Mouth Tape Frequently Asked Questions

Why Mouth Tape

Yes, mouth tape promotes nasal breathing during sleep, leading to reduced snoring, better sleep quality, and improved oral health. Nasal breathing filters, warms, and humidifies air before it reaches your lungs. Simply Breathe's mouth tape helps retrain your body to maintain this healthier breathing pattern while you sleep, featuring a comfortable tab for easy removal and hypoallergenic materials for safety and comfort.

Yes, mouth tape is safe. Simply Breathe's mouth tape is designed with safety in mind, featuring hypoallergenic materials to minimize skin irritation and a comfortable removal tab for easy application and removal. The mouth tape gently encourages nasal breathing during sleep, which is a natural and healthier breathing pattern. However, individuals with certain conditions like severe nasal congestion, sleep apnea, or respiratory issues should consult a healthcare professional before use. Always ensure you can breathe comfortably through your nose before applying.

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Yes, mouth tape can significantly help with snoring. By gently encouraging you to keep your mouth closed during sleep, Simply Breathe mouth tape promotes nasal breathing, which naturally reduces or eliminates snoring. When you breathe through your nose, air flows more smoothly and quietly compared to mouth breathing, which often causes the vibrations that lead to snoring. Our hypoallergenic mouth tape features a comfortable removal tab for easy use and is designed to train your body to maintain this healthier breathing pattern throughout the night, leading to quieter sleep for both you and your partner.

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Yes, mouth tape can help with teeth grinding (bruxism). This connection between nasal breathing and reduced bruxism is one reason Dr. Frank Seaman developed Simply Breathe - after decades of treating patients with grinding issues in his dental practice. By keeping your mouth gently closed during sleep, Simply Breathe mouth tape promotes nasal breathing and helps maintain a more relaxed jaw position. This reduces jaw tension and prevents unconscious jaw movements that contribute to grinding. 

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Yes, mouth tape can help with TMJ (temporomandibular joint) issues. By encouraging nasal breathing and keeping the mouth closed during sleep, mouth tape helps reduce jaw tension and prevents the jaw from dropping open, which can strain the TMJ. This promotes a more relaxed jaw position throughout the night, potentially alleviating pain and discomfort associated with TMJ disorders. Additionally, nasal breathing reduces overall stress on the jaw muscles compared to mouth breathing, which often involves keeping the jaw in an unnatural position for extended periods. This approach has been used successfully by Dr. Frank Seaman, a prosthodontist with 40+ years of experience treating TMJ disorders.

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Simply Breathe mouth tape offers multiple health benefits by promoting nasal breathing during sleep:

  • Reduces snoring and improves sleep quality
  • Prevents dry mouth and decreases cavity risk
  • Alleviates jaw tension and TMJ discomfort
  • Filters and humidifies air naturally
  • Retrains your body for healthier breathing patterns

Simply Breathe's hypoallergenic tape with comfortable removal tab makes it safe and easy to use.

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Mouth breathing can significantly impact your health: it causes dry mouth (which Dr. Frank Seaman, a prosthodontist with 40+ years of experience, considers the leading cause of cavities), poor sleep quality leading to chronic fatigue, facial development issues in children, increased snoring, and weakened immunity from unfiltered air. Mouth breathing can also worsen asthma, allergies, and contribute to bad breath. Switching to nasal breathing naturally filters, warms, and humidifies air while promoting better overall health.

Yes, mouth tape helps prevent cavities! Dr. Frank Seaman, Simply Breathe's founder and a prosthodontist with 40+ years of experience, identifies mouth breathing as the leading cause of cavities - even more than poor diet or hygiene. Simply Breathe's hypoallergenic mouth tape keeps your mouth closed during sleep, reducing dry mouth and maintaining natural saliva flow that protects teeth from harmful bacteria.

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How to Use Mouth Tape?

Simply Breathe strips are appropriate for developing healthy nasal breathing habits for adults and children (at parental/physician discretion). It will help people who suffer from congestion, dry mouth, snoring, teeth grinding/clenching during sleep, poor sleep, morning headache or fatigue, heavy or rapid breathing.  If your child is known to mouth breath during sleep, abnormal oral and facial development may develop from improper tongue position and they would benefit also.

