Pediatric Treatment of Sleep Apnea With Teledontics/Telegnathics

This first of two volumes presents groundbreaking information on sleep apnea in children and youths. It provides easily comprehensible instruction ideal for students; practicing dental, medical, and allied medical practitioners; and researchers who wish to expand their knowledge base on this critical interdisciplinary topic. The book contains practical and well-documented case examples, which are not theoretical but illustrate common patient problems and effective, unparalleled interdisciplinary treatment strategies.

There is a disconnect on how health professions perceive and treat the causes of upper airway conditions. Various comorbidities can result from sleep apnea, oxygen deprivation, and upper airway conditions. This book connects oropharyngeal structure to metabolic disease through the practice of teledontics. Teledontics as a new interdisciplinary integrative medical–dental approach for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea is emerging rapidly. It relates oxygen needs of the body in addition to other nutritional requirements, focusing on how oxygen insufficiency can lead to multiple health comorbidities.

CONTENTS

1.          Sleep related-breading disorders and obstructive sleep apnea, a new pandemic

2.          Oxygen as an organizing principle of fetal and neonatal development: nutritional implications for medicine and dentistry

3.          Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and the critical role of Pharyngorofacial growth

4.          Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and the critical role of Pharyngorofacial remodeling

5.          The Effect of Added Sugar on Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS)

6.          Safeguarding pharyngorofacial and upper airway structures from food technology’s untoward metabolic effects

7.          The Comorbidities of Pediatric Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder

8.          The impact of sleep-related berating disorders and obstructive sleep apnea on the systemic musculoskeletal system and orthopedic conditions

9.          Need for a universal screening process to identify sleep-related breathing disorder

10.        Evaluation and management of sleep-related breathing disorders in children

11.        Pharyngorofacial Imaging for Evaluation of Upper Airway and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

12.        Myofunctional Therapy and Pediatric Sleep Disorders

13.        Early Pediatric Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Teledontics

14.        Management of pediatric pharyngorofacial disorders and obstructive sleep apnea with teledontics and hybrid mandibular advancement device

15.        Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and adenotonsillectomy

16.        Role of Otolaryngologist and Orthodontist in Early Management of Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing

17.        Otolaryngology surgeries for management of obstructive sleep apnea

18.        Teledontic-telegnathic protocol and use of hybrid mandibular advancement device for management and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders and obstructive sleep apnea

19.        The Business of Dental Sleep Medicine: How to capitalize on the fastest-growing therapy in dentistry