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 MAATwo-piece MAA

Right-left directionShift to the right0.64 ± 0.4111.1 ± 2.49 **
Shift to the left0.79 ± 0.6711.4 ± 1.83 **
Anteroposterior directionMaximum jaw opening0.51 ± 0.381.71 ± 0.79NS
Lateral jaw movement0.32 ± 0.081.00 ± 0.66NS

Unit: mm, ** , NS: not significance.