TL:DR if you have cavities despite rigorously trying to prevent them, have you tried mewing? Myofunctional therapy may be helpful in preventing cavities.
What's the exigency? For a while I’ve struggled with cavities despite having consistent oral care routine and allergies. While my oral care routine focused on preventative treatment that was grounded in research, I still developed cavities. Through some brief research and exploration, it became obvious that being allergic to pollen & cats impacted my mouth?! Spring time allergies led to consistent & habitual mouth breathing at night which resulted in severe dry mouth. These culminating factors that made me realize that if I had any of these following problems I could be at risk of developing more cavities:
Drooling while sleeping
Waking up with Dry Mouth
Stuffy Noses
Recent research has shown that saliva acts as crucial component in teeth reminerialization. Admittedly, I have 'bigger' problems. My health is of extreme importance to me because it impacts my ability to perform on broader tasks beyond research and it is important to support transhumanist ideals and continued growth to continue to boost the world. Thus it's important for me to solve this to increase my oral care.
So how do you prevent mouth breathing? Simple by breathing through your nose, well if you can that is. The issue with allergies is that they often result in clogged sinuses. While I’m still personally trying to find the exact regimen that works best for me I find robust air filtration, loratadine, and flonase are sufficient.
More importantly, how do you reinforce this habit? First, focus on consistent and habitual obsession about your nasal airways. Then finally-- note this component is still exploratory but I think remains promising.
Myofunctional Therapy exercises- From off and on research it seems that these provide a strong basis for helping recover and strengthening the jaw and air way muscles. This seems to be a crucial part to prevent upper airway collapse while sleeping by only enhancing the neuromuscular training. Here's a good exercise video
Chinstraps / Mouth Tape- While chinstraps and especially mouth tape seem more tech bro they help keep your mouth sealed. This helps keep your mouth moist and thus reminerializes your teeth as you sleep. While some dentists advocate for Mandibular Advancement Devices (mads) , mads don't actually address the root problem and actually encourages mouth breathing. I mention this because while custom-designed devices cost $2-3k and appear appealing, they fail to address the underlying airway collapse—a critical oversight.
Implementing these within your routine can impact your facial tone and muscle overall. While I don’t ascribe looksmaxxing as a core value to myself, having this routine help boost my facial tone is nice because it fulfill a secondary goal of signaling to outgroups.
I’m still on this journey improving my dental health through fixing my nasal airways, I hope this information has been helpful for you :)
TL:DR if you have cavities despite rigorously trying to prevent them, have you tried mewing? Myofunctional therapy may be helpful in preventing cavities.
What's the exigency? For a while I’ve struggled with cavities despite having consistent oral care routine and allergies. While my oral care routine focused on preventative treatment that was grounded in research, I still developed cavities. Through some brief research and exploration, it became obvious that being allergic to pollen & cats impacted my mouth?! Spring time allergies led to consistent & habitual mouth breathing at night which resulted in severe dry mouth. These culminating factors that made me realize that if I had any of these following problems I could be at risk of developing more cavities:
Recent research has shown that saliva acts as crucial component in teeth reminerialization. Admittedly, I have 'bigger' problems. My health is of extreme importance to me because it impacts my ability to perform on broader tasks beyond research and it is important to support transhumanist ideals and continued growth to continue to boost the world. Thus it's important for me to solve this to increase my oral care.
So how do you prevent mouth breathing? Simple by breathing through your nose, well if you can that is. The issue with allergies is that they often result in clogged sinuses. While I’m still personally trying to find the exact regimen that works best for me I find robust air filtration, loratadine, and flonase are sufficient.
More importantly, how do you reinforce this habit? First, focus on consistent and habitual obsession about your nasal airways. Then finally-- note this component is still exploratory but I think remains promising.
Implementing these within your routine can impact your facial tone and muscle overall. While I don’t ascribe looksmaxxing as a core value to myself, having this routine help boost my facial tone is nice because it fulfill a secondary goal of signaling to outgroups.
I’m still on this journey improving my dental health through fixing my nasal airways, I hope this information has been helpful for you :)