Remove tape from plastic backing. Gently close the lips. Position the upper edge of tape just above the upper lip. The lower edges of tape will curve down and cover the corners of the lips. Starting in the center, press tape gently to apply.  The easy pull tab does not stick to face and allows for easy removal. 

If your doctor has prescribed CPAP and you use a nasal mask, you may have been given a chin strap to help decrease mouth air leak.  A closed mouth equals less air leak which leads to improved compliance. Simply Breathe gently and comfortably holds the mouth closed without the addition of another cumbersome strap.

Mouth tape should be used nightly as a sleep-aid until the habit of nose breathing is re-established. This normally occurs within 3-6 months but may take longer with a more chronic mouth breathing habit.

Important: Use tape while awake to confirm effective nasal breathing prior to use during sleep.  If you cannot breathe through your nose effectively, do not use Simply Breathe Strips and consult your physician.

Read package insert before using.  Warning: DO NOT USE  

  • when you are sick or have a cold
  • have an upset stomach 
  • taking sedative or narcotic medications 
  • after drinking alcohol
  • if you have difficulty breathing through your nose 
  • if  you have difficulty with tape use while awake

No, Simply Breathe mouth tape is designed for single use only - and this applies to all mouth tape brands. The adhesive is formulated to work effectively for one night and loses its stickiness after removal. Reusing the tape would compromise its hypoallergenic properties and the secure, comfortable fit that keeps your mouth gently closed throughout the night. For best results in promoting nasal breathing, reducing snoring, and maintaining oral health, use a fresh piece of tape each night.

Why Simply Breathe Mouth Tape?

Simply Breathe goes beyond managing symptoms - it helps retrain your breathing patterns at the root cause level. Founded by prosthodontist Dr. Frank Seaman after 40+ years treating patients with TMJ, grinding, and airway issues, our tape combines hypoallergenic materials with a unique removal tab for comfortable, safe use. By promoting nasal breathing, it naturally reduces snoring, prevents cavities from dry mouth, alleviates TMJ pain, and helps with teeth grinding while filtering and humidifying the air you breathe.

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Yes, lip tape and mouth tape refer to the same product. Both terms describe tape designed to gently keep your mouth closed during sleep to promote nasal breathing. Simply Breathe's mouth tape features hypoallergenic materials and a comfortable removal tab, helping reduce snoring, improve sleep quality, and support better oral health by encouraging healthier breathing patterns throughout the night.

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Simply Breathe mouth tape was created by Dr. Frank Seaman, a board-certified prosthodontist with over 40 years of experience in Colorado, who spent decades working with patients experiencing TMJ pain, teeth grinding, airway challenges, and sleep issues. He developed the earliest version of the tape as a clinical tool to help his patients stop mouth breathing and support nasal breathing during sleep. The work was later passed on to his daughter, Lisa, who continues his mission through Simply Breathe as a family-founded company.

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Yes, Simply Breathe was created by Dr. Frank Seaman, a board-certified prosthodontist with over 40 years of clinical experience. The mouth tape promotes nasal breathing, a practice widely endorsed by dentists, sleep specialists, and healthcare professionals for addressing dry mouth, cavities, TMJ disorders, and teeth grinding. Simply Breathe emphasizes working with airway-focused dentists and connecting users with professionals who understand the importance of proper breathing patterns for overall health.

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Yes, Simply Breathe mouth tape is hypoallergenic and designed for sensitive skin. Made with medical-grade, hypoallergenic materials, it minimizes irritation while remaining gentle enough for nightly use. The comfortable removal tab ensures easy, pain-free application and removal each morning.

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Simply Breathe's mouth tape features a comfortable removal tab that makes application and removal easy, gentle, and pain-free, especially helpful in the morning when adhesives can be stronger. This thoughtful design element, combined with hypoallergenic materials, reflects our commitment to making nasal breathing retraining as comfortable as possible.

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