Abstract | BACKGROUND: A sleep study of a 56-year old male with excessive daytime sleepiness demonstrated an AHI of 16.4hr-1 with 13% of total sleep time in REM sleep and a mean oxygen desaturation (SpO2) of 86%. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: On intra- oral examination, it was found that the patient had maxillary hypoplasia and bilateral torus mandibularis. A 3D cone-beam CT (CBCT) scan was taken, and 28 craniofacial parameters were measured. Surgical reduction of the mandibular tori followed by biomimetic oral appliance therapy (BOAT) was initiated. After 14 months, a post-treatment CBCT scan revealed that 70% of parameters measured had improved. Therefore, another sleep study was performed with no device in the mouth. This follow-up home sleep test demonstrated that the AHI fell to 5.3hr-1hr; with 27% REM sleep, and a mean SpO2 of 93% without any device in the mouth. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that BOAT might be able to restore sleep in certain adult cases.
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Authors | G Dave Singh, Mark Kraver, Oleg Chernyshev |
Journal | Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice
(Cranio)
Vol. 37
Issue 2
Pg. 136-139
(Mar 2019)
ISSN: 2151-0903 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 29448905
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery, therapy)
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Male
- Mandible
(abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Maxilla
(abnormalities, diagnostic imaging)
- Middle Aged
- Oral Surgical Procedures
- Orthodontic Appliances, Functional
- Oximetry
- Sleep
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, rehabilitation, surgery)
- Sleep, REM
- Treatment Outcome
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