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Recreational Mechanic
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Northern Colorado, USA
Posts: 3,326
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You need a sleep study first. Depending on your AHI score then you can be evaluated on what type of device will work best for you.
Current research is showing lower AHI scores respond well to oral advancement appliances, midgrade AHI scores respond to CPAP better, and higher AHI scores respond to combination CPAP and Oral advancement device.
Without a current sleep study you are shooting in the dark. Any dentist trained in sleep medicine/dentistry should know this. It's below the standard of care to just go around sticking advancement devices in people without a sleep study. Some people even advocate another study after the device(s) to evaluate their effectiveness.
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