As early as 1868, Danish otolaryngologist Wilhelm Meyer discovered that the faces of children with bad mouth breathing habits were different from normal children, and in 1913, an American did a landmark experiment with monkeys, using special methods to make them breathe through their mouths, and found that the monkeys’ faces and dental arches changed significantly (I would have liked to see what the monkeys eventually looked like. But unfortunately, it was a paper from 1913, and I can only see the abstract, not the original text).
In the century since then, people have paid close attention to bad mouth breathing habits. Because the harm of bad mouth breathing habits is too insidious and the consequences are too serious, the authors feel that no matter how to emphasize, how to harp on it is not too much.
The impact of mouth breathing on facial aesthetics has been agreed upon by everyone, and several pictures are often used to recite, the classic one is this.
The classic one is this: cute and beautiful at age 6, but disabled at age 9.
The author also says that a 10-year-old girl, when she came to me for a dental appointment, already looked like this.
Another adult female with severe mouth breathing habits as a child.
Every time I see a patient like this, the author feels distressed, mouth breathing is really harmful to people! Every time I want to recite it once! Pay attention to mouth breathing, pay attention to mouth breathing!
What is a bad habit of mouth breathing?
When breathing normally, the airflow looks like this.
Mouth breathing looks like this.
Why do bad mouth breathing habits affect the dental arch and facial growth?
The maintenance of normal arch shape depends on the balance of muscle strength around the arch. Once the balance is broken, the arch and facial shape are then destroyed.
As research progressed, researchers found that poor mouth breathing habits not only caused changes in facial arch morphology, but were also linked to a condition called sleep breathing disorder.
It’s a big deal!
This disorder can cause cardiovascular disease, neurasthenia, memory loss and other problems for adults, and for children it can affect learning, strange behavior, inattention and even depression.
If you have children around you in the growth period, then you really need to pay attention to TA has no bad habits of mouth breathing.
So why would a good child have bad mouth breathing habits? Look at the following explanation.
It turns out that this is the most important reason for mouth breathing to occur. Of course, there are other factors that cause mouth breathing, but the proportion is smaller than the above, so I won’t read about it here.
Let’s read about how to treat it!
The first move: talk therapy
Explain.
When you have a cold, nasal congestion. It is normal for children to breathe through their mouths occasionally. But some children still breathe through their mouths after they get well, and this becomes a habit. At this point, parents should correct this habit with timely treatment.
The second trick is to use a professional mouth-breathing brace to correct the habit. Please consult your orthodontist for details.
Third tip: Adenoids Removal
The fourth move: for adult patients, orthodontics is needed to restore the facial shape to some extent. If there is an impact on the IQ and so on, the orthodontist can not do anything about it.
A patient mentioned above, orthodontic treatment after the improvement of facial shape.
Although the bite on the right side of the teeth was not perfect after treatment, the overall improvement was still there and the author did his best.
During the growth and development of children, there may be various bad habits occurring. Among them, bad oral habits can seriously affect the growth of the face, and mouth breathing habits are one of the most serious ones. Here so much, just want to draw attention to, do not wait to grow up to have regrets.