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This interruption occurs because of the patient has narrowed airways and the upper airways muscles relax, closes in and blocks the airway. Therefore, any forces or reaction originated by the air flow dynamics over the relaxed upper airways muscles could make to close the upper airways, and consequently the air could not flow into your lungs, provoking sleep apnea. Fully describing the dynamic behavior of the airflow in this area is a severe challenge for the physicians. In this paper we explore the dynamic behavior of airflow in the upper airways of 6 patients suffering obstructive sleep apnea with\/without a mandibular advancement device using computational fluid dynamics. The development of flow unsteadiness from a laminar state at entry to the pharynx through to the turbulent character in the soft palate area is resolved using an\u00a0accurate numerical model. Combining the airflow solution with a geometrical analysis of the upper airways reveals the positive effects of mandibular advance device in the air flow behavior (pressure drop). 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