Research Article
Short-Term Change in Occlusal Function after Using Mandibular Advancement Appliance for Snoring: A Pilot Study
Table 1
The distance of mandibular movement with different MAAs during maximum voluntary effort.
| | | One-piece MAA | Two-piece MAA | |
| Right-left direction | Shift to the right | 0.64 ± 0.41 | 11.1 ± 2.49 |
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| Shift to the left | 0.79 ± 0.67 | 11.4 ± 1.83 |
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| Anteroposterior direction | Maximum jaw opening | 0.51 ± 0.38 | 1.71 ± 0.79 | NS | Lateral jaw movement | 0.32 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.66 | NS |
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Unit: mm, **, NS: not significance.
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