Month: November 2011

– 6-10% of the Spanish population seems to this disease, according to the Spanish society of surgery Oral and maxillofacial (SECOM)

-the malformidades in children be involved is in the first two years of life, according to the conclusions of the experts meeting in Valencia

Valencia, November 2011- mandibular advancement devices are able to cure the majority of patients with syndrome of apneas and hipoapneas of the dream (SHAHS) do not recover with facial masks. In some cases, the intervention of Maxillofacial surgeons is required to correct the position of the jaw, preventing it to slide and obstructed breathing during sleep, according to the studies presented at the VIII Congress of the Valenciano-Murciana society of Oral and maxillofacial surgery in the Hospital La Fe of Valencia.

“ These devices are inserted into dental arches and produce of the jaw and advancement of the language, increasing the volume of the air ”, explains Arturo Bilbao, President of the Spanish society of surgery Oral and maxillofacial (SECOM). It is estimated that you between 6 and 10% of the Spanish population suffers from SHAHS, a disease that causes obstruction of the upper airway during the break. In addition, about 90% of cases not have been diagnosed, according to data from the SECOM.

The incidence of this pathology is higher in men than in women, with a woman for every three men with SHAHS. Obesity is another cause, as “ makes muscles that maintains the open upper path does not work well, so breathing stops most frequently occur ”, adds Arturo Bilbao, which qualifies that “ any treatment for apnea should begin with a diet to reduce the weight of the soft tissues of the mouth, in such a way that does not oppress the respiratory tract ”.

Its impact also reaches the children. Paediatric societies estimated that you between 1 and 3% suffers from this disease by bone deformities in the buccal cabidades that could be corrected with this type of surgery. Pathology generates changes in behavior, hyperactivity, daytime sleepiness, or school delays, among other symptoms.

Hospital La Fe of Valencia boasts one of the few children’s units of maxillofacial surgery recognised in Spain, explains the President of the Organising Committee of the Conference and Chief of service of maxillofacial surgery of this hospital, Dr. Carmen Baquero.

Some interventions such as distraction jaw to lengthen the mandible or reconstructive surgery for cleft labiopalatina require operations from an early age. “ It must intervene to children with severe malformations in the first months of life, and in any case, start treatment operating before that they met two years to facilitate normal growth of the bones of the skull ”, continues Dr. Carmen Baquero.

The SECOM is a scientific society dedicated to the defense of the specialty and the promotion of science and outreach initiatives related to oral and maxillofacial interventions linked to deformities dentofacial, dentoalveolar, orthopedic surgery, pathology of head and neck Oncology, temporomandibular joint surgeryinfections and salivary gland pathology.