Author:
Gracco Antonio,Bruno Giovanni,de Stefani Alberto,Ragona Rosario Marchese,Mazzoleni Sergio,Stellini Edoardo
Abstract
An eight-years-old girl showed a restless sleep with snoring and severe apnea episodes, a mandibular retrognathia, mouth breathing, maxillary transverse discrepancy, mandibular transverse discrepancy, moderate crowding and anterior open-bite. The CBCT showed an anterior collapse of the epiglottis. The treatment consisted in a rapid palatal expansion, an epiglottoplasty and a reduction of the tongue base. Polysomnography revealed that apnea-hypopnea index improved from 21,8 episodes/hr at the baseline to 0,6 episodes/hr, average oxygen saturation from 96,5% to 98,1%, oxygen desaturation events from 23,4 episodes/hr to 1/hr.
Publisher
The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Cited by
10 articles.
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