Taping mouth to prevent Dry Mouth is a MYTH

avi123 · Post by **avi123** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:30 pm

Taping mouth to prevent Dry Mouth is a MYTH.

Taping your lips don't stop air from entering your mouth from the nose and throat, i.e. from the "back side" (pharynx). When you swallow your saliva which is generated in the salivary glands around the mouth, and then you swallow it (also during sleep), air must come in from the back to replace the swallowed saliva's volume because your lips are taped closed and air can't come in from the front to do it. So this air circulation, from the "back side", will dry your mouth in spite of taping it. It could be to a lesser degree than from an untaped mouth also b/c the air from the pharynx is moister. It is clear that taping your mouth to prevent a Dry Mouth, completely, is not true. It seems to be a myth ( some Russians are pushing this myth). There is no way to prevent some air going thru your mouth.

You better off with a Chinstrap which would prevent opening the mouth very wide but would allow some lips opening to let air to be breathed from the front. However, using a Chinstrap instead of a full face mask would cause the XPAP's treatment to be effected by the mouth leak.

Any thoughts?

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:49 pm

But it does prevent Cpap air from being lost to the breeze and allows it to open your airway... which is the whole point of Cpap.

NeedHelp2 · Post by **NeedHelp2** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:58 pm

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