Mouth breathing during sleep causes cavities by reducing saliva, lowering pH, and letting plaque build up overnight. Medical mouth tape forces nasal breathing instead, and the speaker saw improvement in 10-14 days. Skip this if you have sleep apnea or nasal obstruction.
If you're somebody who takes pretty good care of your teeth, or even takes really good care of your teeth, but still get cavities on a regular basis, giving a piece of medical mouth tape a try can be perhaps the health fix you've been looking for. See, as human beings, we are designed to breathe through our noses while we sleep, not so much through our mouths. And while snoring or mouth breathing while we sleep may seem innocent, if you think about it, we spend a third of our lives asleep. There's no habit that we spend more time doing than sleeping. So if we're doing it wrong, over the course of weeks, months, and years, it can be pretty detrimental to our overall health and our oral health. And the science is showing that mouth breathing may be the number one cause of cavities. And that's because of three particular reasons. First off, when we mouth breathe, we reduce the amount of saliva in our mouth. We wake up with this dry mouth feeling. And saliva is important because it helps neutralize the acid produced by bacteria in our mouth. Helps flush away food particles in our mouth, and it generally protects from tooth decay. Number 2, it alters the pH in our mouth. When we have that dry mouth, the pH in our mouth drops down, which can lead to the demineralization of tooth enamel. And number 3, it can lead to plaque buildup overnight. While we sleep for 7, 8, 9 hours a night, plaque continues to build up. But when we keep our mouth open, our mouth isn't able to protect our teeth the way we normally do. And remove that plaque while we sleep. By simply using a small piece of medical mouth tape to cover our mouth while we sleep, we promote nasal breathing, keeping our mouth closed while we sleep, and allowing our mouth to do the things that it normally would to keep our teeth healthy and strong. So giving a piece of mouth tape a try for a couple weeks or a month can be a potential, a really simple, affordable way to fix your cavity issues. I know for me, I noticed a considerable positive impact after around 10 days or a couple weeks. My teeth felt stronger and healthier pretty quickly, and they've stayed that way since. But if you're somebody with a severe sleep apnea issue or nasal passage breathing issues, mouth taping unfortunately probably isn't for you. But for many of us, this isn't the case, and it's worth giving a shot. If you do, please leave a comment in the video and let me know how it goes. I'd be really curious to hear.
