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ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2017

Will wearing dentures affect edentulous patients' breathing during sleep?

Qiuwen Chen, Dong Zou, Hailan Feng, Shaoxia Pan

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Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Association of edentulism and obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review.Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists · 2025
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4 authors.

Qiuwen ChenDepartment of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China.
Dong ZouNational Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Hailan FengBeijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Shaoxia PanDepartment of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China. panshaoxia@vip.163.com.

Funding

Fund of Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology PKUSS20120209, PKUSS20140211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposesThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of wearing dentures on obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea among completely edentulous patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A self-controlled study was conducted among 30 edentulous patients. Polysomnograms were recorded in the sleep laboratory on two consecutive nights. Participants slept with their dentures in one night and without dentures in the other. The apnea and hypopnea index (AHI), lowest oxygen saturation (L-SpO

resultsAmong the edentulous participants, 24 showed a higher AHI when sleeping with dentures. The average AHI for all 30 participants was significantly higher when they slept with dentures than without dentures (16.3 ± 14.7 vs 13.4 ± 14.0/h, P < 0.05). Participants in the non-obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (non-OSAHS) subgroup (AHI <5 when sleeping without dentures) had a significant increase in AHI when sleeping with dentures, and nearly half of them (5 out of 11) reached the diagnostic standard for OSAHS (AHI >5). A higher morning diastolic blood pressure was recorded when participants slept with dentures (P < 0.05), while no significant difference was found in the L-SpO

conclusionsWearing dentures can lead to significant increase of AHI and diastolic MBP among edentulous people. Hence, we suggest that Chinese edentulous people should remove their dentures before sleep.

trial registrationChiCTR-IOR-16008404.

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DenturesRespirationAgedFemaleHumansMaleMouth, EdentulousPolysomnographyRandom AllocationSleepSleep Apnea, ObstructiveComplete denturesEdentulismObstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)Polysomnogram (PSG)

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