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Mouth Breathing
Good morning,I’ve come to learn that a (Myofunctional therapy therapy) and platelet expansion help with treating mouth breathing in kids.
May you advise where I can find a specialist for kids in the UAE, other than the social media known clinic on Jumeira rd?
Also, other possible solutions?
Thank you,
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Hi – I actually discussed this in our latest handout about sleep apnea HERE, since mouth breathing is one of the contributing factors, which can be due to a narrow jaw/tongue positioning or overbite.
You can consider Myobrace for preventive pre-orthodontic treatment for children 5 to 15 years to help widen palate and train tongue positioning. You can search for practitioners HERE.
I know Dr. Roze Dental Clinic offer this treatment, although when I asked they said they just haven’t had time to register with Myobrace. They also refer out for myofunctional therapy but I can’t remember who they refer to.
A quick search for myofunctional therapy in Dubai showed Starry Smile dental center but I don’t know them.
Hope this helps with your search. Please do keep us posted if you do go and let us know your thoughts/experience.
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To examine and find the right treatment for mouth breathing, I went to three clinics, each of them provided us with the same diagnosis but a bit of different plan, with different period of time required and different cost. It becomes confusing trying to resolve which plan actually works and is effective.
Diagnosis: Child,7 year old, Mouth breathing, “incorrect facial and jaw development, including mid face deficiency, an underdeveloped maxilla, a small lower dental arch causing the lower anterior crowding, and crowding of both upper and lower teeth. TMD muscle tenderness is related to the reverse and incorrect swallowing pattern.”
Treatment Plan Clinic 1: ( ~AED16,500)
Airway records (not clear)
Myfunctional Therapy 12 sessions + Vivos guide with certified MYO therapist based overseas over Zoom.
Guide appliance. (not clear)
Palatal expansion
Treatment Plan Clinic 2: (~AED15K)
Lower arch dental expansion.
Selective extraction of one retained deciduous tooth determine if missing tooth (as per x-ray image) to be substituted by another tooth or replaced with Dental implant.
No clear comprehensive orthodontic treatment plan is shared at this stage.
Treatment Plan Clinic 3: (~AED22,000)
Breathing Program utilizing Myosa System and breathing exercises aimed to improve breathing. (8-12months)
Myofunctional Orthodontic Treatment using Myobrace System to promote normal growth and development of face and soft tissue dysfunction.
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@Maryam Al it’s good that you got 3 confirmations on the diagnosis. Which treatment plan are you leaning more towards?
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@Bernadette Abraham a clear and transparent one. Yet, no confirmation on which method actually works.
Initially, I’m not keen on 2 as implantation for a 7year old sounds crazy to me.
I’m between 1 and 3. It seems to me that they complete one another, yet the doctors don’t work together.
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