We are a fee-for-service, out-of-network practice. Medical insurance rarely covers TMJ treatment and restricts oral appliances for sleep apnea, often requiring severe disease before approval. Staying out of network lets you and your provider decide your care. Medical plans may still contribute toward sleep apnea treatment, subject to deductibles; Medicare does not cover TMJ treatment.
For Patients
Welcome, New Patients
Your New Patient Form tells us your history, symptoms, and goals before you arrive, so your first visit starts with understanding, not paperwork. Please complete it within 24 hours of booking.
Getting Started
Your First Visit, Made Simple
Every new patient starts the same way: we want to understand your health history, symptoms, and goals before you ever sit in the chair. Your New Patient Form does that work in advance, so your visit becomes about answers and a plan, not paperwork.
Here is what happens before you arrive, and what to expect once you are here — from your first form to the moment you leave with a plan for your jaw, airway, or sleep.
What to Expect
Before Your Visit • At Your Visit
Getting Ready
A little preparation makes your first visit go faster and gives us more to work with.
What to do
- Complete your New Patient Form within 24 hours of booking
- Have your ID and insurance card ready
- Plan for about 90 minutes
Bring with you: your medications and supplements, any prior sleep study, imaging, or appliances, questions or symptoms you want to discuss.
Your Evaluation
Once you arrive, our team reviews your form and takes the time to get to know you.
Your evaluation
- Health history review
- Jaw, airway, and muscle exam
- 3D imaging or an airway scan where indicated
- Findings and your plan, explained
Who you’ll see: Dr. Gunnerson, Mindy Lunceford, RDH, and our care coordinator.
At a Glance
Your first visit, step by step
What happens between submitting your form and leaving with a plan.
Forms & Resources
Forms and Downloads
New Patient Forms
Complete your health history and consent forms online before your visit.
Pay with Cherry
Flexible monthly plans with quick approval and no hidden fees.
Notice of Privacy Practices
How we protect and use your health information.
Referring a Patient?
Send your patient’s information and what you would like us to evaluate.
What to Expect
How an evaluation works
Three steps, in order. Nothing is recommended until the first two are done.
Request an evaluation
Tell us what you are experiencing, in your own words. Call, text or send a message and we will arrange a time.
A comprehensive assessment
We examine the jaw, muscles, airway, sleep and oral function together and review your history.
A plan built on the findings
We explain what we found and what is contributing, then recommend care that fits it.
Payson, Utah
Forms Done? Your First Visit Is Next
We review every form before you arrive. Questions about the form or your appointment: call (385) 446-4947 or text (385) 458-3042.
Common Questions
Insurance & Financing Questions
Obstructive sleep apnea is a medical condition treated with an oral appliance, so only medical insurance applies, and it is subject to your annual deductible. We give you the documentation to submit a claim; once your deductible is met, plans generally cover more.
Because insurer rules make conservative care impractical: mild sleep apnea is not approved without a prior heart attack, stroke, or depression; appliance therapy is denied when TMD signs exist; and the billing codes for TMJ orthotics (S8262, 2015) and diagnostic CBCT (76102, 2022) were eliminated. We would rather treat early than wait for chronic disease.
No. Medicare does not cover TMJ/TMD treatment, so we cannot be a Medicare provider. Standards of care are set by licensed clinicians and by the American Boards of Craniofacial and Orofacial Pain, not by insurers. Most plans that cover TMJ surgery require the same non-surgical care they decline to pay for.