Successive Adjustable Mandibular Advancement Device For Preventing and Treatment of Snoring And Obstructive Sleep Apnea

摘要

The current invention relates to an adjustable mandibular advancement device with a unique combination of resilient hinging, dentition engagement and adjustability, to prevent or reduce Snoring and/or Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. The device is made of an upper member to engage the maxillary dentition and a lower member to engage with the mandibular dentition, the members connected by a resilient hinge with embedded adjustability. The adjustability is described by means of a concept of adjustability for the relative enlargement or diminution of the members of the device by a set of successive advancement mechanisms, in either combination or separately. By use of a thermoplastic material the device can be used in the outmost variability of the human dentition.