Effectiveness of a tongue-retaining device

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-332

  Higurashi, Naoki ^a,c   Kikuchi, Makoto ^a   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^b   Itasaka, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a Cosmos Orthodontic Office ^*  (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Eguchi BLDG 2F ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Oral appliance; Tongue retaining device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPLINTS; TONGUE; TONGUE HABITS;

EID: 0036314020     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01003.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Oral appliances for the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea: A review
4. Facial patterns of obstructive sleep apnea patients using Ricketts' method