Airway Dentist: The Way You Breathe Is Reshaping Your Face | Heal Thy Self #507
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Episode Description:
The way that you breathe actually shapes the way that your face grows. And if your child is sleeping with their mouth open, that is not cute. That is a warning sign.
Dr. Nora Zaghi is an airway focused biological pediatric dentist and one of the leading practitioners in sleep disordered breathing. This conversation connects dots that most people have never had connected for them. Mouth breathing, tongue ties, crowded jaws, ADHD, anxiety, dark circles under the eyes, restless sleep, and even the way a child walks. It is all coming from the same root. And for adults who have been living with this their entire lives without knowing it, there are still solutions.
In this episode, you'll discover:
• Why where your tongue rests in your mouth determines how your jaw and face develop, and why children who mouth breathe grow downward and backward instead of forward and wide
• How a tongue tie creates tension through the entire deep front line of the body from the base of the tongue all the way to the toes, and why releasing it has caused patients to cry, stand straighter, speak more confidently, and walk normally for the first time
• The root cause connection between a restrictive tongue, jaw clenching and grinding, and chronic anxiety, and the simple at home test you can do right now to check your own tongue mobility
This episode is for every parent, every adult who was told they had ADHD or anxiety, and everyone who has been mouth breathing their whole life without knowing there was a name for it.
Nora Zaghi:
Website: hhttps://www.breathekidsdental.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.norazaghi/?hl=en
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - What Causes a Child's Tongue to Rest on the Floor of the Mouth Instead of the Roof
4:03 - Why a Sleeping Baby With Their Mouth Open Is Concerning, Not Cute
5:17 - Signs as an Adult That Your Jaw Never Fully Developed (And What You Can Do Now)
7:15 - How to Self-Check at Home Right Now
9:07 - The Connection Between Mouth Breathing and Chronic Fatigue
10:02 - 44% of People With ADHD Also Have a Breathing Problem — Here's Why
12:58 - Can ADHD Be Misdiagnosed When Sleep Apnea Is the Real Issue?
15:53 - How Breastfeeding Is Actually the First Orthodontic Intervention
17:07 - Why You WANT Gaps Between Your Baby's Teeth (And Why "Perfect Alignment" Is a Red Flag)
18:21 - Tongue Ties, Breastfeeding Pain and What Most Hospitals Get Wrong
22:23 - A Root Cause of Anxiety That Can Actually Be Found in Your Mouth
25:36 - How Releasing a Tongue Tie Can Trigger a Full-Body Emotional Release
26:24 - How to Find a Provider and Where to Learn More
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