Oral appliance therapy for the management of sleep disordered breathing: An overview

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Rogers, Robert R ^a,b  

^a St Barnabas Medical Center   (United States)

^b Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental appliances; Oral appliances; Sleep apnea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004512885     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03045027     Document Type: Article

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