3Shape and OrthoApnea Join Forces to Help Improve Patients’ Sleep

New integration between OrthoApnea and 3Shape orthodontics enables dental professionals to send intraoral scans from their 3Shape TRIOS direct to OrthoApnea for the ordering and design of its new personalized sleep device for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (the “NOA”), just launched at the World Sleep Congress in Prague.
 
According to OrthoApnea, 3Shape TRIOS digital-impression-accuracy helps the sleep device maker to tailor each NOA device to the individual patient. OrthoApnea has reinvented the oral device concept using anatomical, craniofacial and biomechanical characteristics of the patient when creating its personalized mandibular advancement devices. The digitalization of this data is created in part by 3Shape TRIOS.
 
“3Shape TRIOS precision is a valuable asset for designing a device that integrates the individual anatomical and morphological features of each patient,” said Dr. Pedro Mayoral, board member of OrthoApnea’s Scientific Committee.
 
Because the 3Shape and OrthoApnea device manufacturing workflow is digital, it speeds up production turnaround time and get patients into sleep apnea therapy faster. ApneaDock, the online digital platform recently launched by OrthoApnea, allows doctors to easily manage their treatments and connects all specialists related to a patient.
 
“Each patient deserves a tailored and customized solution against this widespread sleep pathology. I am happy to express that the inputs obtained using 3Shape technologies have been of great help for designing “one NOA for each patient,” said Julio Moral, managing director of OrthoApnea.
 
“We are glad to join forces with OrthoApnea, an innovative company that uses 3Shape TRIOS intraoral scan data to help create this new and exciting solution for patient care: the NOA. TRIOS’ accuracy, ease of use, and its seamless connectivity with the widest selection of treatment options makes the TRIOS-powered digital workflow the choice of dental professionals,” Allan Hyldal, vice president of 3Shape.
 
OrthoApnea is a global company that develops, manufactures, and supplies intraoral devices for treating patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in more than 45 countries. Its devices are the result of more than 10 years of scientific research, multidisciplinary cooperation, and the use of digital and 3D printing technologies.
 
3Shape develops innovations that provide superior dental care for patients. Its portfolio of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions for the dental industry includes the multiple award-winning 3Shape TRIOS intraoral scanner, the upcoming 3Shape X1 CBCT scanner, and scanning and design software solutions for dental labs.
 
Two graduate students founded 3Shape in Denmark’s capital in 2000. Today, 3Shape has over 1,000 employees serving customers in over 100 countries from an ever-growing number of 3Shape offices around the world.