Preditores de sucesso dos pacientes hipopneicos e apneicos tratados com aparelhos intra-orais: revisão de literatura

Abstract

The Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) is a respiratory disorder characterized by repeated partial or complete obstructions of the Upper Airway Space (UAS) during sleep, which is essential to homeostasis. This literature review aimed to present the clinical characteristics, predictors for success of patients in therapy for OSAHS undergoing intra-oral appliances for mandibular advancement, minimizing the side effects that may inter- fere with adherence to long-term treatment. The patient with the most favorable characteris - tics for the use of intra-oral appliances in mandibular advancement is the one with normal BMI, free nasal breathing changes, such as hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids and deviated septum, facial pattern type I, dental relationship class II malocclusion, overjet and overbite and accentuated bearer of mild or moderate OSAHS.