Impact of Mouth Breathing on Physical Proficiency in Children

  • by AGD Staff
  • Feb 3, 2025
1-20-25_GenDent2A new study used the 6-minute walk test to compare the physical proficiency in children and adolescents with a diagnosis of mouth breathing with the proficiency of those who demonstrated nasal breathing. The results revealed that mouth breathing had a significant negative impact on the performance of male patients. While female patients with a diagnosis of mouth breathing showed a clinical reduction in measures of physical proficiency compared with their nasal breathing counterparts, the differences were not statistically significant.

Check out the January/February issue of General Dentistry for more details.