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Article: Research from University of Groningen reveals new findings on obstructive sleep apnea therapy.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 24, 2008
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A report, 'Obstructive sleep apnea therapy,' is newly published data in Journal of Dental Research. According to recent research from Groningen, Netherlands, "In clinical practice, oral appliances are used primarily for obstructive sleep apnea patients who do not respond to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. We hypothesized that an oral appliance is not inferior to CPAP in treating obstructive sleep apnea effectively."
"We randomly assigned 103 individuals to oral-appliance or CPAP therapy. Polysomnography after 8-12 weeks indicated that treatment was effective for 39 of 51 persons using the oral appliance (76.5%) and for 43 of 52 persons using ...