Dental sleep-related conditions and the role of oral healthcare providers: A scoping review

Zhengfei Huang; Ning Zhou; Frank Lobbezoo; Fernanda R Almeida; Peter A Cistulli; Marijke Dieltjens; Nelly T Huynh; Takafumi Kato; Gilles J Lavigne; Jean-François Masse; Benjamin T Pliska; Liza van de Rijt; Kate Sutherland; Magdalini Thymi; Olivier M Vanderveken; Ralph de Vries; Ghizlane Aarab

doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101721

Dental sleep-related conditions and the role of oral healthcare providers: A scoping review

Sleep Med Rev. 2023 Feb:67:101721. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101721. Epub 2022 Nov 19.

Authors

Zhengfei Huang¹, Ning Zhou², Frank Lobbezoo³, Fernanda R Almeida⁴, Peter A Cistulli⁵, Marijke Dieltjens⁶, Nelly T Huynh⁷, Takafumi Kato⁸, Gilles J Lavigne⁷, Jean-François Masse⁹, Benjamin T Pliska⁴, Liza van de Rijt³, Kate Sutherland⁵, Magdalini Thymi³, Olivier M Vanderveken¹⁰, Ralph de Vries¹¹, Ghizlane Aarab³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, OLVG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: zf.huang@acta.nl.
² Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC and Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Orthodontics, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre & Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁷ Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
⁸ Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan.
⁹ Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universtié Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
¹¹ Medical Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 36446166
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101721

Abstract

Dental sleep medicine as a discipline was first described about a quarter of a century ago. Snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep bruxism, xerostomia, hypersalivation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and orofacial pain were identified as dental sleep-related conditions. This scoping review aimed to: i) identify previously unidentified dental sleep-related conditions; and ii) identify the role of oral healthcare providers in the prevention, assessment, and management of dental sleep-related conditions in adults. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase.com, Web of Science, and Cochrane. Studies that reported an actual or likely role of oral healthcare providers in the prevention, assessment, and/or management of sleep-related conditions were included. Of the 273 included studies, 260 were on previously listed dental sleep-related conditions; the other 13 were on burning mouth syndrome. Burning mouth syndrome was therefore added to the list of dental sleep-related conditions for the first aim and categorized into sleep-related orofacial pain. For the second aim, the role of oral healthcare providers was found to be significant in the prevention, assessment, and management of obstructive sleep apnea and sleep bruxism; in the assessment and management of snoring, sleep-related orofacial pain, and oral dryness; and in the assessment of sleep-related gastroesophageal reflux condition.

Keywords: Burning mouth syndrome; Dental sleep medicine; Gastroesophageal reflux; Hypersalivation; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oral healthcare provider; Orofacial pain; Sleep bruxism; Snoring; Xerostomia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Burning Mouth Syndrome*
Facial Pain
Health Personnel
Humans
Sleep
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / therapy
Sleep Bruxism*
Sleep Wake Disorders* / etiology
Sleep Wake Disorders* / therapy
Snoring