Proposal for a screening questionnaire for detecting habitual mouth breathing, based on a mouth-breathing habit score
| Autor: | Masaaki Arai, Hiromasa Kato, Sayaka Sano, Ken Arakawa, Masahiro Sano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | BMC Oral Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018) BMC Oral Health |
| ISSN: | 1472-6831 |
| Popis: | Background When mouth breathing becomes habitual, it can cause sleep disorders and abnormal maxillofacial growth, thus early detection of habitual mouth breathing is important. We created a questionnaire for early detection of habitual mouth breathing using a score based on a spectrum of factors found to be characteristic of mouth breathers. Methods First, a draft 50-question questionnaire was given to 101 random dental clinic patients, classified by dental professionals into habitual mouth breathers (n = 28) and nose breathers (n = 73). The 10 questions that significantly differentiated mouth and nose breathers (p |
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