Once open-mouth sleeping is detected clinically, it can be corrected to avoid delaying treatment, aggravating the condition and increasing the difficulty of treatment.
The most common cause of open mouth breathing is caused by pathological factors of the respiratory system, such as adenoid hypertrophy, tonsillitis, chronic aeropharyngitis, and even congenital malformations of the respiratory tract, which leads to poor nasal breathing and only open mouth breathing. Long-term mouth breathing, due to the direct impact of airflow on the upper jaw, resulting in narrowing of the upper dental arch, high arch of the palate cover, jaw recession. Mouth breathing is also prone to dry mouth, which allows bacteria to enter the pharynx directly and aggravate the condition. Once abnormal breathing is detected, it is necessary to go to the respiratory department or ENT department of the hospital in a timely manner and use antibiotics and other medications to deal with it as early as possible, and if necessary, follow medical advice to perform surgical treatment to correct the state of open-mouth breathing in sleep.
In addition, if the patient is found to open-mouth breathing when there is already a dental malocclusion, it is also recommended to go to the hospital stomatology department for orthodontic treatment in a timely manner, early orthodontic treatment can avoid unnecessary consumption of time and money.