Background Sleep-disordered breathing includes snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Treatments include continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), oral appliances, and surgery. The effectiveness of oral appliances has been attributed to their ability to enlarge the upper airway patency at multiple...
Oral Appliances Improve Sleep Quality in Japanese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Oral appliance (OA) is known to be beneficial to improve the severity of obstructive sleep apnea. However, its effect on sleep quality in patients with OSA has to be elucidated. Ten patients with OSA underwent...
The mRNA oral appliance for treating obstructive sleep apnea. [Image courtesy of Vivos Therapeutics] Vivos Therapeutics (Nasdaq:VVOS) announced today that the FDA cleared its removable CARE oral devices for treating severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The CARE (complete airway repositioning and/o...
Oral appliances (OAs) are widely used for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), both as primary therapy and as an alternative for patients who are unwilling or unable to tolerate...doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6578-6_36John A. Fleetham...
ORAL DEVICE THERAPY FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA Pakistan Oral & Dental JournalSHDYFAT, NABEELAL-SHORMAN, IBRAHIM SULEIMAN
Oral appliances (OAs) are prescribed for the treatment of snoring and mild/moderate obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea (OSAH). In general, OAs increase the size of the upper airway by advancing either the mandible or the tongue. Mandibular advancement OAs are the most widely used type of OAs. ...
Oral appliance therapy is a popular alternative to CPAP treatment for snoring. There are many options, and your dentist can help you choose which sleep apnea appliance will be best for your obstructive sleep apnea.
A sleep study must first be performed in order to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea, to ensure other sleep disorders are not at play and to evaluate the effectiveness of oral appliance therapy. Treating just snoring with a custom oral appliance or snoring mouth guard can dangerously mask or worsen...
Background: In oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), treatment success is arbitrarily defined. We investigated if the selection of response criteria affected the success rate of oral appliance treatment. Methods: The effects of an oral appliance on apnea–hypopnea index (AHI)...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of oral appliance (OA) treatment for subjects with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to determine the dental parameters associated with treatment outcomes. Study design This study uses a prospective longitudinal design. Methods Consecutive ...