
Getting Results from Your Vivos is Achievable in 9-18 Months
Because the Vivos System is removable, it is extremely easy to use and tolerable for adults. You only need to wear it during the evenings and as you sleep, where at the end of the treatment, you won’t need to wear it ever again. There is, however, one big difference between night guards and the DNA device: DNA dramatically improves or corrects sleep apnea problems and TMJ dysfunction by balancing the dental occlusion and bite along with encouraging growth in the upper airway. On the other hand, a silent nite or a night guard is a device that only tries to manage a problem and is a lifetime commitment.
A Vivos DNA appliance provider, Dr. Ilham Akraa DDS assists patients throughout the Los Angeles metro area. For all your dentistry needs, Dr. Ilham Akraa, DDS is located in Encino, California. “DNA vivos therapy is the biggest advancement to dentistry since the dental implant…and might be more important since the appliance can prevent tooth loss and the future need for tooth replacement. Many people who end up needing full mouth dental implants should have gotten a DNA 10-20 years prior”
What is the Vivos DNA Device?
The Daytime Nighttime Appliance (commonly known as DNA) is made up of a palatal expander, TMJ-TMD night guard, and a retainer. The DNA system can bring balance to the upper and lower jaws, while creating more space in the mouth for an optimum function of the tongue and to open the airways for better breathing, especially at night. This device has proven to be more effective than surgery when improving obstructive sleep apnea problems as well as TMJ. The Vivos DNA device has also been cleared by the FDA to treat obstructive sleep apnea.
The inventor of the Vivos DNA System is Dr. Dave Singh of Oral Systemic Link, where reviews of the device reflect its success. Unfortunately, many sleep specialists aren’t yet aware of this powerful device, and as such, we are doing our best to advance such a wonderful appliance to help people find a non-surgical TMJ relief option. Anyone who experiences snoring, TMJ pain, tooth wear issues, and bruxism should seek out this unique treatment. Furthermore, sleep doctors and TMJ specialists need to learn about this product’s benefits.
How does the DNA Help to Develop the Jaw and Upper Airway?
This removable appliance should be worn after dinner and during sleep to get a total of 10-12 hours per day at the least. At the instruction of Dr. Akraa, the patient can use a key every 1-2 weeks to slowly expand or open the device. During this time, the jawbones are given a light stretch that pushes them in an outward direction. The stretching pressure, in combination with tongue pressure contained in the springs set inside the appliance (as seen in the image above), allows for an increase in jaw volume and bone cell activity.
This specific development in the airway and jaws is also referred to as biomimetics — it describes how the device works and why this non-surgical option for sleep apnea and TMJ presents such a big opportunity for patients. After 6 to 8 weeks, your DNA appliance dentist will perform an evaluation and make adjustments to the bite on the night guard part of the device. This will keep the appliance balanced and will slowly and gently set it to a more forward jaw position. This treatment will have a total time of 6 to 18 months depending on the needed results.
Benefits that You May Enjoy Using DNA Device Therapy:
- Less and less migraine and headaches
- Provides pain relief for symptoms related to TMJ
- Reduces the fatigue on your jaw from TMD
- Improves problems due to obstructed airways and sleep apnea
- Reduces wear and tear on teeth
- Provides a painless and non-surgical treatment
- More open and larger sinus spaces lead to fewer headaches and sinus nfections
- Less dental work and fewer cavities
- Gives an improved posture
- An easy-to-use and removable device that only needs to be worn a few hours at a time and only during your treatment period, rather than the rest of your life
- Improves breathing through the nose
- Decreased or termination of snoring
- Provides a deeper sleep
- Brings an increase in energy
- Lowers anxiety levels
- Improves your metabolism
- Less root canal extractions
How Can DNA Treatment Correct UARS and TMD?
Sleep apnea and TMJ have these things in common: a small mouth with a small upper airway, deep and narrow palates with crowded teeth. As a result, individuals with these issues often don’t have enough space in the mouth for their tongue to fit as they sleep. When we’re in deep sleep, the tongue becomes relaxed and naturally falls into space where it has a better fit — the airway and throat. The palate refers to the base of the nose and the roof of the mouth. When it is described as “small,” this usually means a stuffy nasal passageway. There are times when “seasonal allergies” can be improved just by making more room for irritants to travel directly and pass through the nose and mouth. In contrast, a “large” month can mean a larger space in the sinus that drains better and results in fewer headaches and sinus infections.
Before and After Using DNA Appliances
Here are Important Things that the DNA Device Allows Your Dentist to do:
- Adds to the dimension of the airway and mouth while increasing its height, width, and depth. This device is able to create more space in the mouth to improve the structures of the jaws permanently, along with breathing spaces.
- Cures and corrects problems associated with TMJ through optimizing and adjusting the upper and lower jaw while you undertake treatment.
- The Vivos DNA system has been proven to be the most effective treatment to end teeth clenching.
The DNA System can Improve TMJ Disorder, Sleep Apnea, and Orthodontic Problems.
Patients have reaped such huge benefits from the DNA device that some have seen a complete stop to their sleep apnea and TMJ pain. This unique therapy has become a great tool for TMJ specialists. And while dentists don’t diagnose sleep apnea, they are now able to create bigger airways using this novel therapy.
As a result, many sleep apnea specialists look for dentists trained to use the DNA system. This solution can be used by children and adults of all ages, and because it is painless and comfortable, it can be worn during the evenings and while you sleep. There’s no better way to treat sleep apnea or TMJ-TMD symptoms better than the Vivos device since other corrective therapies will need aggressive surgery. This system will naturally correct facial proportions, the teeth’s alignment, the jaw’s balance, as well as the harmony, upper airway, and symmetry of the face.
No DNA Case is the Same
There is no quick and easy way to treat dental problems. While there are plenty of patients that have common OSA or TMJ symptoms, every case is unique and there are specific treatments with a specific design. And because some cases can be easy while some can be difficult, not all treatment plans and appliances are alike.
Requirements for Successful DNA Therapy:
- Making a diagnosis for every case and its specific problems.
- Providing the design for a DNA appliance to correct for facial and bone problems, since there are hundreds of DNA appliance designs.
While there have been orthopedic and craniofacial appliances such as ALF which came before DNA, it is currently the best treatment for sleep apnea, TMJ, and upper airway issues which are non-surgical.
mRNA vs Vivos DNA Therapy:
mRNA refers to a Vivos DNA system that has a built-in mechanism to stop the mandible or lower jaw from dropping backward at night.
Apart from this difference, it is the same as DNA.
As a counter, a rigid bite index is placed on the maxilla or upper jaw to hold it in a more forward position. This device has the same concept as a mandibular repositioning appliance or as a snore appliance.