Principles of Oral Appliance Therapy for the Management of Snoring and Sleep Disordered Breathing

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Almeida, Fernanda R ^a   Lowe, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mandibular repositioning appliance; Oral appliance (OA); Sleep apnea; Snoring; Tongue retaining device; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449955234     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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