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Zorana Stamenkovic, Julio de Araujo Gurgel, Nenad Popovic and Nemanja Marinkovic
Aim of the study was to show the effect of skeletal Class II treatment with the mandibular anterior repositioning appliance (MARA) on the sagittal posterior airway space (PAS) diameter. A total of 53 patients were selected retrospectively: 26 male patien...
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Luiza Torres-Nunes, Patrícia Prado da Costa-Borges, Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos, José Alexandre Bachur, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo and Mario Bernardo-Filho
Background: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal disorder and is related to congenital heart disease, sleep disorders and obesity. Sleep problems are common in DS children, including obstructive sleep apnea. This study aimed to investigate t...
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Renáta Rozgonyi, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács and Béla Faludi
Diagnosis and effective treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) in adults is an important health priority. Home respiratory polygraphy is a cost-effective alternative to polysomnography in OSA. The aim of this study was to investigate the var...
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Zsofia Jokkel, Marcell Szily, Marton Piroska, Helga Szabó, Anita Hernyes, Gergely Szabó, Ildikó Kalina, Pál Maurovich-Horvat, David Laszlo Tarnoki and Adam Domonkos Tarnoki
Background: Recurrent upper airway obstruction during sleep is a common feature of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Risk factors for the development of OSA include obesity, male gender and smoking. In addition, anatomical factors contribute to the developm...
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Serena Incerti-Parenti, Maria Lavinia Bartolucci, Elena Biondi, Andrea Fiordelli, Corrado Paganelli and Giulio Alessandri-Bonetti
The Internet is a preferred source of health information. This study evaluated the quality, reliability and content of online audio-visual information on the mandibular advancement device (MAD) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). ?Mandibu...
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Giannicola Iannella, Giuseppe Magliulo, Antonio Greco, Marco de Vincentiis, Massimo Ralli, Antonino Maniaci, Annalisa Pace and Claudio Vicini
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is a respiratory sleep disorder characterized by partial or complete recurrent episodes of upper airway collapse that occur during the night. The OSA manifests with a reduction (hypopnea) or complete cessation (apne...
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Kenji Hamabe, Takahiro Emoto, Osamu Jinnouchi, Naoki Toda and Ikuji Kawata
The definitive diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is made using an overnight polysomnography (PSG) test. This test requires that a patient wears multiple measurement sensors during an overnight hospitalization. However, this setup impos...
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Lucia Memè, Sabina Saccomanno, Enrico M. Strappa, Francesco Sampalmieri, Fabrizio Bambini and Gianni Gallusi
Severe positional obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (POSAS) is a common clinical respiratory disorder with an incidence of 26.7% to 74.5%. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) combined with positional therapy is the gold standard of treatment. Howev...
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Haytham Jamil Alswairki, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Shaifulizan Ab Rahman, Rayan Alsuwailem and Sarah Hatab Alanazi
Upper airway assessment is particularly important in the daily work of orthodontists, because of its close connection with the development of craniofacial structures and with other pathologies such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). Three-dimens...
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Alaa Sheta, Hamza Turabieh, Thaer Thaher, Jingwei Too, Majdi Mafarja, Md Shafaeat Hossain and Salim R. Surani
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a well-known sleep ailment. OSA mostly occurs due to the shortage of oxygen for the human body, which causes several symptoms (i.e., low concentration, daytime sleepiness, and irritability). Discovering the existence of O...
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