Pediatrics-2012_OSA+Related+Guidelines 70% OBJECTIVES: This revised clinical practice guideline, intended for use by primary care clinicians, provides recommendations for the diagno- sis and management of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children and adolescents. This practice guideline focuses on uncom- plicated childhood OSAS, that is, OSAS associated with adenotonsillar hypertrophy and/or obesity in an otherwise […]
Airway Screening
Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire
SLEEP Pediatric Airway screen form
Pediatric OSA Symposium
2nd Annual Meeting of the Minds, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Bridging the Gap Between Dentistry and Medicine Whether you are new to this eld or an expert, whether you are a dentist or physician, whether a clinician or academic you need to attend this symposium. Learn the di erences in diagnosis and […]
Pediatric Dentofacial Orthopedics – Airway-Friendly Orthodontics
Pediatric Dentofacial Orthopedics – Airway-Friendly Orthodontics The pediatric clinician must know about transverse dimension and structural relationships. Functional deviations benefit from facial orthopedics to resolve jaw/arch width discrepancies and Class II/Class III imbalances. The younger a patient receives maxillary or mandibular orthopedic growth modification, the more the jaws and pediatric airway reveal significant […]
Sleep Disorders in Children Linked to Breathing Problems
Fact Sheet: School Age Screening for Sleep problems in Youth Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) Problems Causes: Obstructive: large adenoids / tonsils, or tongue displaced back into an airway environmental: allergies or chronic sinusitis genetic: mismatched, narrow jaws anatomic/structural: misaligned jaws or airway dysplasia Symptoms: Mouth-breathing, loud snoring, tossing and turning, and gasping and choking during sleep […]