[Orthodontic treatment in children suffering from obstructive sleep apnea]. / Traitement orthodontique chez l'enfant porteur d'un syndrome d'apnées obstructives du sommeil.

The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) may affect children, especially those with dentofacial disharmonies. Dentofacial orthopedic (DFO) treatments carried out in those patients must take this condition into account and can, in selected cases, improve or even treat the OSAS. The goal of our work was to report our experience about DFO treatments of children affected by OSAS in the department of maxillofacial surgery of Femme-Mère-Enfant hospital of university hospitals of Lyon, France.