Can Large Tonsils Change Your Child’s Smile? The Structural Link Between Big Tonsils, Mouth Breathing, and Dental Crowding When parents notice their child's teeth coming in crooked, crowded, or misaligned, their first instinct is to book an appointment with a local orthodontist or family dentist. However, structural developments in the mouth are often driven by how a child breathes. Increasingly, pediatric dentists across East London and Essex are referring families to specialist ENT clinics after spotting a distinct oral feature: a high, arched palate paired with a narrow jaw. The root cause of this altered dental growth is often an upper airway obstruction due to chronically enlarged tonsils and adenoids . When a physical blockage forces a growing child to breathe exclusively through their mouth, it alters the mechanics of their facial development. This guide explores the direct link between big tonsils and dental alignment, and how early ENT intervention can help protec...
Can Nasal endoscopy help tailor your treatment for your nasal symptoms? Having nasal congestion or blockage can affect your quality of life. A blocked nose can be due to lots of factors. It can be as simple as nasal polyps, deviated septum or due to allergy. In rare cases, nasal tumours can cause nasal obstruction. When should I see ENT doctor for nasal endoscopy? Your doctor may recommend having nasal endoscopy if you have symptoms like nasal congestion or blockage, loss of smell, nose bleed, postnasal drip or catarrh, facial pain or headaches. Can Nasal Endoscopy pick up cancer? Nasal endoscopy can be used to examine nasal cavity, back of the nose, voice box and upper food pipe in some cases. During nasal endoscopy with the use of "Narrow Band Imaging" can help pick up early cancer changes. Narrow Band imaging uses a special filter which allows to pick up abnormal vessels on the mucosa, which is covering our nose and gullet. What is inv...