Mouth Breathing
When the nose is congested or occluded mouth breathing is obligatory. However, often the habit of oral breathing is present even after the nasal breathing is restored.
OMT
HELPS
Identification of insufficient nasal breathing and proper referrals are made. Behavioral modification techniques and function re-training is implemented to change the mouth breathing habit and promote lip-together proper nasal breathing.
IF NOT
TREATED
Mouth breathing is meant to be an emergency situation. When it’s chronic, a long face develops with undesirable changes to the maxilla, jaw, nose, mouth, neck and shoulders. Mouth breathing is linked to gum disease, sleep disorders, temporomandibular joint disorder behavioral issues in children, forward head posture and more.
1. Mouth breathing/nasal breathing
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