Relationship between abnormal swallowing and mouth breathing

VernacularTitle:异常吞咽对口呼吸影响初探
Author: Meng-Wu WANG ¹ ; Hong-Fa LI ; Qiu-Rui WANG ; Hao XU ; Jing-Nan HE
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1. 北京通州新华医院口腔正畸科
Keywords: Mouth breathing; Deglutition; Malocclusion
From: Chinese Journal of Stomatology 2013;48(12):750-751
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between abnormal swallowing and mouth breathing.Methods Thirty-eight patients with abnormal swallowing and 38 patients with normal swallowing were selected.All patients presented with no airway constriction.The age range of the patients was 11-14 years old.The number of patients with mouth breathing was calculated.Statistical analysis (x2 test) was performed.Results The number of patients with mouth breathing in the abnormal swallowing group (17,45％) was significantly higher than that in the normal swallowing group (5,13％) (x2 =9.212,P =0.002).Conclusions Abnormal swallowing was related to mouth breathing.