| abstract |
Devices and methods for preventing or mitigating the occurrence of sleep breathing disorders use an extra-oral unit for detecting sounds from a sleeping patient and for sending commands to an intra-oral device for applying an electrical stimulation to one or more locations in the oral cavity of the patient. Similarly, bruxing and temporomandibular disorder can be mitigated or prevented by applying electrical stimulation to the oral cavity of a patient in response to the detection of pressure caused by bruxing activity or oral para-functional activity. The intra-oral unit includes a controller for controlling the generation of the electrical stimulation to be applied to the oral cavity of the patient, and first and second protective layers sealing the controller therebetween. |