just a quick question regarding mouth breathing and surgery

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#1 Post by **joey3001** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:07 pm

what kind of surgery corrects the damaging effects of mouth breathing, and how long would one have to mouth breathe to really cause any damage to the face/jaws.

just wondering.

#2 Post by **brendan** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:25 pm

upper and lower jaw surgeries
SARPE

also, mouth breathing while you grow, specifically from ages 5-12 or so, is the worst area for jaw/face development and how your jaws grwwo

#3 Post by **OzzysMom** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:11 am

I'd also like to add that in addition to the orthognathic jaw surgery, some correction of the nose may be needed. I also had to have turbinectomies and a partial septoplasty at the same time as my jaw surgery.

#4 Post by PJ » Wed May 27, 2009 6:26 am

I was a mouth breather for 45 years before my surgery. I don't know if it did any kind of damage--other than contributing to my sleep apnea, which is pretty damaging. I had an open bite, and I had BSSO and Lefort 1, and turbinectomies--now my lips stay closed easily--even though I still can't feel one of them!--and breathing through my nose is easy. I'm still in recovery mode--just over 5 weeks out of surgery, but the improvements in my breathing, and the elimination of the sleep apnea (as far as I can tell, as I haven't yet had another study done) have me pretty pleased.

#5 Post by **joey3001** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:51 pm

thanks for everything, I dont think mines that bad, ive only been doing it for the past year/year and a half.

you think if i post some pictures you guys could give me an estimate of what they would recomend?