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Dr. Mark Burhenne | Dentist
@askthedentist.bsky.social
Jul 8, 03:51 AM
When a child breathes through their mouth, the tongue drops away from the roof of the mouth. The tongue is supposed to rest against the palate and widen it with every swallow.
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Dr. Mark Burhenne | Dentist
@askthedentist.bsky.social
· Jul 6, 02:01 PM
When a child breathes through their mouth, the tongue drops away from the roof of the mouth. The tongue is supposed to rest against the palate and widen it with every swallow.
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 02:01 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Take that pressure away and the palate narrows, the teeth crowd, and years later an orthodontist straightens the teeth while the cause keeps running every single night.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 02:01 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Braces treat the symptom. They do nothing for the airway problem that crowded the teeth in the first place. That’s why so many kids relapse the moment the retainer comes off.</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 6, 02:01 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;If your child sleeps with their mouth open, snores, grinds their teeth, or wakes up tired, look at the airway before you look at the braces (and ideally as young as 3 or 4).&lt;/p&gt;
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