Effects of an anteriorly titrated mandibular position on awake airway and obstructive sleep apnea severity

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 548-555

  Tsuiki, Satoru ^a   Lowe, Alan A ^a   Almeida, Fernanda R ^a   Fleetham, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CAVITY; ORTHODONTICS; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITION; PROSTHESIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TITRIMETRY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CEPHALOMETRY; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; PHARYNX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 2342592609     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2003.05.006     Document Type: Article

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