Oral respiration Flashcards
What can oral respiration cause?
🦷increased freeway space
🦷 compromises posture of the jaw, tongue and head
🦷compromises function of the nose
🦷changes pH balance
🦷allergens are not filtered
🦷narrows nares
🦷changes orofacial development
🦷 face height increases
🦷 posterior teeth super irrupt
🦷 overjet
🦷 increases pressure from the stretch cheeks, and Narrows maxillary dental arch
What are the benefits of breathing through your nose?
🦷 permits the air to be warmed, moistened and cleansed before reaching lungs
🦷 air Exhaled through the nose, creates back pressure, slowing the escape of air so the lungs have more time to extract oxygen
🦷 reduces hypertension and stress
🦷 proper oxygen carbon dioxide exchange allows the blood to have a balanced pH
🦷 stimuli from the nerves that regulates breathing are in nasal passages
What structural changes can cause airway interference?
🦷 large tonsils and add noise
🦷 septal deviation
🦷 enlarged nasal turbines
🦷 irregular liminal valve
🦷 deformities of the face jaw and addition
🦷 malocclusion
🦷 TMJ problems
🦷 nasal valve collapse
