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Selected Publications Since 2000

Lui, Y., Lowe, A.A., Zeng, X., Fu, M., and Fleetham, J.A.“Cephalometric Comparisons Between Chinese and Caucasian Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. 117:479-485, (2000).

Lowe, A.A., Sjöholm, T.T., Ryan, C.F., Fleetham, J.A., Ferguson, K.A., and Remmers, J.R., “Treatment, Airway and Compliance Effects of a Titratable Oral Appliance”, Sleep 23:Supp4: 172-178, (2000).

Liu, Y., Zeng, X., Fu, M., Huang, X. and Lowe, A.A. “Effects of a Mandibular Repositioner on Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop., 118:248-256, (2000).

Sjöholm, T.T., Lowe, A.A., Miyamoto, K., Fleetham, J., and Ryan, F. “Sleep Bruxism in Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing”, Arch. Oral Biol., 45:889-896, (2000).

Liu, Y. Park, Y, Lowe, A.A.,and Fleetham, J. A.., “Supine Cephalometric Analyses of an Adjustable Oral Appliance Used in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, Sleep and Breathing 4:59-66, (2000).

Lowe, A.A. “The Durability of Intraoral Devices for Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Another View”, J. Can. Dent. Assoc., 66:486-487, (2000).

Liu. Y, Lowe, A. A., Fleetham, J. A., and Park, Y., “Cephalometric and Phsiological Predictors of the Efficacy of an Adjustable Oral Appliance for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac Orthop. 120:639:647, (2001).

Tsuiki, S., Hiyama, S., Ono, T., Imamura, N., Ishiwata, Y., Kuroda, T., and Lowe, A. A., “Effects of a Titratable Oral Appliance on Supine Airway Size in Awake Non-apneic Individuals”, Sleep 24:554-560, (2001).

Almeida, F., Bittencourrt, L., Almeida, C., Tsuiki, S., Lowe, A. A., and Tufik, S. "Effects of Mandibular Posture on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and the Temporomandibular Joints in Patients Fitted with an Oral Appliance", Sleep 25(5):505-511, (2002)

Sjöholm, T.T., Piha, S.J., Mäntyvaara, J., Lehtinen, I., Polo, O. and Lowe, A.A. "Spectral Analysis of Circulation in Teethgrinders: Correlation with Masseter Activity during Sleep", J. Dent. Res., (2003).

Tsuiki, S., Almeida, F., Bhalla, P., Lowe, A. A., and Fleetham, J. A., “Supine-dependent Changes in Upper Airway Size in Awake Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients”, Sleep and Breathing, 7:43-50, (2003).

Tsuiki, S., Lowe, A. A., and Fleetham, J. A., “Effects of an Anteriorly-titrated Mandibular Position on Awake Airway and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity”, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop., 125:548-555, (2004).

Tsai, W.H., Vasquez, J.C., Oshima, T., Dort, L., Roycroft, B., Lowe, A.A., Hadjuk, E., and Remmers, J.E. “Remotely Controlled Mandibular Positioner Predicts Efficacy of Oral Appliances in Sleep Apnea”, Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care, In Press, (2004).

Tsuiki, S., Lowe, A. A., Almeida, F., Kawahata, N. and Fleetham, J. "Effects of Mandibular Advancement on Awake Airway Curvature and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity", European Respiratory Journal, 23(2): 263-8,(2004).

Cistulli, P., Gotsopoulos, H., Marklund, M. and Lowe, A. A. "Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Mandibular Repositioning Appliances", Sleep Medicine Reviews 8:443-457, (2004).

Almeida F.R., Lowe A.A., Tsuiki S., Otsuka R., Wong M., Fastlicht S., Ryan C.F. "Long Term Compliance and Side Effects of Oral Appliances Used for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome", J Clin Sleep Med, 1(2):143-152 (2005).

Tsuiki, S., Almeida, F., Lowe, A. A., Su, J. and Fleetham, J. A., “The Interaction Between Changes in Upright Mandibular Position and Supine Airway Size in OSA Patients”, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop., 128:504-512, (2005).

Lowe, A.A. "Orthodontists and Sleep-disordered Breathing", Am J Orth Dent Orthop, 129:194 (2006).

Almedia F.R., Lowe A.A., Sung J.O., Tsuiki S., Otsuka R. "Long-Term Sequellae of Oral Appliance Therapy in Obstuctive Sleep Apnea Patients. Part 1. Cephalometric Analysis", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial. Orthop., 129:195-204, (2006).

