Tandheelkundige slaapgeneeskunde: nadere kennismaking met een jong vakgebied
DOI: 10.5177/ntvt.2020.04.20006 Bladzijden: 222-230
Traditioneel gezien houdt de tandheelkundige slaapgeneeskunde zich bezig met slaapgerelateerde ademhalingsstoornissen zoals snurken en obstructief slaapapneu. De praktijk van alle dag laat echter zien dat dergelijke stoornissen zelden geïsoleerd voorkomen maar vaak in combinatie met andere slaapstoornissen die de tandheelkunde raken, waaronder orofaciale pijn, xerostomie, hypersalivatie, gastro-oesofageale reflux en slaapbruxisme. Daarom is er een nieuwe definitie geformuleerd waarin de tandheelkundige slaapgeneeskunde zodanig wordt beschreven dat al deze stoornissen daar wat betreft hun diagnostische en behandelaspecten onder geschaard kunnen worden
Dental sleep medicine: A further introduction to an emerging dental discipline
Dental sleep medicine is a discipline traditionally focusing on sleep-breathing disorders like snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. In everyday clinical practice, however, such disorders rarely occur in isolation. Rather, they frequently co-occur with other sleep disorders linked to dentistry, such as orofacial pain, dry mouth, hypersalivation, gastroesophageal reflux, and sleep bruxism. Therefore, a new definition has been formulated in which dental sleep medicine has been described to include the diagnostic and treatment aspects of all dental sleep disorders. In this article, the reasons why this development was initiated and the current status of dental sleep medicine as a broader discipline are described, along with a brief description of the various dental sleep disorders.
Dental sleep medicine: A further introduction to an emerging dental discipline
Dental sleep medicine is a discipline traditionally focusing on sleep-breathing disorders like snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. In everyday clinical practice, however, such disorders rarely occur in isolation. Rather, they frequently co-occur with other sleep disorders linked to dentistry, such as orofacial pain, dry mouth, hypersalivation, gastroesophageal reflux, and sleep bruxism. Therefore, a new definition has been formulated in which dental sleep medicine has been described to include the diagnostic and treatment aspects of all dental sleep disorders. In this article, the reasons why this development was initiated and the current status of dental sleep medicine as a broader discipline are described, along with a brief description of the various dental sleep disorders.