Pilot study of a novel mandibular advancement device for the control of snoring

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 628-633

  Vanderveken, Olivier M ^a,b   Boudewyns, An N ^a   Braem, Marc J ^a   Okkerse, Walter ^a   Verbraecken, Johan A ^a   Willemen, Marc ^a   Wuyts, Floris L ^a,b   De Backer, Wilfried A ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost; Oral appliances; Patient satisfaction; Polysomnography; Prefabricated thermoplastic material; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOAPNEA; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASTICS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042745566     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310015984     Document Type: Article

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