Hideshima Masayuki
Dental Clinic for Sleep Disorders（Apnea and Snoring）, University Hospital of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Clin Calcium. 2017;27(10):1393-1402.
Sleep apnea syndrome(SAS)was revealed to be a modern disease because of the skeletal morphology, lifestyle habit and mental stress of modern humans. Approximately 400 thousand SAS patients have been diagnosed and treated in Japan and numbers of potential SAS patients were estimated at more than 5 millions. Contemporary therapy for SAS is continuous positive airway pressure(CPAP)therapy in medical for moderate or severe SAS and oral appliance(OA)therapy in dental for mild SAS patients. However recent study shows OA therapy is effective even for moderate or severe SAS. In this review, outlines and current status of OA therapy will be discussed.
睡眠呼吸暂停综合征（SAS）因其与现代人类的骨骼形态、生活习惯和精神压力有关，被视为一种现代疾病。在日本，约有40万SAS患者已被诊断并接受治疗，据估计潜在的SAS患者数量超过500万。目前针对SAS的治疗方法，对于中度或重度SAS患者，医学上采用持续气道正压通气（CPAP）疗法；对于轻度SAS患者，牙科采用口腔矫治器（OA）疗法。然而，最近的研究表明，OA疗法对中度或重度SAS患者也有效。在这篇综述中，将讨论OA疗法的概述和现状。
