Abstract
Background
Oral appliance (OA) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has only been part of Japan’s National Health care coverage plan since 2004. Subsequently, not enough time has passed to establish the medical trends and characteristics of OSA patients in Japanese Dental Hospitals.
Aim
The aim of this study was to investigate the medical trends and the characteristics in patients with OSA who visited our clinic, and to compare our findings with previous studies.
Setting and design
Epidemiological survey (retrospective study).
Materials and methods
Two hundred and one patients were recruited at the Internal Medicine Division in the Tsurumi University Dental Hospital from February 2006 to December 2008, consecutively. Patients received a medical interview, and a detailed sleep analysis that included a polysomnography (PSG) to verify the exact nature of their condition. The efficacy of OA was assessed in 49 patients who wore an OA and underwent PSG.
Results
Of all subjects, 141 patients visited the Prosthodontic Division to receive OA therapy, 38 patients were treated or received a follow up examination in the Internal Medicine Division. The dropout rate was 10.4% in the all subjects, 17.0% in patients who visited the Prosthodontic Division. The male-to-female ratio was 3.3:1, 3.0:1 in patients who visited the Prosthodontic Division. In addition, females had a lower rate of OAS severity than males. In our patients, the major complication was hypertension and cardiac disease. The success rate of OA was 75.5%.
Conclusion
This approach allowed us to reveal some of the trends and characteristics in our patients.
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Ishikawa, C., Shigeta, Y., Ogawa, T. et al. Investigation of trends and characteristics in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. J Indian Prosthodont Soc 10, 57–63 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-010-0012-2
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