A list of links to relevant research is listed below.
Peer-Reviewed Papers by Dr. Luco
Ontario Dental Association Journal May 2014
Ontario Dental Association Journal Screening Adult Patients for Sleep Disorders May 2015
Dental Sleep Practice.com/articles/Bruxism Missing Link Nov 2016
How Sleep Bruxism and Tension Headaches Effect the MIR June 2017
The relationship of the Trigeminal Cardiac Reflex to Sleep Bruxism May 2018
Treatment of Primary and Secondary Sleep-Related Bruxism with the Luco Hybrid OSA Appliance
Peer Reviewed Articles Written About Dr. Luco
About the Trigemino-Cardiac Reflex, their… June 2018
Website Articles about the Luco Hybrid OSA Appliance
Sleep Association.org the Luco Hybrid OSA Appliancel
Sleep Preview Mag Luco Hybrid OSA Appliance June 2015
- A mandibular advancement appliance reduces pain and rhythmic masticatory muscle activity in patients with morning headache.
- A significant increase in breathing amplitude precedes sleep bruxism.
- A two-dimensional gauge and protocol for fitting oral appliances used in treating sleep breathing disorders.
- Aggravation of respiratory disturbances by the use of an occlusal splint in apneic patients: a pilot study.
- Association between sleep bruxism, swallowing-related laryngeal movement, and sleep positions.
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring with Oral Appliance Therapy: An Update for 2015.
- Clonidine has a paradoxical effect on cyclic arousal and sleep bruxism during NREM sleep.
- Comparison of various treatments for sleep bruxism using determinants of number needed to treat and effect size.
- Consensus & Evidence-based INOSA Guidelines 2014 (First edition).
- Consensus and evidence-based Indian initiative on obstructive sleep apnea guidelines 2014 (first edition).
- Dental treatment for paediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
- Diagnostic accuracy of sleep bruxism scoring in absence of audio-video recording: a pilot study.
- Do Mandibular Advancement Devices Influence Patients' Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea? A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Analysis of the Upper Airway Volume.
- Does sleep differ among patients with common musculoskeletal pain disorders?
- Effect of an adjustable mandibular advancement appliance on sleep bruxism: a crossover sleep laboratory study.
- Efficacy of custom made oral appliance for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Evaluation of an oral appliance in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome intolerant to continuous positive airway pressure use: Preliminary results.
- Females with sleep bruxism show lower theta and alpha electroencephalographic activity irrespective of transient morning masticatory muscle pain.
- Follow-up study of dental and skeletal changes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome with long-term treatment with the Silensor appliance.
- Gaps in evidence: Management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea without tonsillar hypertrophy.
- Genesis of sleep bruxism: motor and autonomic-cardiac interactions
- How Sleep Bruxism and Tension/Migraine Headaches Affect the Masseter Inhibitory reflex
- Improvement of Cognitive and Psychomotor Performance in Patients with Mild to Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treated With Mandibular Advancement Device: A Prospective 1-Year Study.
- Is there a first night effect on sleep bruxism? A sleep laboratory study.
- Jaw-opening reflex and corticobulbar motor excitability changes during quiet sleep in non-human primates.
- Long-term efficacy of an oral appliance in early treated patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
- Management of sleep apnea: a critical look at intra-oral appliances.
- Mandibular advancement appliances for the treatment of paediatric obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review.
- Mandibular advancement splint (MAS) therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea--an overview and quality assessment of systematic reviews.
- Mechanisms associated with unusual orofacial pain.
- Office management of obstructive sleep apnoea: appliances.
- Oral Appliance for the Treatment of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Edentulous Patient.
- Oral Appliance for the Treatment of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Edentulous Patient.
- Oral Appliance Therapy in Patients With Daytime Sleepiness and Snoring or Mild to Moderate Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Oral appliances and the management of sleep bruxism in adults: a century of clinical applications and search for mechanisms.
- Oral dyskinesia: a clinical overview.
- Overview on Sleep Bruxism for Sleep Medicine Clinicians
- Polysomnographic investigation of sleep and respiratory parameters in women with temporomandibular pain disorders.
- Position paper by Canadian dental sleep medicine professionals on the role of different health care professionals in managing obstructive sleep apnea and snoring with oral appliances.
- Powered intracapsular tonsillotomy vs. conventional extracapsular tonsillectomy for pediatric OSA: A retrospective study about efficacy, complications and quality of life.
- Prediction of oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a preliminary study.
- Prediction of oral appliance treatment outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review.
- Prevalence and risk factors of sleep bruxism and wake-time tooth clenching in a 7- to 17-yr-old population.
- Reduction of sleep bruxism using a mandibular advancement device: an experimental controlled study.
- Sleep apnea and occupational accidents: Are oral appliances the solution?
- Sleep apnea and severe bradyarrhythmia--an alternative treatment option: a case report.
- Sleep bruxism and myofascial temporomandibular disorders: a laboratory-based polysomnographic investigation.
- Sleep Bruxism and Sleep-Disordered Breathing
- Sleep bruxism associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children.
- Sleep bruxism etiology: the evolution of a changing paradigm.
- Sleep Bruxism in Respiratory Medicine Practice.
- Sleep bruxism is associated with a rise in arterial blood pressure.
- Sleep bruxism, snoring, and headaches in adolescents: short-term effects of a mandibular advancement appliance.
- Sleep bruxism; an overview of an oromandibular sleep movement disorder. REVIEW ARTICLE.
- Sleep bruxism: a comprehensive overview for the dental clinician interested in sleep medicine.
- Sleep bruxism: an updated review of an old problem.
- Sleep less and bite more: sleep disorders associated with occlusal loads during sleep.
- Sleep-disordered breathing in Down syndrome.
- Temporal association between sleep apnea-hypopnea and sleep bruxism events.
- The effect of 2 sympatholytic medications--propranolol and clonidine--on sleep bruxism: experimental randomized controlled studies.
- The effect of treating obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure on depression and other subjective symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- The effectiveness of oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: A meta-analysis.
- The influence of a mandibular advancement plate on polysomnography in different grades of obstructive sleep apnea.
- The status of cephalometry in the prediction of non-CPAP treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea patients.
- Therapeutic efficacy of a hybrid mandibular advancement device in the management of obstructive sleep apnea assessed with acoustic reflection technique.
- Three-dimensional assessment of anatomical balance and oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnoea.
- Three-dimensional evaluation of upper airway in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome during oral appliance therapy.
- Tooth wear in young subjects: a discriminator between sleep bruxers and controls?
- Topical review: sleep bruxism and the role of peripheral sensory influences.
- Transient morning headache: recognizing the role of sleep bruxism and sleep-disordered breathing.
- Treatment of upper airway resistance syndrome in adults: Where do we stand?
- Understanding and managing the interaction between sleep and pain: an update for the dentist.
- Weak association between sleep bruxism and obstructive sleep apnea. A sleep laboratory study.
- Weighing the potential effectiveness of various treatments for sleep bruxism.