Dentists should participate in the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and socially disruptive snoring-findings from a survey of Scottish sleep specialists.
BACKGROUND
The attitudes of general dental practitioners and medical specialists to the provision of intra-oral appliances for the management of snoring and sleep apnoea Jauhar S, Lyons MF, Banham SW, Orchardson R, Livingston E. Br Dent J 2008;205(12):653-7.


METHODS
Mike T. John, DDS, PhD.


OBJECTIVE
Should dentists have a role in helping patients with either socially disruptive snoring or obstructive sleep apnea?


BACKGROUND
Information not available.


METHODS
Survey.


METHODS
Level 2: Limited quality, patient-oriented evidence.


METHODS
Not applicable.
John
Mike T
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Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 6-320d Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. mtjohn@umn.edu <mtjohn@umn.edu>