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MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND FACIAL ASYMMETRY BY DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS OF MANDIBLE: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Title: MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND FACIAL ASYMMETRY BY DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS OF MANDIBLE: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Authors: Ashfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Nazir Khan, Asif Haider Shah

Journal: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ)

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Publisher: Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2013

Volume: 63

Issue: 2

Language: English

Keywords: .

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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (866) Mandibular Surgery (1) Obstructive Sleep Apnea (8) Plastic Surgery (978) Sleep Medicine (483)

Abstract

In the past, oral and maxillofacial surgeons were consulted on patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) only when other methods of treatment, such as continuous positive airway pressure, dental appliances, and soft tissue operations failed1. Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) to enlarge the skeleton and thereby expand the soft tissue airway was a treatment of ‘‘last resort.’’ MMA is the most common and clinically effective application to treat OSA2.

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