Airway Dentistry - Part One: Awake
In this part one of the two part series on Airway Dentistry, we look at how airway and breathing affect your mouth and your general health ? The airway and breathing behave very differently during awake and asleep. During awake the airway muscles are tight, at asleep the airway muscles become flaccid, possibly blocking the airway.
In the awake state, mouth breathing and chest breathing causes TMJ and muscle pain, which TMJ treatment may work depends on the cause of the problem.
Breathing very fast or doing deep breathing will cause a disruption to the pH of the body causing many symptoms such as Attention Deficit Disorder, dizziness, tetany and tingling in the extremities. In part two of the video, we will look at breathing related issues during sleep.
For more info check out Dr. Cheng's comprehensive guide to Airway Dentistry: https://drchengs.com/guide/airway-den...