Bad breath? No, not halitosis! The mouth-body connection in children: what every GDP needs to know about airway.
16 May 2026
BACD Aesthetic and Digital Dentist Theatre
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Learning Content
This session explores how GDPs can recognise sleep disordered breathing in children. It highlights signs like mouth breathing and snoring, and their impact on development and health. Learn practical screening tools, a structured scoring approach, management pathways, referral guidance, and how to integrate airway-focused care into daily practice.
Aims
To explore the clinical implications of mouth breathing in children and provide GDPs with structured approaches to screening, assessment, referral, and management within a multidisciplinary framework.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise key dental signs of sleep disordered breathing in children during exams - Differentiate normal vs dysfunctional breathing and understand impacts on development and health - Apply simple screening methods to identify at-risk patients early, and determine management pathways, including referrals and use of habit-correcting appliances.
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