Guided appliance therapy will be difficult if your child cannot breath Here are some tips before your child wears their mouth appliance
- Blow the Nose use an old fashion tissue and clear the nasal passage
- Nasal spray – at first we may prescribe a short term steroid like Flonase because of all the inflamation but long term we’ll have your children transition to more natural spray like xlear (xlear.com).
- Nasal Strips will give the pressure the passage needs to stay open under your child starts to open those passages up.
- Just like any muscle if you don’t use it you lose it. your nasal passage is no different. You or your child may have had a long time not breathing through the nasal passageway. It takes a while to open it up but once it’s open and used your body will thank you.