Almedia F.R., Lowe A.A., Otsuka R. Fastlicht S., Farbood M., Tsuiki S. "Long-Term Sequellae of Oral Appliance Therapy in Obstuctive Sleep Apnea Patients. Part 2. Study Model Analysis", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial. Orthop., 129:205-213, (2006).

Otsuka, R., Almeida, F., Lowe, A.A., and Ryan, F. "A Comparison of Responders and Non-responders to Oral Appliance Therapy Used for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop., 129:222-9, (2006).

Otsuka, R., Almeida, F., Lowe, A. A., Linden, W., Ryan, F., "The Effect of Oral Appliance Therapy on Blood Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath 10:29-36, (2006).

Almeida F.R., Ayas N.T., Otsuka, R, Ueda, H., Hamilton, P., Ryan, F and Lowe, A.A. "Nasal Pressure Recordings to Detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath 10:62-69, (2006)

Otsuka, R., Almeida, F., Lowe, A. A., "The Effects of Oral Appliance Therapy on Occlusal Function in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Short-Term Prospective Study", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. 131:176-83, (2007).

Tsuiki, S., Almeida, F.A., Lowe, A. A. and Inoue, Y., "Undergraduate Dental Education on Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea at The University of British Columbia", Sleep and Biological Rhythms 5:294-299, (2007).

Tsuiki, S., Ryan, C. F., Lowe, A. A. and Inoue, Y., "Functional Contribution of Mandibular Advancement to Awake Upper Airway Patency in Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep and Breathing, 11:245-251, (2007).

Ueda, H., Almeida F.R., Lowe, A.A. and Ruse N.D., "Changes in Occlusal Contact Area during Oral Appliance Therapy Assessed on Study Models", Angle Orthod, 78: 866-72, (2008).

Chen, H., Lowe, A.A., Almeida, F.A., Wong, M., Fleetham, J.A. and Wang, B. "3D Computer Assisted Study Model Analysis of Long Term Oral Appliance Wear - Part I: Methodology", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial Orthop, 134:393-407, (2008).

Chen, H., Lowe, A.A., Almeida, F.A., Fleetham, J.A. and Wang, B. "3D Computer-Assisted Study Model Analysis of Long Term Oral Appliance Wear - Part II: Side Effects of Oral Appliances in Sleep Apnea Patients", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial Orthop, 134:408-417, (2008).

Ueda, H., Almeida F.R., Chen, H. and Lowe, A.A. "The Effect of Two Jaw Exercises on Occlusal Function in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients during Oral Appliance Therapy - A Randomized Controlled Trial", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial Orthop., 135:430e1-430e7, (2009)

Chen, H., Lowe, A.A., Straus, A.M., Almeida, F. A., Ueda, H., Fleetham, J.A. and Wang, B. "Dental Changes Evaluated with a 3D Computer-Assisted Model Analysis After Long Term Tongue Retaining Device Wear in OSA Patients", Sleep and Breathing, 12:169-178, (2009).

Chen, H., Almeida, F., and Lowe, A.A., "Dental Changes Associated with Tongue Retaining Device Wear", Sleep and Breathing 13:111-112, (2009).

Ösbek, M.M., Memikoglu, T.U.F., Atac, A.T.A. and Lowe, A.A., "Stability of Maxillary Expansion and Tongue Posture", Angle Orthod., 79:214-220, (2009).

Almeida, F.R., Lowe, A.A., Sung, J.O., and Otsuka, R., "Long Term Sequellae of Oral Appliance Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients; Cephalometric Analysis", Amer Acad Dent Sleep med Dialogue, 4:8-17, (2009).

Almeida FR., Parker JA, Hodges JS, Lowe AA, Ferguson KA, "Effect of a Titration Polysomnogram on Treatment Success with a Mandibular Repositioning Appliance", Amer Acad Dent Sleep Med Dialogue, 2:10-16, (2009).

Almeida, F.R., Parker, J.A., Hodges, J., Lowe, A.A. and Ferguson, K.A., "Effect of a Titration Polysomnogram on Treatment Success with a Mandibular Repositioning Appliance", J Clin Sleep med., 5(3):198-204, (2010).

Chen, H., Lowe, A.A., Hamilton, P., Fleetham, J.A., and Almeida, F., "Evaluation of a Portable Recording Device Apnea Link^TM for Case Selection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath 13(3):213-219, (2010).

Tsuda H., Almeida FR, Masumi S., Lowe A.A., "Side Effects of Boil and Bite Type Oral Appliance Therapy in Sleep Apnea Patients", Sleep Breath, 14:227-232, (2010).

