Sleep-Disordered Breathing - A Dental Perspective

Dipasha Rao; Bhagyalakshmi Avinash; N Raghunath; Vishal S Kudagi; Shruthi S Kumar; Karuna Oommen

doi:10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_564_21

Sleep-Disordered Breathing - A Dental Perspective

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S1082-S1086. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_564_21. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Authors

Dipasha Rao¹, Bhagyalakshmi Avinash¹, N Raghunath¹, Vishal S Kudagi¹, Shruthi S Kumar², Karuna Oommen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

What is Sleep Disordered Breathing? What are the causes of Sleep Disordered Breathing? What role does an Orthodontist play? The article aims at answering such questions and spreading the ideology and seriousness of this disorder. Normal sleep involves air passing through and going directly down to the lungs. With an obstructed airway, the structures in the back of the throat occlude the airway due to an inadequate motor tone of the tongue and airway dilator muscles, and thus, prevent the air from passing.

Keywords: Airway; apnea; sleep-disordered breathing.