• DOI:10.1016/0002-9416(81)90379-1
Corpus ID: 7923293

Primate experiments on oral respiration.

@article{Harvold1981PrimateEO,
  title={Primate experiments on oral respiration.},
  author={E. Harvold and B. S. Tomer and K. Vargervik and G. Chierici},
  journal={American journal of orthodontics},
  year={1981},
  volume={79 4},
  pages={
          359-72
        }
}

E. Harvold, B. S. Tomer, +1 author G. Chierici

Published 1981

Medicine

American journal of orthodontics

Oral respiration associated with obstruction of the nasal airway is a common finding among patients seeking orthodontic treatment. [...] Key Method Mouth-breathing was developed in the animals of this experiment by obstruction of the nasal passages with silicon nose plugs. The experiments showed that the monkeys adapted to nasal obstruction in different ways. In general, the experimental animals maintained an open mouth. Some increased the oral airway rhythmically, while others maintained the mandible in a…Expand Abstract

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