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Published on: December 6, 2016
Sleep apnoea from a dentist's point of view
Marcela Šestáková1, Alexandra Janíčková2, Eleonóra Ivančová3
1First Dental Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University and Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to confirm the relevance of knowledge a dentist has regarding obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), considering the fact that based on specific risk factors a dentist may be the first clinician to identify patients who are at risk of being affected by this serious condition.
Methods:
The cohort consisted of 53 subjects who underwent a routine dental examination. Anthropometric data and data on tongue size (Mallampati classification), tonsil size (Friedman classification), daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) and systemic risk factors were recorded in a record sheet. On the basis of the monitored parameters, selected subjects underwent polysomnography in order to objectivise the parameters observed.
Results:
Polysomnography confirmed a 96% success rate in our identifying subjects as being at high risk of developing OSA. This indicates that the parameters monitored during a routine dental examination were properly selected to identify patients with this condition in advance.
Conclusion:
The relevance of information dentists have about the early identification of patients with OSA may be crucial in the management of further therapy to be provided to these patients.
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