Let’s be honest, sleeping with an open mouth isn’t the most graceful of images, but in reality it’s pretty common. If you’ve ever woken up with a dry mouth or a puddle of drool on your pillow, maybe it happened to you.
One of the reasons is because the muscles in our face stay tense throughout the day, but relax when we go to sleep. People sleep with their mouths open when they breathe through their mouths, and there are actually a number of reasons why that happens!
Is it not just down to gravity then? Does mouth breathing have any health consequences? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
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A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.
First Broadcast: 13/10/2023
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