Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Taking mandibular exercise about four weeks, before and after wearing OA
Taking placebo exercise about four weeks, before and after wearing OA
Sponsors
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have hope for oral appliance therapy 2. Patients who have more than 20 teeth (including the residual anterial teeth) 3. Patients from whom written informed consent is obtained in this study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. AHI<5, or AHI>30 and BMI>30 2. Patients who have received OSAS treatment such as surgery or OA therapy previously 3. Patients who have chronic nasal congestion, a high degree of tonsillar hypertrophy 4. Patients who will be received combined OA and nCPAP therapy 5. The amount of mandible protrusion is less than 4mm 6. Patients who have received drug therapy related sleep, temporomandibular symptom (hypnotic, analgesic, anxiolytic) 7. Diagnosed as mental disorders 8. Patients who drink alcohol in most of day 9. Patients who diagnosed temporomandibular disorders by the RDC/TMD in preoperative examination (except only the clicking ) 10. Patients who have suffered from pain in cervico-omo-section 11. Patients who need dental treatment for caries and periodontal disease in oral cavity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We evaluate after two weeks, one month and three months of wearing OA. Limitations of daily function (LDF-TMDQ), TMJ pain(VAS), The presence or absence of temporomandibular disorders by clinical examination, OA compliance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective daytime sleepiness (JESS), Subjective sleep quality(PSQI), Oral health-related quality of life (OHIP-J), Health-related quality of life (SF-36) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShusuke Inukai
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate school of Medical and Dental Sciences, Removable partial prosthodontics
Outcome results
None listed