Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 132-158 , June 2009

Effects of Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD) on Airway Dimensions Assessed With Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

  • Jennifer A. Haskell

      Affiliations

    • Alumna, School of Dentistry and Graduate School, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr J. A. Haskell, Department of Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Center, 625 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14620
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  • John McCrillis

      Affiliations

    • Practitioner, Louisville, KY
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  • Bruce S. Haskell

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY and Div. of Orthodontics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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  • James P. Scheetz

      Affiliations

    • Professor, University of Louisville, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry, Louisville, KY
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  • William C. Scarfe

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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  • Allan G. Farman

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

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 The present study is currently under IRB approval at the University of Louisville as of April 20, 2006. It has undergone 2 annual reviews and is not due for another annual review until April 21, 2009. Risk to the subjects is from radiation exposure using a FDA/CDRH approved device. The short and long-term risks of somatic and genetic damage at the level used in this study are considered negligible.

PII: S1073-8746(09)00019-X

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2009.02.001

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 132-158 , June 2009

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