Guidelines proposal for clinical recognition of mouth breathing children
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Guidelines proposal for clinical recognition of mouth breathing children
INTRODUCTION Mouth breathing (MB) is an etiological factor for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) during childhood. The habit of breathing through the mouth may be perpetuated even after airway clearance. Both habit and obstruction may cause facial muscle imbalance and craniofacial changes. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to propose and test guidelines for clinical recognition of MB and some...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2177-6709,2176-9451
DOI: 10.1590/2176-9451.20.4.039-044.oar