Tsuda H, Almeida FR, Tsuda T, Moritsuchi Y, Lowe AA. "Craniofacial Changes After Two Years of nCPAP Use in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients", Chest 138:870-874, (2010).

Tsuda H, Almeida FR, Tsuda T, Moritsuchi Y, Lowe AA. "Cephalometric Calcified Carotid Artery Atheromas in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath, 14:365-70, (2010).

Tsuda H, Almeida FR, Walton JN, Lowe AA. "Questionnaire-Based Study on Sleep-Disordered Breathing Among Edentulous Subjects in a Unversity Oral Health Center", Int J Prosthodont., 23:503-506,(2010).

Tsuda H, Almeida FR, Fastlicht S, Lowe AA. "The Correlation between Craniofacial Morphology and Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children in an Undergraduate Orthodontic Clinic", Sleep Breath, 15:163-171, (2011).

Almeida, F.A., Tsuiki, S., Ryan, C.F., Hattori, Y Takei, Y., Innoue, Y, Remmers, J. and Lowe, AA., "Dose-dependent Effects of Mandibular Protrusion on Genioglossus Muscle Activity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Eur Respir. J., 37:209-212, (2011).

Tsuda H, Almeida F.R., Lowe A.A., Fleetham J.A., Ayas N., "The Relationship between Mouth Opening and Sleep Stage-Related Sleep Disorder Breathing", J Clin Sleep Med., 7:181-186, (2011).

Fels, S., Stavness, I., Hannam, A.G., Lloyd, P., Anderson, C., Batty, H., Chen, H, Combe, C., Pang, T., Mandal, T., Teixeira, S., Green, R., Bridson, R., Lowe, A.A., Almeida, F., Fleetham, J. and Abugharbieh, R., "Advanced Tools for Biomechanical Modeling of the Oral, Pharyngeal and laryngeal Complex", Biomechanics, Healthcare and Information Science, (2011)

Ueda, H. and Lowe, A.A., "Occlusal Side Effects of Mandibular Repositioners", J Jap Orthod Soc., (2011).

Almeida, F., Furuyama, R., Chaccur, D., Lowe, A.A., Chen, H., Bittencourt, L., Frigeiro, M., Tsuda, H., "Complete Denture Wear During Sleep in Elderly Sleep Apnea Patients: a Preliminary Study", Sleep Breath., Epub ahead of print, September 21, (2011).

Chen, H., Fels, S., Pang, T., Tsou, L., Almeida, F. and Lowe, A.A., "Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Soft Palate Modeling from Subject Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data", Sleep Breath., Epub ahead of print, November 6, (2011).

Lowe, A.A., "The Orthodontist's Role in the Management of Sleep Apnea", PCSO Bulletin, 33-34, (2011).

Pliska, B.T., Lowe, A.A., Almeida, F.R., "The Orthodontist and the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient", Inter. J. Orthod., 23:19-22, (2012).

Henrich, N., Ayas, N., Marra, C., Lynd, L., Lowe, A.A., Tsuda, H., Fleetham, J., Pliska, B. and Almeida, F.R., "Patient Preferences and Experiences of CPAP and Oral Appliances for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Qualitative Analysis", Sleep Breath., Epub ahead of print, July 26., (2012).

Almedia, F.R., Mulgrew, A., Ayas, N., Tsuda, H., Lowe, A.A., Fox, N., Harrison, S., and Fleetham, J.A., "Mandibular Advancement Splint as Short-term Alternative Treatment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Already Treated with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure", J Clin Sleep Med., 9(4): 319-24, (2013).

Chen, H., and Lowe, A.A., "Updates in Oral Appliance Therapy for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath., Epub ahead of print, May 6, (2012).

Almeida, F.R., Lowe, A.A., and Gauthier L., "Guidelines for the Role of Dentists in the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Oral Appliances", College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia, Oct, (2012).

Lowe, A.A., "Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Case for Oral Appliances", Am. J. Orthod. Dentofacial. Orthop., 142:434, (2012).

Tsuda, H., Moritsushi, Y., Almeida, F.A., Lowe, A.A., and Tsuda, T., "The Relationship Between Cephalometric Carotid Artery Calcification and Framingham Risk Score Profile in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Sleep Breath., 17(3):1003-8, (2013).

Lowe, A.A., "Dentistrys' Role in Sleep-Disordered Breathing", J. Cranio. Prac., 31(2): 74-6, (2013).

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