Surgery, oral devices associated with improvement in sleep breathing disorder
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 16:49
in Health & Medicine
Treatment with surgery or an oral appliance that adjusts the jaw is associated with improvements in obstructive sleep apnea, a condition caused by blocked upper airways in which patients periodically stop breathing during sleep, according to two reports in the May issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.