Open AccessImportance of cephalographs in diagnosis of patients with sleep apnea
Author(s) -
Nimma Vijaya Laxmi,
Harshavardhan Talla,
Deepika Meesala,
Shakuntala Soujanya,
Nithya Naomi,
Manasa Poosa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.166827
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep apnea , sleep (system call) , apnea , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , cardiology , computer science , operating system
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is considered to be a potentially life threatening disorder, which is characterized by repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep with cessation of breathing. The cephalometric method despite being a static, two-dimensional evaluation of dynamic three-dimensional structures of the head and neck is useful in diagnosing patients with OSA, as they have shown that significant differences exist between asymptomatic controls and patients with OSA.