Fangmeyer Sarah K, Badger Christopher D, Thakkar Punam G
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 M Street NW, 4(th) Floor, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 M Street NW, 4(th) Floor, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2025 Jan-Feb;46(1):104545. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2024.104545. Epub 2024 Dec 4.
Across social media, nocturnal mouth-taping has been credited with benefits from increased energy and immunity to improved dental health. This scoping review summarizes the literature on mouth-taping and prominent social media claims pertaining to this practice.
PubMed and Embase were searched using terms related to nocturnal mouth-taping. A search of TikTok was performed using the term "mouth taping."
Studies yielded by this literature search were reviewed for relevance and excluded if they did not assess mouth-taping during sleep. Study characteristics were extracted for analysis. TikTok videos discussing mouth-taping during sleep were evaluated, and videos lacking spoken or written words were excluded. The first fifty videos meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were reviewed for claims regarding mouth-taping and presenter type.
One hundred and seventy-seven unique studies were identified; nine met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two studies found significant improvements in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) metrics, one with mouth-taping alone and one with mouth-taping plus a mandibular advancement device. A study of non-OSA patients reported improved snoring with mouth-taping combined with other measures. A study of mouth-taping in asthma found no benefit. However, one study found that mouth-taping effectively reduced mouth leak during bilevel ventilation. The most common proposed advantages of mouth-taping on TikTok were improved sleep and oral health.
This is the first comprehensive literature review on mouth-taping. The literature on this subject is markedly heterogeneous, and there is little consensus on mouth-taping's benefits. Few TikTok claims regarding the practice have been evaluated. However, some research indicates that mouth-taping may be advantageous in OSA, snoring, and bilevel ventilation. Additional high-quality research is necessary to elucidate the role and efficacy of this practice.
在社交媒体上，夜间使用口贴被认为有诸多益处，包括增强能量、提高免疫力以及改善口腔健康。本综述总结了关于口贴的文献以及社交媒体上与这种做法相关的主要说法。
使用与夜间口贴相关的术语在PubMed和Embase中进行检索。使用“口贴”一词在TikTok上进行搜索。
对本次文献检索得出的研究进行相关性审查，如果未评估睡眠期间的口贴使用情况则予以排除。提取研究特征进行分析。对TikTok上讨论睡眠期间口贴使用的视频进行评估，排除没有语音或文字的视频。对符合纳入和排除标准的前五十个视频进行审查，分析关于口贴的说法及发布者类型。
共识别出177项独特研究；9项符合纳入和排除标准。两项研究发现阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）指标有显著改善，一项仅使用口贴，另一项使用口贴加下颌前移装置。一项针对非OSA患者的研究报告称，口贴结合其他措施可改善打鼾情况。一项关于哮喘患者使用口贴的研究未发现益处。然而，一项研究发现口贴可有效减少双水平通气时的口腔漏气。TikTok上提出的口贴最常见优点是改善睡眠和口腔健康。
这是第一篇关于口贴的综合文献综述。关于这个主题的文献明显异质性大，对口贴的益处几乎没有共识。很少有关于这种做法的TikTok说法得到评估。然而，一些研究表明口贴在OSA、打鼾和双水平通气方面可能有优势。需要更多高质量研究来阐明这种做法的作用和效果。
