Abstract
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) describes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a sleep-related breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe. This causes multiple episodes of hyperarousal or wakefulness from sleep, which leads to a decrease in the quality of sleep, leading to daytime sleepiness, increased affinity to accidents, and cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and stroke. It is measured using the apnea-hypopnea index, that is, the number of sleep arousals in a given night. Possible risk factors for the disease include obesity (body mass index of ≥30), older age, Down’s syndrome, family history of OSA, and abnormal craniofacial features. Treatment options include continuous positive airway pressure, weight loss, oral devices, surgeries of the soft palate and/or genioglossus muscle, and maxilla-mandibular advancements. This review aims to address the oral diagnosis and dental treatment of OSA.
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