Episode Details

How Mouth Breathing Is Ruining Your Teeth, Your Sleep, and Even Your Face Shape

Published 4 months, 1 week ago

Description

You breathe through your mouth at night and think nothing of it. Maybe you snore. Maybe your kid does. Your dentist never mentioned it. Your doctor said it was normal.

In this episode of Medical Disruptors, I sit down with Dr. Norma Cortez, a biological airway dentist who starts where most dentistry stops: breathing.

We get into why cavities are often preventable, why "I avoid sugar" isn't the full shield people think it is, and how mouth breathing can quietly shift the oral microbiome, change your face shape, and compromise your sleep without a single provider flagging it.

Dr. Cortez breaks down why the tongue matters more than most people realize, how craniofacial growth shapes the airway, and why myofunctional therapy can change the trajectory early, before kids grow into bigger, harder-to-fix problems.

This episode connects the dots between your mouth, your inflammation, and the answers no one thought to look for.

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Chapters

[00:00:46] Snoring changes everything

[00:06:42] Cavities are preventable

[00:12:21] Tongue and airway

[00:27:56] Root canals debate