Transformative Oral Health Care
Myofunctional Therapy and Mouth Breathing
Things to consider that prevent you or your child from always nasal breathing
Elevating your Airway Health
One of the goals of myofunctional therapy is to achieve nasal breathing day and night. When we breathe through our mouth, we are not receiving the proper amount of oxygen needed to function, learn, and rest. Nasal breathing filters, warms and humidifies the air, as well as produces nitric oxide. Essentially, our mouths are meant for eating, chewing and speaking, and only an emergency route for breathing when nasal breathing is not achievable. Always nasal breathing may seem like a simple task, but there are many things to consider that prevent you or your child from always nasal breathing.
- Chronic allergies
- Food sensitivities
- Chronic nasal congestion
- Enlarged tonsils or adenoids
- Deviated septum
- Asthma or other respiratory illnesses
- Tethered oral tissues ( tongue tie)
- Habits such as thumb sucking and pacifier use
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If mouth breathing is untreated, it can cause:
- Unfavourable jaw growth and development and crooked teeth
- Bad breath
- Poor sleep/chronic fatigue
- Poor concentration
- Increased risk for decay
- Sleep disordered breathing/sleep apnea
- Enlarged tonsils
- Digestive problems
- Orthodontic relapse
Establishing nasal breathing can be achieved but is not an easy task. The muscles of the face have learned to compensate therefore creating unfavorable functional and growth patterns that need to be retaught. Myofunctional therapy can retrain your muscles and breathing to improve nasal breathing. Once this occurs, the changes to your health can be life changing.
-To Your Health
Tenna Micks