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Mandibular Advancement Device
Aka: Mandibular Advancement Device
- Indications
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Not indicated for moderate to severe Sleep Apnea
- For mild Sleep Apnea or loud snoring only
- Mechanism
- Keeps Tongue and Mandible in forward position
- Preparations
- Fit by dentists and covered by most medical insurance
- Cost
- Average: $1200 if paid without insurance
- Efficacy
- More effective than UPPP procedure
- Normalization of Sleep Apnea with device: 63%
- Normalization of Sleep Apnea with UPPP: 33%
- Compliance was only 62%
- Walker-Engstrom (2002) Chest 121:739-46 [PubMed]