Follow-up evaluations and assessment of efficacy is essential for a higher quality and successful oral appliance therapy.  TMJ, Head & Neck Pain Center is equipped with state of the art equipments including; Eccovision, Oximeter, Watch-Pat100, Electro-diagnostics, various imaging unit.

 

WATCH-PAT100; is a very advanaced and sophiscated but simple to use home sleep study unit.  It provides essential data including:  respiratory disturbance index (RDI/AHI), oxygen saturation level in the blood (SaO2), number of sleep hours and arousal event, sleep architecture (Wake, REM, Non-REM sleep stages), sleep position (prone, right, left, supine), and measure the loudness of snoring by decibel.

 

ECCOVISION (Pharyngometer, Rhinometer); is used for the objective assessment of the upper respiratory airway.  This equipment helps to measure the volume of airflow through the airway, illustrates structural and functional abnormalities in the airway, determines the most effective position of the jaw for maximum airflow, and guide for oral appliance construction.

 

ELECTRO-DIAGNOSTICS (Joint Vibration Analysis, Jaw Tracker, Electromyogram); is a high tech equipment to detect range of jaw joint movement, identify specific types of TMJ dysfunction, measure muscle tension in specific designated muscles.   

 

TMJ & AIRWAY IMAGING (Panogram, Cephalogram, Tomogram); is a valuable record to detect TMJ integrity, possible structural abnormalities in the pharyngeal airway, and bone deformities in the jaw, head, and neck region. 

 

Dr. Kim and all staff are highly trained, experienced, and certified to operate these equipments from manufacturers, and use for screening, examination, records keeping before and after treatment, oral appliance fabrication guide, evaluation of treatment outcome and progress, and long-term follow-up assessment.