Domenico Ciavarella, Mauro Lorusso, Alessandra Campobasso, Angela-Pia Cazzolla, Graziano Montaruli, Giuseppe Burlon, Eleonora Lo Muzio, Michele Laurenziello, Michele Tepedino
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the correlation between cephalometric skeletal parameters and Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome (OSAs) severity, in adult patients with OSAs. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred patients (94 males,6 females mean age 59,3) with diagnosis of OSAs were retrospectively enrolled. Each patient received Home Sleep Apnea Testing (HSAT) and latero-lateral radiograph. Eight cephalometric parameters (cranial deflection angle, saddle angle, articular angle, divergence angle, cranial base angle, skull base length, mandibular length, maxilla length) were analyzed and then related to Apnea/Hypopnea Index (AHI) and to the Oxygen Desaturation Index (ODI), recorded by HSAT...
December 2023: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry