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Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals
OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has an impact on an individual's quality of life and general health, and can also affect their oral health. The patient's experiences, together with intraoral signs and symptoms could indicate the presence of OSA. Knowledge that the patient has, or...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34791818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cre2.517 |
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author | Berggren, Kristina Broström, Anders Firestone, Allen Wright, Bridget Josefsson, Eva Lindmark, Ulrika |
author_facet | Berggren, Kristina Broström, Anders Firestone, Allen Wright, Bridget Josefsson, Eva Lindmark, Ulrika |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has an impact on an individual's quality of life and general health, and can also affect their oral health. The patient's experiences, together with intraoral signs and symptoms could indicate the presence of OSA. Knowledge that the patient has, or is at high risk for having OSA can help the dental healthcare provider maintain the oral health and general health for these patients. The purpose was to explore dentists and dental hygienists' experiences when encountering adult patients with potential, untreated and treated OSA. METHODS: A qualitative inductive approach was used. Experienced dentists and dental hygienists working within Swedish Public Dental Service were strategically selected. Semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews were performed followed by qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Interviews from 13 participants, seven dental hygienist and six dentists, led to three areas describing varied experience: Importance of the patient encounter and identifying intraoral signs both of which describe experiences related to the importance of the initial unstructured conversation and focused clinical assessments, and strategies for nurturing care which point to interest about care, treatment, and collaborations with medical health care providers. CONCLUSIONS: Dental professionals are not able to consistently recognize patients who have, or are at high risk for OSA. During the patient encounter, is it important to determine if a patient is at risk for, or has oral signs of OSA. |
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spelling | pubmed-88740382022-02-28 Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals Berggren, Kristina Broström, Anders Firestone, Allen Wright, Bridget Josefsson, Eva Lindmark, Ulrika Clin Exp Dent Res Original Articles OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has an impact on an individual's quality of life and general health, and can also affect their oral health. The patient's experiences, together with intraoral signs and symptoms could indicate the presence of OSA. Knowledge that the patient has, or is at high risk for having OSA can help the dental healthcare provider maintain the oral health and general health for these patients. The purpose was to explore dentists and dental hygienists' experiences when encountering adult patients with potential, untreated and treated OSA. METHODS: A qualitative inductive approach was used. Experienced dentists and dental hygienists working within Swedish Public Dental Service were strategically selected. Semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews were performed followed by qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Interviews from 13 participants, seven dental hygienist and six dentists, led to three areas describing varied experience: Importance of the patient encounter and identifying intraoral signs both of which describe experiences related to the importance of the initial unstructured conversation and focused clinical assessments, and strategies for nurturing care which point to interest about care, treatment, and collaborations with medical health care providers. CONCLUSIONS: Dental professionals are not able to consistently recognize patients who have, or are at high risk for OSA. During the patient encounter, is it important to determine if a patient is at risk for, or has oral signs of OSA. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8874038/ /pubmed/34791818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cre2.517 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Berggren, Kristina Broström, Anders Firestone, Allen Wright, Bridget Josefsson, Eva Lindmark, Ulrika Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title | Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title_full | Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title_fullStr | Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title_short | Oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—As described by dental professionals |
title_sort | oral health problems linked to obstructive sleep apnea are not always recognized within dental care—as described by dental professionals |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34791818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cre2.517 |
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