The efficacy of a mandibular advancement splint in relation to cephalometric variables

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 115-124

  Skinner, Margot A ^a,d   Robertson, Christopher J ^b   Kingshott, Ruth N ^a   Jones, David R ^c   Taylor, D Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Mandibular splint; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL SPLINTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036743019     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34313     Document Type: Article

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