mouth open when sleeping

[ceramic mouth]

Hi again everyone. I want to mention this to my ortho if it persists. Just want to be educated. So it's been about 10 days since i had an adjustment in which i got heavier wires top and bottom (16??) And 3 mlar tubes. a couple days ago i noticed that i wake up with my mouth open !! I never had that i even used to clench my teeth at night sometimes. I think i don't wake up breathing from my mouth i just wake up with it open.
Could that have anything to do with braces?
Thanks for reading.

[hannahnana]

My lips are so puffy because of my braces that my mouth always wants to separate. I don't know if your lips got pushed out a little more when you got your braces... I think that it is probably from the braces. At least having an open mouth is better than grinding teeth!

[thewholetooth]

It's most likely the braces :)

[phasesofbeauty]

Do you have sinus problems or hay fever? I used to sleep like that when I was little due to allergies and sinus troubles. I think it had something to do with my teeth being pushed out in front. :(

[hannahnana]

Every time my ortho puts a thicker wire on, it gets harder to keep my lips closed. I think the thickness pushes your lips out a bit. I never got a 16 wire, but I had an 18 last month. That's when I really started noticing that my mouth would do that. Now in a rectangle wire, I have to make a conscious effort to keep my lips from parting.

I don't like it at all!!

[ceramic mouth]

Thanks for replying guys. no, i don't have sinus issues.. i think if had i would have been breathing from my mouth?!
the problem has disappeared now .. maybe i got used to the thickness?!! or i had some positive movement since my last adjustment ? my next adjustment is in a week so will see what happens if the ortho (hopefully hopefully ) changes the wires to thicker ones. Hanna, it is indeed annoying