mouth breathing

A young woman wearing a surgical mask and making an ok gesture at her general dentist, Dr. Sean Endsley.

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a hundred times: Breathing through your nose is best for your body. But, socially, many people think breathing out of the nose is better, too, as being a ‘mouth breather’ has become an insult associated with stupidity or inability to grasp concepts.…

A black general dentist with his eyes closed.

One of the most common questions we hear at Legends Dental is, ‘When is it OK to breathe through your mouth?’ Ideally, the answer is never, but in reality, sometimes you have to breathe through your mouth, like when you’re suffering from a cold or having congestion caused by seasonal…