Dental Considerations For Upper Airway Sleep Disorder Patients.

Sleep disorders are becoming a common medical problem. Multiple treatment options have been advocated including the use of dental devices. Dental practitioners becoming a part of the treatment team is again a problem because of the wide variety of dental devices available and the rapid advancement in the understanding of the disease. This article reviews the anatomy, physiology, etiopathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and various medical and dental treatment options.