Importance of cephalographs in diagnosis of patients with sleep apnea

• Main Authors: Nimma Vijaya Laxmi (Author), Harshavardhan Talla (Author), Deepika Meesala (Author), Shakuntala Soujanya (Author), Nithya Naomi (Author), Manasa Poosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is considered to be a potentially life threatening disorder, which is characterized by repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep with cessation of breathing. The cephalometric method despite being a static, two-dimensional evaluation of dynamic th...