Talks：

MFT / oral device in Treatment of OSA

Name：

莊麗娟(Li-Chuan Chuang)

Position：

The chief and program director

Affiliation：

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou-Taipei-Taoyuan

Email：

soleus34@yahoo.com.tw

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Research Interests：

Oral appliance for pediatric sleep obstructive apnea

Selected Publications：

1. Huang YS, Chuang LC, Michèle Hervy-Auboiron, Teresa Paiva, Cheng-Hui Lin, Christian Guilleminault *. Neutral supporting mandibular advancement device with tongue bead for passive myofunctional therapy: A long term follow-up study. Sleep medicine (in press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.09.013 2. Hsu SC, Huang YS, Christian Guilleminault, Chuang LC*. Myofunctional Therapy Role in Pediatric OSA. Sleep Med Clin (in press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2018.10.004 3. Chuang LC, Lian YC, Michèle Hervy-Auboiron, Christian Guilleminault, Huang YS*. Passive myofunctional therapy applied on children with obstructive sleep apnea: a 6 months follow-up. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (2017) 116: 536-541 4. Lian YC, Huang YS, Christian Guilleminault, Chen KT, Michèle Hervy-Auboiron, Chuang LC*, Aileen I. Tsai. The preliminary results of the differences in craniofacial and airway morphology between preterm and full-term children with obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of Dental Sciences(2017)12:253-260

Abstract：

Using a specialized oral device to perform myofunctional therapy during sleep could improve the breathing during sleep of children with obstructive sleep apnea. The oral appliance is a one-piece, custom-made adjustable oral device for advancing the mandible. A bead (red arrow) is mounted on the lower part of the frame for the tip of the tongue to roll, which in turn places the tongue in a forward position so as to open the airway.