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Negative association between self-reported jaw symptoms and apnea–hypopnea index in patients with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a pilot study

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Objectives

Prior to oral appliance therapy for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), patients are screened for jaw symptoms (e.g., pain). However, the presence of jaw symptoms in a large spectrum of OSAS patients remains unknown. This study aimed to assess the distribution of subjective jaw symptoms in patients with symptoms of OSAS.

Methods

Five hundred and eleven consecutive patients (66 female, 445 male; mean age 49.6 ± 12.6 years) with clinical symptoms of OSAS were enrolled for cardiorespiratory evaluation. Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess jaw symptoms, tooth grinding and clenching during sleep, morning oral dryness, morning heartburn sensation, and pain in the neck and back.

Results

The mean apnea–hypopnea (AHI) index was 32.5 ± 30.6 per hour of sleep. Nineteen percent of patients (n = 96) reported at least one jaw symptom. The presence of jaw symptoms was more frequently reported by patients with AHI less than 15 (25 %) than those with AHI of 15 and more (15 %, p = 0.012). In the crude analyses, jaw symptoms were associated with tooth grinding, tooth clenching, morning oral dryness, morning heartburn sensation, and neck/back pain. Multiple logistic regression analysis confirmed that jaw symptoms were associated with AHI less than 15 (odds ratio (OR) 1.99, p = 0.009), tooth clenching (OR 1.79, p = 0.006), morning oral dryness (OR 2.17, p = 0.02), and neck/back pain (OR 1.99, p = 0.005).

Conclusions

Jaw symptoms can be found in 19 % of patients with symptoms of OSAS and are more frequently reported in patients with lower AHI, a patient population for whom oral appliances are often prescribed.

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  1. Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Takafumi Kato

  2. Osaka University Health Care Center, 8-1-1 Aomatanihigashi, Minoo, Osaka, 562-8558, Japan

    Akira Mikami

  3. Sleep Medical Center, Osaka Kaisei Hospital, 1-6-10, Miyahara, Yodogawa, Osaka, 532-0003, Japan

    Hideko Sugita, Hisae Muraki, Mutsumi Okura, Motoharu Ohi & Mitsutaka Taniguchi

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Kato, T., Mikami, A., Sugita, H. et al. Negative association between self-reported jaw symptoms and apnea–hypopnea index in patients with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a pilot study. Sleep Breath 17, 373–379 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-012-0704-4

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