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The following systematic reviews are available for the topic sleep apnea. Links to summaries of the systematic reviews are provided if available. These summaries are not developed by the ADA. In some cases, links are provided to the full-text copy of systematic reviews published in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).

Efficacy and co-morbidity of oral appliances in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea: a systematic review.
Hoekema A, Stegenga B, De Bont LG. Crit Rev Oral Biol Med 2004; 15(3): 137-55.

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Efficacy and comorbidity of oral appliances in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea: a systematic review and preliminary results of a randomized trial.
Hoekema A.  Sleep Breath 2006; 10(2): 102-3.

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Oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea.
Lim J, Lasserson TJ, Fleetham J, Wright J. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004 Oct 18;(4): CD004435.

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Oral appliances and functional orthopaedic appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea in children.
F. Carvalho, D. Lentini-Oliveira, M. Machado, G. Prado, L. Prado and H. Saconato. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007(2): p. CD005520.

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Oral appliances for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea: a review.
Ferguson KA, Cartwright R, Rogers R, Schmidt-Nowara W. Sleep 2006; 29(2): 244-62.

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