Volume 109, Issue 6, Pages 1477-1483 (June 1996) A Crossover Study Comparing the Efficacy of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure With Anterior Mandibular Positioning Devices on Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Glenn T. Clark, DDS, MS, Israel Blumenfeld, DMD, Naama Yoffe, MD, Eli Peled, MD, Peretz Lavie, PhD CHEST Volume 109, Issue 6, Pages 1477-1483 (June 1996) DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.6.1477 Copyright © 1996 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 AMP is accomplished with a two-piece acrylic appliance. The jaws are held together with the use of interarch elastics and held forward with the Herbst attachments on each side. CHEST 1996 109, 1477-1483DOI: (10.1378/chest.109.6.1477) Copyright © 1996 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Pretreatment (center), CPAP (right), and AMP (left) AHI scores (n=21). CHEST 1996 109, 1477-1483DOI: (10.1378/chest.109.6.1477) Copyright © 1996 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions