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Published on: December 6, 2016
Risk factors for the efficacy of oral appliance for treating obstructive sleep apnea: A preliminary study
Geun-Shin Lee1, Hye-Kyoung Kim1, Mee-Eun Kim1
1a Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry , Dankook University , Cheonan , South Korea.
Objective:
To identify potential risk factors of response to oral appliance in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Methods:
Fifteen OSA patients were enrolled. Clinical characteristics, cephalometric measurements, and the results of home sleep testing were retrospectively obtained at baseline, and a sleep test was done again at the end of treatment.
Results:
Twelve subjects were responders and three were non-responders. The diastolic blood pressure, minimum pulse rate, SNA (Angle between sella-nasion and nasion-A point), ANB (Anteroposterior maxilla/mandible discrepancy), and facial convexity of non-responders was higher than those of responders. Unlike AHI, non-responders showed a lower lowest oxygen saturation (%) than responders.
Discussion:
Elevated diastolic pressure and minimal pulse rate, higher skeletal convexity and lowered lowest oxygen saturation might be risk factors to oral appliance efficacy in the OSA patients. More research in a large sample is needed to verify the results of the current study.
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