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Review
. 2017 Nov;9(Suppl 1):S26-S28.
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_155_17.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Joseph Arnold  1 , M Sunilkumar  2 , V Krishna  3 , S P Yoganand  4 , M Sathish Kumar  5 , D Shanmugapriyan  6
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Review

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Joseph Arnold et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a potentially serious disorder attacking millions of people around the world. Many of these individuals are undiagnosed, and even though diagnosed often exhibit a poor compliance with the use of continuous positive airway pressure at nights, a very effective nonsurgical treatment. A variety of surgical procedures have been proposed to manage and treat OSA. This article throws insights into assessing the sites of obstruction and a number of surgical procedures designed to address OSA. The scope of this article is to provide information to dentists which enables them to identify the patients who have OSAS and to guide these patients in making informed decisions regarding treatment options.

Keywords: Apnea; obstructive sleep apnea; sleep; snoring.

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Figure 1
Anatomy of sleep apnea
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Figure 2
Sites of obstruction
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Figure 3
Evaluation of sleep chart
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