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Craniofacial Phenotyiping of Children and Adolescents Diagnosed or Suspected of having Sleep Breathing Disorders
Date
May 5, 2024
Much conflicting information exists about the portrayed association between altered craniofacial form and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Such association is critical to justify the potential benefits of an orthodontic intervention on SDB cases. Being SDB is a complex multifactorial disease, it is not surprising that clear-cut, straightforward association is consistently demonstrated. This presentation will attempt to provide an updated analysis of the latest research in this area. It is becoming more evident that only a subgroup of children with SDB are more likely to clinically benefit in a significant way from orthodontic interventions as part of an interdisciplinary management approach to SDB. Clinical phenotyping of such a group is a critical step to more consistently deliver orthodontic care that will benefit some SDB children.
Learning Objectives
- Better understand the conflicting available information about the portrayed association between altered craniofacial form and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).
- Recognize the current management pathway for children diagnosed with SDB and where orthodontics may play a role.
- Understand that clinical phenotyping is likely a crucial step in increasing the predictability of orthodontic interventions in children diagnosed with SDB.
Speaker
Carlos Flores-Mir, DDS, DSc, FRCD(C)
