Peer-Reviewed Studies

• Health Outcomes of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure versus Oral Appliance Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Comparison of effects of OSA treatment by MAD and by CPAP on cardiac autonomic function during daytime

• Oral Appliance Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Mandibular advancement Device vs CPAP in the treatment of OSA

• Objective Measurement of Therapeutic Effectives of CPAP vs OAT

• Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Influence of nasal resistance on oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea

Biao Zeng, MD, PhD, Andrew T. Ng, MBBS, Jin Qian, MBiomedEng, Peter Petocz, PhD, M. Ali Darendaliler, PhD, Peter A Cistulli, MBBS, PhD SLEEP 2008; 31 (4): 543 – 547. Centre for Sleep Health & Research, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia.

• Oral Appliance Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A Hoekema PhD thesis, University Medical Centre Groningen Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. pp 110 (2007)

• Dental appliance treatment for obstructive sleep apnea
  

Chan AS, Lee RW, Cistulli PA CHEST. 2007 Aug; 132(2): 693-9. Centre for Sleep Health and Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards NSW 2065, Australia.

• Use of flow-volume curves to predict oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea
  

Zeng B, Ng AT, Darendeliler MA, Petocz P, Cistulli PA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr 1;175(7):726-30. Centre for Sleep Health and Research, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

• Position paper on the use of mandibular advancement devices in adults with sleep-related breathing disorders
  

Susanne Schwarting & Ulrich Huebers & Markus Heise & Joerg Schlieper & Andreas Hauschild
Published online: 27 April 2007 # Springer-Verlag 2007
A position paper of the German Society of Dental Sleep Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft Zahnaerztliche Schlafmedizin, DGZS)

• Oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea – Cochrane Database
  

Lim J, Lasserson TJ, Fleetham J, Wright J.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jan 25
Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK.

• Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Oral Appliances_An Update for 2005
  

Kushida CA; Morgenthaler TI; Littner MR et al. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Report —AASM Practice Parameters. An Update for 2005. SLEEP 2006; 29(2): 240-243

• Case Control Study in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing with a Mandibular Protrusive Appliance
  

Edmund C. Rose1, Martin Germann2, Stephan Sorichter2, Irmtrud E. Jonas1 Department of Orthodontics, University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany, Department of Pneumology, Sleep Laboratory, University of Freiburg English version revised by Carol Cürten, Freiburg/Br. Received: July 2, 2004; accepted: September 6, 2004

• Oral appliance therapy reduces blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea_a randomized, controlled trial
  

Gotsopoulos H, Kelly JJ, Cistulli PA. Sleep. 2004 Aug 1;27(5):934-41. Department of Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, St George Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia.

• Effect of oral appliance therapy on upper airway collapsibility in obstructive sleep apnea
  

Ng AT, Gotsopoulos H, Qian J, Cistulli PA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jul 15;168(2):238-41 Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. George Hospital, Belgrave Street, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia.

• Effect of vertical dimension on efficacy of oral appliance therapy in obstructive sleep apnea
  

Andrew J. Pitsis, M. Ali Darendeliler, Helen Gotsopoulos, Peter Petocz and Peter A. Cistulli Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002 Sep 15;166 (6): 860-4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Sleep Disorders and Respiratory Failure, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Kogarah; Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney; and Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• An individually adjustable oral appliance vs continuous positive airway pressure in mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
  

Randerath WJ, Heise M, Hinz R, Ruehle KH. Klinik Ambrock, Hagen, CHEST. 2002 Aug;122, Germany.

• 4-year follow-up of treatment with dental appliance or uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in patients with obstructive sleep apnea_a randomized study.
  

Walker-Engström ML, Tegelberg A, Wilhelmsson B, Ringqvist I. CHEST. 2002 Mar;121(3):739-46. Center for Clinical Research, Central Hospital, Västerås, Uppsala University, Sweden.

• Oral appliance therapy improves symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea A randomised controlled trial
  

Helen Gotsopoulos, Carol Chen, Jin Qian and Peter A. Cistulli Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Vol 166. pp. 743-748, (2002) © 2002 American Thoracic Society Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Sleep Disorders and Respiratory Failure, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Kogarah, Australia

• A randomised, controlled study of a mandibular advancement splint for obstructive sleep apnea
  

Atul Mehta, Jin Qian, Peter Petocz, M. Ali Darendeliler, And Peter A. Cistulli Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 163, Number 6, May 2001, 1457-1461 Centre for Sleep Disorders and Respiratory Failure, Department of Respiratory Medicine, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, and School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

• Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by rapid maxillary expansion
  

Cistulli PA, Palmisano RG, Poole MD. SLEEP. 1998 Dec 15;21(8):831-5 Centre for Sleep Disorders & Respiratory Failure, St George Hospital, NSW, Australia.