title: Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and hipoapnea syndrome with oral appliances.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea and hipoapnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a disorder that affects about 4% of the adult population, and besides the social problems associated to snoring and extreme day time sleepiness, it is preoccupying since it may cause pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through a literature review, we discuss the use of oral appliances to treat this condition, in regards of therapy effectiveness and limitations, main clinical symptoms, major occlusal side effects, rate of improvement and patient satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that the use of oral appliances should be a first choice treatment for mild to moderate OSAHS, being dental, joint and muscular discomforts, hypersalivation and xerostomia, the most frequent clinical symptoms, with light occlusal side effects that normally do not bother the patients, with a good degree of improvement and high satisfaction index.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina University, USA.
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Almeida
authors.forename: Andressa Otranto
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: de Britto Teixeira
authors.forename: Lívia Saladini
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Cátia Cardoso Abdo
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Quintão
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances / Q000009:adverse effects; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012913:Snoring / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy