"Doctor, I know that my little friend's mouth is open at ordinary times, and breathing with his mouth is a bad habit of breathing with his mouth, so his teeth are not arranged neatly. I know he needs early corrective treatment and some oral muscle function training, but what kind of purpose do we want him to do these different training movements every day? 」

Many parents will ask this question in the daily clinic, aiming at children with minor correction. More and more people know that oral breathing can lead to irregular tooth arrangement. To get rid of such bad oral habits, dentists or speech therapists can lead children to do some exercise through oral muscle function training.

Through these conscious exercises, we hope that children can develop good oral muscle habits. But many parents may have doubts in their hearts. What kind of habits are correct? What is the goal of our training?

Usually, the training goals we want to achieve are like this, and each item is very important. Please go back and take good care of your children. Do you all have these good habits?

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First nasal breath

It is natural to breathe through your nose and eat with your mouth. This is our body organ, the most natural functional design. However, many children may be allergic to their noses when they grow up, often in a state of nasal congestion or nasal congestion, or drink milk in the wrong way when they were young and breathe through their mouths, which leads to their inability to develop the good habit of breathing through their noses.

They often breathe through the mouth with their mouth open, without filtered air, directly through the mouth, * * * to the tonsils and adenoids deep in the mouth. In this case, allergic symptoms often become more serious. In contrast, children are more likely to complain about the state of nasal congestion, which has become a vicious circle, so the first training goal is to hope that they can breathe through their noses.

The second lip is closed.

Children who breathe through their mouths often have their mouths open. Such children generally have loose upper and lower lips, which will give people a short look, and the upper lip often looks upturned.

Because they often breathe through their mouths, they take away more water between inhalation and exhalation, so these children often have chapped lips and often look pale or peeling. It is also prone to chapping and even peeling and bleeding. Mothers often say that they wear a lot of lip balm, but why their lips are too dry and peeling can't be improved at all, which is often related to their habit of breathing through their mouths.

I often laugh at these children. If their "door" is not closed properly, their teeth will naturally protrude forward and look broken.

Therefore, another goal of our oral muscle training is to hope that our lips can be closed and relaxed naturally.

The third tongue is at the top of the palate.

In the traditional culture of China, there is Qigong. The first step in practicing Qigong is the tip of the tongue. The ancients said that the maxilla is the intersection of Ren meridian and Du meridian. If the maxilla can be on the tip of the tongue, practicing qigong is easier and the footwall is relatively stable.

From the perspective of modern medicine, the tongue is the first stop of "deep front" in fascia theory. If you can achieve "the tip of your tongue on the palate", usually the core muscles will be more concentrated, and the posture will look more straight and it is not easy to bend over. This is consistent with the previous qigong theory. As long as the tongue can support the upper jaw, the muscles in the lower body and core will be stronger.

In addition, the tip of the tongue can also make the tongue promote the growth of the maxilla. Making the maxilla grow into an ideal circular arch can make the dental arch have enough space to arrange teeth and realize the normal growth and development of the maxilla.

At the same time, it can also make the tongue have proper muscle strength, and it will not push the teeth excessively when swallowing, and it can successfully complete the swallowing action without relying on the excessive movements of other facial muscles, so the tongue will be an important part of oral muscle training.

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