Can Alter Facial Growth A growing child can sustain permanent damage by breathing improperly.
Inheritance is a basic and primary consideration for all facial growth.
However, research in growth centers in Europe, Canada and the United States has shown that chronic mouth breathing contributes directly to facial growth changes in children. These changes should be considered as both abnormal and sometimes harmful to the growing bones and muscles of the face. B reath to humans is similar to sun light to a tree. Both are necessary for normal growth and to sustain life. If a tree receives sunlight from only one direction, the trunk and branches grow toward the light source, and the tree will become permanently de formed.