CONSIDERATIONS ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STOMATOLOGIST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SLEEP PATHOLOGY
The implications of dental medicine in sleep disorders include quite few diseases. By the nature of his profession, the stomatologist may be the first to trace the possible modifications produced at the level of the oral cavity and of the upper aerial ducts of the patient. The role of dental me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academy of Romanian Scientists
2012-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Medical Dentistry |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijmd.ro/articole/282_77_pdfsam_IJMD%204-2012.pdf |
| Summary: | The implications of dental medicine in sleep disorders
include quite few diseases. By the nature of his profession,
the stomatologist may be the first to trace the possible
modifications produced at the level of the oral cavity and
of the upper aerial ducts of the patient.
The role of dental medicine in solving the problems of
sleep becomes increasingly important, the more so in the
management of snoring and of mild and moderate OSA.
The stomatologist may diagnose OSA, he may send the
patient to have his disease evaluated and assist its management |
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| ISSN: | 2066-6063 2066-6063 |