“Try taping your mouth at night.”
It’s not the kind of advice you’d expect to hear at a dental checkup. But it’s something Dr. Mark Burhenne suggests every day in his practice.
Author of “The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox,” Burhenne has recommended mouth taping for a dozen years. It’s a cheap, easy way to find out if his patients are struggling with sleep or breathing and then to guide them toward solutions for sleep apnea, either in his office or through referrals.
Mouth taping, which can be done with medical tape or branded products, ebbs and flows as a social media challenge. Recently it’s gotten the attention of mainstream media and doctors, who are flat-out saying, “Don’t do it.” Burhenne says this binary thinking does a real disservice to people who want to explore health deficiencies….