Oral FITNESS Bootcamp E for ENT

ENT are Specialists in the health of Ear, Nose and Throat. Working with this modality is an integral part of holistic wellness orientated dentistry.

The importance of breathing through your nose can not be underestimated from birth and throughout your life. Early consequences of enlarged tonsils and adenoids lead to a mouth breathing habit especially at night to simply survive. As a result, there is a heightened allergy response and often dark circles under your eyes. The jaws and smile development is impaired leading to the need for braces. In the past but hopefully not now, this leads to crowding of your teeth an the need for teeth to be removed and orthodontics to straighten your smile.

This, unfortunately, makes your mouth even smaller and your tongue finds itself in a cramped space forever. Jaw joint clicking and pain in head and neck with increased stress response and anxiety is common. We now encourage upper jaw expansion creating space for all teeth and increased tongue space leading to better posture, nasal breathing and a calmer nervous system.

Mouth breathing leads to a higher risk of tooth decay and gum disease also. So an assessment from an ENT specialist at any age is important to find out what is obstructing your nasal airway and address it seriously. Nasal breathing will change your quality of life.

You may have struggled to nasally breathe all your life leading to a waking dry mouth, heavy clenching and cracking of teeth with a need for root canal therapy. You may have had gum problems, sleep disturbance snoring and even Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.

Let me show you with a simple “pencil test” how changing your bite or wearing an appropriate night mouth guard can improve your ability to breathe through your nose, increase oxygenation to your whole body and sleep deeper with more energy on waking.

The Pencil Test

When you find you are stressed I would like you to try this simple exercise. You will find it will calm your nervous system and help you cope throughout the day.

Calm Your Body With Breathing

Keep Smiling,
It’s good for You!

Dr David Cowhig, the founder of the Dental Wellness clinics, is a pioneer in holistic metal free dentistry & aesthetics, providing scientific-based biological dentistry. We support you as an individual and take into account the variety of factors that can lead to dental and oral health problems. We believe passionately that creating health and beauty around us is an integral part of life and you will feel these qualities in our dental care. You can find us at The Gap in Brisbane, focussing on holistic aesthetic total metal-free dentistry.

Contact Dental Wellness on 07 3511 1399 or email reception@dentalwellness.com.au.