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2. Mandibular advancement splint - Wikipedia

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   Mandibular advancement splint. A mandibular splint or mandibular advancement splint is a prescription custom-made medical device worn in the mouth used to treat sleep-related breathing disorders including: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring, and TMJ disorders. These devices are also known as mandibular advancement devices, sleep apnea oral ...

3. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   These devices can be fabricated by a general dentist. Oral appliance therapy (OAT) is usually successful in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. [98] [99] While CPAP is more effective for sleep apnea than oral appliances, oral appliances do improve sleepiness and quality of life and are often better tolerated than CPAP. [99]

4. What is Sleep Apnea? Symptoms & Treatment Options - AOL

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   Morning headaches. Insomnia. Anxiety. Depression. It’s difficult to notice the symptoms of sleep apnea at night. If you sleep with a partner, ask them to look out for signs of sleep apnea, like ...

5. Maxillomandibular advancement - Wikipedia

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   Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) or orthognathic surgery, also sometimes called bimaxillary advancement (Bi-Max), or maxillomandibular osteotomy (MMO), is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery which moves the upper jaw (maxilla) and the lower jaw (mandible) forward. The procedure was first used to correct deformities of the facial skeleton ...

6. US FDA clears Vivos Therapeutics' oral device for sleep apnea

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   Shares of the medical device maker more than doubled to $9.12 in premarket trading. The clearance is the first ever for an oral appliance, along with a mode of respiratory ventilation or exercise ...

7. Herbst appliance - Wikipedia

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   The Herbst appliance is an orthodontic appliance used by orthodontists to correct class 2 retrognathic mandible in a growing patient, meaning that the lower jaw is too far back. This is also called bitejumping. Herbst appliance parts include stainless steel surgical frameworks that are secured onto the teeth by bands (steel rings that go around ...