Sleep Apnea Surgery

• Along with an interdisciplinary sleep disorders team, Dr. Nicholas Wilken and Dr. Gary Warburton provide skeletal surgical correction for sleep apnea. Maxillomandibular (upper and lower jaw) advancement is over 95 percent effective in its ability to significantly enlarge the upper airway and limit obstruction by moving the upper and lower jaws forward, thereby opening the airway during sleep

• Additional sleep apnea information is available from the University of Maryland Sleep Disorders Center and the American Sleep Apnea Association.