TikTok users are taping their mouths shut before bed and say the practice, called mouth taping, leads to higher quality sleep and better oral health. Researchers have only studied mouth taping on ...

Sleep specialists and dentists express significant reservations about this trending practice. While nasal breathing offers natural benefits the artificial restriction of your mouth during sleep ...

As the name suggests, mouth taping involves sealing your mouth shut while you sleep using medical tape or special mouth strips. This encourages breathing through the nose rather than the mouth ...

Struggling to get a good night’s sleep? If better rest is at the top of your priorities this year, you might want to consider mouth taping—yes, really. This viral TikTok trend has racked up ...

In the meantime, or if your grinding seems to be associated with periods of high stress or poor sleep, an over-the-counter mouth guard might help as a short-term solution (two weeks to a month).

many people have also turned to viral sleep hacks on TikTok, including the controversial practice of mouth taping. Mouth taping has been doing the rounds on social media for months now and ...