Obstructive Sleep Apnea Knowledge: Attitudes and screening practices of Minnesota dental hygienists.

Conclusion: Dental hygienists perceive that assessing patients for OSA is important, however they have moderate knowledge of the disease. Results support incorporating OSA into dental hygiene practice through additions to the dental hygiene education curriculum and ongoing professional development courses with the goal of improving the screening and referral of patients presenting with OSA symptoms. PMID: 31182566 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182566?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Dental Hygiene - June 12, 2019 Category: Dentistry Tags: J Dent Hyg Source Type: research