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Review Of Oral Appliance On Osa (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), Yuag-Chuan Wang, Hsin-Chung Cheng, Hsin-Chien Lee, Ti-Lain Lu, Chen-Fun Chen, I-Gun Chen
Review Of Oral Appliance On Osa (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), Yuag-Chuan Wang, Hsin-Chung Cheng, Hsin-Chien Lee, Ti-Lain Lu, Chen-Fun Chen, I-Gun Chen
Taiwanese Journal of Orthodontics
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common category of sleep-disordered breathing. The common signs of OSA include loud and irregular snoring and disturbed sleep due to the multiple awakenings. OSA is frequently associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Many studies have confirmed that there are clear benefits for patients who treated OSA. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard treatment for OSA, but there are many patients with OSA who are intolerant of CPAP therapy. Oral appliance treatment is alternative therapy for mild to moderate OSA. This article makes some literature reviews and discusses effect, mechanisms, clinical …
Literature Review: The Effect Of Maxillary Expansion On Upper Airway, Hsiu-Ching Ko, Mu-Hsiung Chen, Joung-Lin Liao, Man-Ching Cheng, Yu-Ling Huang
Literature Review: The Effect Of Maxillary Expansion On Upper Airway, Hsiu-Ching Ko, Mu-Hsiung Chen, Joung-Lin Liao, Man-Ching Cheng, Yu-Ling Huang
Taiwanese Journal of Orthodontics
Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) is a common method used by orthodontists to increase the transverse dimension of maxillary arch and arch perimeter, by a tooth-borne device to stretch the median palatal suture through the mechanical force. The orthopedic effects produced by the RME device include not only opening the median palatal suture, but also rotating the maxillary alveolar shelves, which has an influence on the adjacent sutures of facial skeleton and the morphology of nasal cavities. This article reviewed the impact of RME on the anatomy of upper airway, respiratory flow resistance, and clinical relation with the nasal airway obstruction …