Treatment of Sleep Apnea with a New Separated Type of Dental Appliance (Mandibular Advancing Positioner)

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-319

  Esaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Kanegae, Hirotsuna ^a   Uchida, Takashi ^a   Mizuma, Hikari ^a   Sakamoto, Tetsuro ^a   Kameyama, Tadamitsu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalography; Dental appliance; Sleep apnea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0031310076     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.44.315     Document Type: Article

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