Do oral appliances enlarge the airway in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea? A prospective computerized tomographic study

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Gale, David J ^a   Sawyer, Richard H ^b   Woodcock, Ashley ^b   Stone, Patricia ^b   Thompson, Robin ^c   O'Brien, Kevin ^d  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034168828     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/22.2.159     Document Type: Article

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