Jeff Wyscarver with DDMEonline.com developed this presentation to describe in detail Apnea Bruxism Index (ABI). ABI is the newest index in the vocabulary of the sleep diagnostician and references the relationship between Obstructive sleep Apnea and Sleep Bruxism

1. Apnea Bruxism Index
ABi™
Jeffory Wyscarver, RPSGT

2. ABi™ Apnea Bruxism Index
The number of bruxism associated with obstructive sleep apnea
Apnea Idiopathic The wisdom to
Associated bruxism or know the
with Bruxism TMD difference
High ABi™ indicates teeth grinding is an arousal response secondary to OSA
Low or no ABi™ indicates a separate and distinct disorder

3. Correlated teeth grinding
Bruxism associated with
OSA

4. Idiopathic teeth grinding
Idiopathic Bruxism - TMD

5. The wisdom to know the
difference
Knowing the difference can influence whether you are treating
2 separate disorders or OSA with a symptom of teeth grinding
as an arousal response.

6. Collecting the data
Add the following step to your normal T3 set up process
(The rest of the set up for the T3 is the same)
Select “Submental, 200Hz
Place a check for “Channel 1”

7. Attaching the Bruxism lead

8. Attaching the Bruxism lead

12. Tonic
Phasic

13. Tonic

14. Phasic