Physician referral · Dental sleep medicine · New Jersey
A referral pathway for CPAP-intolerant OSA patients — with objective multi-night data returned to you on every case.
You diagnose and prescribe. We fit and manage a custom, titratable oral appliance under the joint AASM/AADSM guideline — and send you a before/after multi-night report (including hypoxic burden).
Seen within 5 business days of patient contact · Same-week confirmation to your office · FDA-cleared SleepImage ring (K182618) · Fee quoted to patient before any treatment
For sleep physicians, cardiology, primary care & ENT — not a patient intake page.
The problem we solve for your practice
Every sleep practice carries patients who declined, abandoned, or cannot tolerate PAP. They remain symptomatic. Airway.Dental is built for that panel: oral appliance therapy with dental-side surveillance and data you can act on.
Who to refer
• Diagnosed OSA + CPAP-intolerant or non-adherent
• Mild-to-moderate OSA who prefer OAT per your prescription
• Patients needing fitting, titration, and dental-side follow-up of a prescribed appliance
• Resistant-hypertension + diagnosed OSA off CPAP — we return nightly hypoxic-burden trends alongside the clinical picture you already manage
Explicit boundary: We do not diagnose sleep apnea. If the patient is not yet diagnosed, order a study first; then refer for appliance therapy and multi-night monitoring.
How co-management works
1. You prescribe — diagnosis and treatment selection remain yours.
2. We aim to see them within 5 business days of patient contact — Morristown or Metuchen, with same-week confirmation to your office by fax or email.
3. Custom titratable appliance — adjusted in small increments.
4. Objective verification — multi-night home recording with SleepImage (K182618).
5. Data back to you — plain-language before/after report: breathing disturbance, sleep quality, fragmentation, hypoxic burden. Patient returns to your care; their dental home is unchanged unless you prefer otherwise.
Why multi-night data
Night-to-night AHI variability is well documented. Single-night snapshots can mislead titration. We track 10–20 nights so you see a stable treatment response — including hypoxic burden, increasingly tied to cardiovascular outcomes.
What you receive on your patients — de-identified sample of a 23-night VTP™ report (shared with permission).
Open sample multi-night report (PDF)Ready to send a patient this week?
Download the fillable referral form and fax it with the Rx/order and the sleep study to (973) 993-1929. All referrals are handled by our Morristown office. A physician-ordered sleep study is required before referral. We aim to see referred patients within 5 business days of patient contact, with same-week confirmation to your office.
Download referral PDF · Email hello@airway.dental
Why refer for verified oral appliance care now
- More patients abandon or refuse PAP and stay symptomatic on your panel.
- Joint AASM/AADSM guidance supports custom oral appliances for appropriate OSA patients when you prescribe them.
- Single-night snapshots miss night-to-night variability; multi-night VTP™ data (including hypoxic burden) gives you a treatment response you can defend in follow-up.
- You keep diagnosis and longitudinal medical care; we handle dental fitting, titration, and objective reporting.
Questions from referring clinicians
Q: Do you diagnose OSA?
A: No. Diagnosis and treatment selection stay with you. Undiagnosed patients need a study first.
Q: How fast can you see my patient?
A: We aim to see referred patients within 5 business days of patient contact, with same-week confirmation to your office.
Q: What do I get back?
A: A plain-language before/after multi-night report (breathing disturbance, sleep quality, fragmentation, hypoxic burden). Sample PDF on this page.
Q: Will you take over the patient’s dental home?
A: No, unless you and the patient prefer otherwise. Appliance therapy is co-managed with you.
Q: Insurance / Medicare?
A: Fee-for-service; fee quoted before any treatment. Patient receives documentation (incl. E0486) for their own submission. Dr. Bishara is not enrolled with Medicare; Medicare patients are seen on the same private basis.
Q: Morristown or Metuchen?
A: Either. Note preferred location on the referral.
How to refer a patient
Download the fillable referral form and fax it with your Rx/order for oral appliance therapy and the sleep study. A physician-ordered sleep study is required before referral. We aim to see referred patients within 5 business days of patient contact, with same-week confirmation to your office.
Scan for the referral form, or type airway.dental/referral-form. Fill it in on screen, save, and fax it with the sleep study.
Classic path: Fax (973) 993-1929 · Call (973) 993-8303 · Email hello@airway.dental
Send: Rx/order for OAT + recent study + patient contact.
Morristown — 89 Washington St, Morristown NJ 07960
Metuchen — 26 Bridge St, Metuchen NJ 08840
All referrals, calls and scheduling go through Morristown: call (973) 993-8303 · fax (973) 993-1929
Start a referral: we’ll call your office
Leave your practice details and Dr. Bishara’s office will call within 1 business day to arrange the referral. Please don’t include any patient information here; patient details go by fax with the referral form.
Fees (so there are no surprises for your patient)
Fee-for-service. We do not participate with plans or submit claims. Fee is quoted before any treatment. Patient receives itemised statement (incl. E0486), your diagnosis, and letter of medical necessity for their own submission. Dr. Bishara is not enrolled with Medicare; Medicare patients are seen on the same private basis.
Visit our office / lunch & learn
Glad to visit your practice. Request a 15-minute intro or bring a case — office-to-office.
Request an office visitAirway.Dental · Thomas Bishara, DMD
89 Washington St, Morristown NJ 07960 · 26 Bridge St, Metuchen NJ 08840
(973) 993-8303 · hello@airway.dental
Oral appliance therapy per joint AASM/AADSM guideline (Ramar et al., JCSM 2015). SleepImage FDA clearance K182618. No in-house diagnostic sleep testing for diagnosis.