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Pillar Brochure

Read this Physician's Brochure about the Pillar Implant Procedure.

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You're not the worst….The 1986 Guiness Book of World Records reports the loudest snore was 87.5 decibels recorded June 28, 1984 recorded from Melvyn Switzer of Hampshire, England. His wife was deaf in one ear.
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Current Methods of Management:

Medical:

  • CPAP/BIPAP *
  • Weight loss
  • Sleep hygiene
  • Dental splints or tongue retaining devices
  • Nasopharyngeal tubes

*This modality has become the mainstay of treatment in most patients with SDB

Surgical:

  1. Tracheotomy
  2. Nasal
  3. Palatal
  4. Tongue reduction
  5. Genioglossus advancement-Hyoid ( GAHM )
  6. Bimaxillary advancement ( MMO )