About The Vivos System®

Quote by Dr. Hansen (a Vivos Integrated Provider)

“Dentistry has a fantastic answer to the airway epidemic gripping the industrialized world. As dentists, we have long recognized the relationship between the mandible’s position and the patency of the airway. Historically we’ve made mandibular advancing devices (MADs) to help people “advance,” “reposition,” or “protrude” the lower jaw to keep their airway open at night when they are most susceptible to the airway closing off. These devices have been valuable, but they come with some drawbacks and don’t treat the root cause of the problem.

This root cause is a maxilla that is too small and a mandible that has to position itself back into the head to fit under that small maxilla, thus obstructing the airway. Because of this, most patients with airway constriction also have underlying TMJ problems. MAD appliances often need continual adjustments known as “titration” to further the mandible forward and/or create more vertical space. Eventually, those adjustments can no longer be done, and the effectiveness of the MAD appliance can erode. Further, that continual forward positioning at night and then backward positioning during the day puts considerable strain on TMJs that are already compromised and can be detrimental to the joints.

Vivos offers an appliance system and protocol that can potentially treat the underlying problem of the small maxilla while also including the mandibular advancing properties of the MADs. Our Revolutionary appliance technology, by incorporating our patented 3D axial springs and other design elements, evokes a specific and targeted epigenetic response that can remodel and enhance the bone and the airway. These biomimetic oral appliances allow for a treatment pathway that can potentially provide an endpoint where no further intervention is required. In addition, it creates the conditions necessary to greatly improve joint position and function.”