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Did You Know That Mouth Breathing and Airway Issues Do Cause Your Facial Features and Jaws to Change?

Bybpadmin (emily.stewart)

Mouth breathing can cause a host of oral and health issues that most people are not aware of.  With adults or children, non-surgical jaw correction can be accomplished in almost all cases. Proper Myofunctional Therapy  can also help solve a host of these issues as well as help with TMJ pain.

If you have been living with migraines and/or chronic facial pain, you can be helped. Our office sees these cases every day in our Houston, TX, dental office.

Before: Weak retruded chin, underdeveloped face, migraines, airway issues, forward head posture.
After: Nonsurgical jaw development to correct his facial profile, migraines, neck pain, and airway issues.

Here are some issues that can happen with mouth breathing:

  • Chronic Gingivitis (gum inflammation)
  • Crowded Teeth
  • Open Bites
  • Underbites
  • Overbites
  • Retruded or Weak Chins
  • Constricted Airways
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Tongue Thrust due to airway issues
  • Difficulty in completing braces due to mouth breathing/tongue thrust
  • Tongue-ties (cannot move tongue normally)
  • Forward Head Posture and Neck Pain
  • TMJ Breakdown leading to migraines and facial pain
  • Facial Asymmetry

If you have questions regarding TMJ treatment or mouth breathing issues, please feel free to contact our office, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF, FIAPA, at 713-668-2289 and make your appointment with our experienced TMJ specialist.

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