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2. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   This reduces oxygen in the blood and causes arousal from sleep. The CPAP machine stops this phenomenon by delivering a stream of compressed air via a hose to a nasal pillow, nose mask, full-face mask, or hybrid, splinting the airway (keeping it open under air pressure) so that unobstructed breathing becomes possible, therefore reducing and/or ...

3. Continuous positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   A full face mask over the mouth and nose is another approach for people who breathe out of their mouths when they sleep. [13] Often, oral masks and naso-oral masks are used when nasal congestion or obstruction is an issue. [medical citation needed] There are also devices that combine nasal pressure with mandibular advancement devices (MAD).

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   2.0 CPAP Pillow. Ideal for side sleepers that use CPAP machines, this pillow has two side indents and a center indent for comfort in multiple sleeping positions and mask leak prevention.

5. Should You Tape Your Mouth Shut When You Sleep? - AOL

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   But if you’re low on saliva, mouth-taping isn’t the solution because most causes of dry mouth have nothing to do with mouth breathing. Rather, dry mouth is a side effect of over 600 ...

6. Elastomeric respirator - Wikipedia

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   mouth-bit respirators, which fit in the mouth with the nose pinched shut (escape only) quarter-mask or orinasal mask, covering the mouth and nose only; half-mask, from below the eyes to below the chin; fullface mask, from above the eyes to below the chin; Some elastomeric masks include one-way valves to let exhaled air out unfiltered.

7. Mandibular advancement splint - Wikipedia

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   The medical dental sleep appliance, or MDSA, was clinically proven to conclusively show in a large and complex randomized controlled study that CPAP and MAS are effective in treating sleep-disordered breathing in subjects with AHI 5–30. CPAP was thought to be more effective, but randomised control evidence (such as that reviewed in 2013 ...