Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a serious medical condition with potentially severe or fatal consequences.

Awareness of this disease has been rising during the last decade in the dental community with the increased role played by dentists within the treating team.

This short introductory lecture aims at describing sleep, its different stages as well as the patophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep breathing disorders.

The biggest part of the lecture will emphasize on the dentist role in treating sleep breathing disorders as well as a different dental treatments, their positives and negatives sides effects.