| Breathing through the mouth instead of the nose can lead to more than just dry tongues and palates | |
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| "Multilevel Coblation Therapy of OSA in Long Face Syndrome" | Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal |
| Chronic mouth breathers, most often children with allergies, have problems getting enough oxygen into their blood, which affects their size, weight, sleep and even school performance | |
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| In addition, it is important to appreciate that many children with OSA have dentofacial abnormalities such as maxillomandibular constriction, maxillomandibular deficiency, and long face syndrome | See Schendel, Steven; Bell, William Harrison; Eisenfeld, Jerome; Miselevich, David; Epker, William 1976 |