104 is semi ellipsoidal in shape the size of the lower implants 131 and the upper implant 104 are customized to account for differences in the size and shape of patients 39 mouths thereby ensuring that the lower implants 131 are positioned to impinge upon the undersurface of the patient 39 s tongue and the upper implant 104 is positioned to impinge upon the upper surface of the patient 39 s tongue for example the first and the third lower implants 101 103 have a diameter of 2 mm to 3 mm the second lower implant 102 has a diameter of 4 mm and the base portion of the upper implant 104 is an ellipse having a minor diameter from 2 mm to 4 mm and a major diameter from 0 5 inches to 1 0 inch referring now to fig2 there is shown an exploded view of an embodiment of an implant of the present system an illustrative embodiment of an implant 201 comprises a cap 202 or abutment that is securable to an abutment screw 203 or fastener via a connector the removable attachment between the cap 202 and the abutment screw 203 allows for differently sized and shaped caps 202 to be interchangeably secured to the screw 203 in order to customize the installation of the present system for each user in the depicted embodiment of the present invention the connector comprises a threaded connector 204 extending from undersurface of the cap 202 that engages with a complementary threaded recess 205 in the screw 203 in an alternative embodiment of the present invention.