MANAGEMENT OF AN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENT WITH A MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT SPLINT: A CASE REPORT

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a highly prevalent sleep disorder, characterized by repeated disruptions of breathing during sleep. oral appliances have less cost, better patient acceptance and minor side effects that have emerged as popular alternative treatment to other therapies. mandibular advancement appliances have been succesfully used in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. in the present case report, a patient who was diagnosed as modarete sleep apnea according to polysomnographic measurements was treated using monobloc mandibular advancement device. it has been demonstrated that monobloc mandibular advancement device had succesfull treatment outcomes that was predicted by a combination of polysomnographic and cephalometric measurements.