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Prevalence and risks of habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in adult dental patients

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of habitual snoring and risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among dental patients and investigate factors associated with high-risk OSA. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry,...

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Autores principales: Al-Jewair, Thikriat S., Nazir, Mohammed A., Al-Masoud, Naif N., Alqahtani, Nasser D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26837402
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.12852
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author Al-Jewair, Thikriat S.
Nazir, Mohammed A.
Al-Masoud, Naif N.
Alqahtani, Nasser D.
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Nazir, Mohammed A.
Al-Masoud, Naif N.
Alqahtani, Nasser D.
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description OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of habitual snoring and risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among dental patients and investigate factors associated with high-risk OSA. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between October and December 2014. A total of 200 consecutive female and male dental patients were included in this study. Subjective and objective assessments were carried out. Habitual snoring and risk of OSA were assessed using the Arabic version of the Berlin questionnaire. Two trained investigators carried out the objective measurements of anthropometric data, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and clinical examination of upper-airway, and dental occlusion. RESULTS: Habitual snoring was present in 18.2% of the females and 81.8% of the males (p<0.05). Breathing pauses during sleep of more than once a week occurred in 9% (n=17) of the sample. Of the males, 78.3% were at high risk of OSA compared with 21.7% of the females. Multivariate analysis for risk of OSA revealed that obese patients were almost 10 times more likely to report OSA symptoms than their non-obese counterparts (odds ratio: 9.9, 95% confidence intervals: 4.4-22.1). Tongue indentations, tonsil size, and a high Epworth Sleepiness Scale score were also independent risks of OSA. CONCLUSION: Tongue indentations and tonsil grades III and IV were significantly associated with risk of OSA. This validates the important role of dentists in the recognition of the signs and symptoms of OSA.
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spelling pubmed-48009182016-04-01 Prevalence and risks of habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in adult dental patients Al-Jewair, Thikriat S. Nazir, Mohammed A. Al-Masoud, Naif N. Alqahtani, Nasser D. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of habitual snoring and risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among dental patients and investigate factors associated with high-risk OSA. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between October and December 2014. A total of 200 consecutive female and male dental patients were included in this study. Subjective and objective assessments were carried out. Habitual snoring and risk of OSA were assessed using the Arabic version of the Berlin questionnaire. Two trained investigators carried out the objective measurements of anthropometric data, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and clinical examination of upper-airway, and dental occlusion. RESULTS: Habitual snoring was present in 18.2% of the females and 81.8% of the males (p<0.05). Breathing pauses during sleep of more than once a week occurred in 9% (n=17) of the sample. Of the males, 78.3% were at high risk of OSA compared with 21.7% of the females. Multivariate analysis for risk of OSA revealed that obese patients were almost 10 times more likely to report OSA symptoms than their non-obese counterparts (odds ratio: 9.9, 95% confidence intervals: 4.4-22.1). Tongue indentations, tonsil size, and a high Epworth Sleepiness Scale score were also independent risks of OSA. CONCLUSION: Tongue indentations and tonsil grades III and IV were significantly associated with risk of OSA. This validates the important role of dentists in the recognition of the signs and symptoms of OSA. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4800918/ /pubmed/26837402 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.12852 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Al-Masoud, Naif N.
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title_fullStr Prevalence and risks of habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in adult dental patients
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and risks of habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in adult dental patients
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title_sort prevalence and risks of habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in adult dental patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26837402
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.12852
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