Proposal for a screening questionnaire for detecting habitual mouth breathing, based on a mouth-breathing habit score
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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: BMC Oral Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-018-0672-6