… , uncertainty about the influence of appliance design on treatment outcome and adverse …
therapy. These issues require resolution before oral appliance therapy can surpass CPAP …

… . The control device consisted of the upper appliance alone, which had no protrusive effect
… the efficacy of oral appliance therapy for OSA by comparing two appliances. With ethics …

… that oral-appliance therapy was not inferior to CPAP for effective treatment of obstructive
sleep apnea. However, subgroup analysis revealed that oral-appliance therapy was less …

… With growing evidence in favor of the acceptable efficacy of oral appliances,11,12 their pos…
of CPAP,13 we suggest that oral appliance therapy is a viable alternative to CPAP treatment …

… 2 Cistulli PA, Gotsopoulos H, Marklund M, Lowe AA: Treatment of snoring and obstructive
sleep apnea with mandibular repositioning appliances. Sleep Med Rev 2004; 8: 443– 457. …

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of bite opening induced by a mandibular
advancement splint (MAS) on efficacy and side effects in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. …

… 30 Pitsis AJ, Darendeliler MA, Gotsopoulos H, Petocz P, Cistulli PAEffect of vertical dimension
on efficacy of oral appliance therapy in obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care …

… appliance therapy resulted in an improvement in tension-anxiety and in a complex test of
divided attention and executive functioning. However, CPAP … with oral appliance therapy, the …

… In conclusion, we have demonstrated that oral appliance therapy improves upper airway
collapsibility during sleep in patients with OSA. The magnitude of improvement in UACP was …

… effects of oral appliance (OA) therapy on ambulatory blood pressure in patients with obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA). Eleven OSA patients who received OA therapy were prospectively …