ArticleOral health & preventive dentistry2022
Screening for the Risk of OSA in Periodontitis Patients. A Pilot Study.
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- Exploring the Link Between Inflammatory Gene Variants and Phenotypes of Periodontal Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Sleep and periodontal health.Periodontology 2000 · 2024Review
- Clinical and radiographic periodontal status in hypertensive patients with or without obstructive sleep apnea 10 years after diagnosis and CPAP initiation.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Cryptic Oral Microbiota: What Is Its Role as Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Related Periodontal Pathogens?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the possibility of screening for the risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in periodontitis patients. MATERIALS AND
methodsPeriodontitis patients and non-periodontitis controls were recruited and asked to complete a validated screening questionnaire to calculate individual probabilities (%) of OSA. Also, for both groups, the risk for OSA was classified as low, medium and high.
resultsSeventy periodontitis patients (49% male) and 77 controls (60% male) were included and both had an average age of 54 years. There was no statistically significant difference in the probability of the risk of OSA between periodontitis patients and controls, 38.6% ± 29.7%, and 34.2% ± 23.3%, respectively (p = 0.31). After sub-grouping individuals in "not high risk" (low plus intermediate) and "high OSA risk" categories, we observed statistically significantly more periodontitis patients than controls in the "high risk" category for OSA (21% vs 9%, p = 0.041, OR 2.73 [95% CI = 1.04 - 7.15]).
conclusionThese findings suggest that screening for OSA among periodontitis patients may help in early recognition of a "high risk" of OSA, but further research is needed.
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