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OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome): evaluations and main therapeutic solutions in dentistry
By Dr. Francesca Muggiano , Dr. Andrea Quaranta , Dr. Michele Previati
Submited on: 06 Jan 2014 06:43:37 PM GMT
Published on: 07 Jan 2014 06:14:11 AM GMT
 
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Dentistry
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 31 Jan 2014 01:52:17 PM GMT Reviewed by Interested Peers

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The authors present a very well written article concerning various aspects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes- It would be a great continuing education seminar for dentists


  • Other Comments:

    Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a sleep-related breathing disorder which involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe. The authors provide a cogebt overview of the effectiveness of treatment, the predictors of treatment success, adherence and the potential adverse effects associated with treatment. They also provide a very useful section which details the risk groups.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    None

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Dentistry[Review of the article 'OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome): evaluations and main therapeutic solutions in dentistry ' by Previati M].WebmedCentral 2014;5(1):WMCRW002928
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