| Project/Area Number |
21791890
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Prosthetic dentistry
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUNO Kentaro Osaka University, 歯学部附属病院, 医員 (50420451)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | 歯学 / 医療・福祉 / ストレス / 診断 / 睡眠障害 |
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| Research Abstract |
Predicting which patients will respond to oral appliance (OA) therapy in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not yet possible, although there are several studies of practice parameters predicting treatment outcome. We report herein additional data and findings for the purpose of predicting OA treatment outcome using nasendscopy. These results suggest that nasendoscopy of the velopharynx is more helpful than examining the oro-hypopharynx to predict oral appliance treatment outcome. Even severe OSA patients with clear airways that widened by advancing the mandible responded positively to OA therapy ; on the contrary, patients with narrowed airways that did not widen by advancing the mandible did not respond to OA therapy.
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