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This report presents a new digital workflow to design mandibular advancement devices using CAD-CAM technology, improving patient care.
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are disorders caused by atony of the upper airway dilator muscles leading to airway narrowing during sleep and affect approximately 47% of the population. Mandibular advancement devices (MADs) are widely recognized as an effective therapeutic option, consistently associated with higher patient satisfaction and accepted as a primary treatment alternative . However, information on digital workflows to produce MAD with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technology using a virtual articulator is lacking. The purpose of this report is to present a technique to design and mill MADs from intraoral scans using a user-friendly software of an integrated CAD-CAM system with virtual articulator.
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