Oral appliances for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea: A review

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-262

  Ferguson, Kathleen A ^a   Cartwright, Rosalind ^b   Rogers, Robert ^c   Schmidt Nowara, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St Barnabas Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRUXISM; COST; DEVICE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR REPOSITIONING DEVICE; MUSCLE TONE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TONGUE; TONGUE REPOSITIONING DEVICE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; XEROSTOMIA; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE;

HUMANS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 33646899607     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.2.244     Document Type: Review

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