Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Comprehensive Review on its Diagnosis and Orthodontic Management
Author(s): Devashree Joshi*, Pratiksha Lakhe and Priyanka Niranjane
Abstract
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a respiratory sleep disorder that has serious consequences for one's health and the patients' quality of life. Orthodontists must recognise the disorder's signs and symptoms and offer orthopaedic, orthodontic, or surgical treatment between the jaws despite the fact that standard care is represented by orthodontics, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). Treatment with various oral appliances is possible with positive outcomes in carefully selected cases The main aim of this article is to explain the role of an orthodontist in the management of OSA, as well as a review of the main orthodontic therapeutic strategies that have been validated.