Position of Hyoid Bone Between Snorers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snorers without Obstructive Sleep Apnea-A Cephalometric Study Pradeep R. Mohan1,*, Kumar S. Kishore2 1Department of Orthodontics, Post Graduate, 2Professor and Vice Principal, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research *Corresponding Author: Dr. R. Mohan Pradeep Department of Orthodontics, Post Graduate, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Phone: 9047468514 Email: dr.mohanpradeep@gmail.com
Online published on 4 April, 2020. Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea is brought about by intermittent upper aviation route deterrent during sleep and it presents as loud snoring, blood vessel oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, and over the top daytime sleepiness. The lateral cephalogram is a routine diagnostic aid in orthodontics. It has been used extensively in the fields of orthodontics and anthropology to record craniofacial form. Recently, it has also suggested that cephalometry could be an adjunctive procedure for assessing craniofacial patterns associated with obstructive sleep apnea. This study was attempted to look at the craniofacial structures of Obstructive sleep apnea patients with those of basic snorers utilizing parallel cephalometric radiographs and to decide the hazard factors for Obstructive sleep apnea in a Dravidian population. Top Keywords Obstructive sleep apnea, hyoid bone, lateral cephalogram. Top |