Why the airway screening / quizzes?

Pediatric dentists generally check the airway.

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry asks them to screen for sleep-disordered breathing at routine visits: snoring, mouth breathing, tonsil size, tongue position, narrow high palate, lip incompetence, and open bite. Then refer when something looks off.

That exam is sometimes skipped. Teeth get the time. Airway gets a glance, or none.

Kids keep mouth-breathing. Faces grow narrow. Sleep stays broken. Behavior and attention get blamed on everything except the airway.

I built these screening tools so parents and clinicians can catch what the chair-side exam often misses: simple questions, visible signs, and a clear next step—not another “wait and see.”

This is NOT a diagnosis. It is a first look, so a child is not left to grow around a blocked airway.