Relationship between adenoid hypertrophy and sleep apnea in children

Abstract

Introduction: It was decided to organize this work on the assumption that it is necessary for all dental surgeons to familiarize themselves with the structure and alterations in oral anatomy from childhood, with attention to the possibility of adenoid hypertrophy (AH) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) to be present. Objective: to observe in the literature review if the correlation between adenotonsillar hypertrophy and sleep apnea in children was verified and which treatment were adopted. Material and Methods: the following databases were searched: LILACS, MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science and SciELO, from January 2014 to August 2018. Results: only 32 articles were included in this literature review because they met all defined inclusion criteria. Conclusion: according the literature, the authors concluded that there is a correlation between hypertrophy of the adenoid glands and apnea of the sleep in children. Hypertrophy presents as the main cause of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in pediatric patients and its treatment may be surgical, removal of the adenoid, drug or orthodontic.