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SUMMARY
Obstructive sleep apnea is when the patient's upper airway during sleep is blocked, resulting in
the almost complete stoppage of the flow of respired air. With a series of symptoms such as
snoring, sleepiness, during the day, morning headache, general malaise. The main causes for the
occurrence of the syndrome are obesity, alcohol, smoking, genetic factors, anatomical
abnormalities of the face and mouth as the adenoids, abnormalities of the nasal septum and
micrognathia. The effects of the syndrome may be socio-economic because they related of road
accidents, the patients can not respond to the work and charge bad cardiovascular system such as
heart hypertension, heart failure and even cause death. The doctor can make the diagnosis with
the patient's history, a physical exam and some special tests such as polysomnography. For the
treatment of the patient should they adopt new habits such as weight loss, side sleeping position
and avoid alcohol. Also the administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the
intraoral appliances (IAs) or surgery treatment.
Treatment with intraoral appliances (IAs) is simple, painless, economical and aesthetically
acceptable to patients. There are devices that hold the tongue forward, those that lift the soft
palate and devices promote the mandible forward, where they are widely used. They can be used
for any age. All intraoral devices have resulted in the release of airway occupied by relaxed
muscle tissue during sleep. The disadvantages of intraoral appliances have reported changes in
occlusion, gingival irritation and dryness of the mouth, which the regular visit to the specialist
dentist and the construction device from dental technician can be eliminated or may not exist.