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Background: Breathing problemsis one of the most common causes of malocclusion specially in Children. Many of these children are misdiagnose. It is important for the entire health care community (including general and pediatric dentists) to screen and diagnose for breathing problem in childrenand adults between 5 to 16 years of age. If mouth breathing is treated early, its negative effect on facial and dental development and the medical and social problems associated with it can be reduced. Method: Breathing problem can cause malocclusion between children to early adult, so the sample was collected between the ages of 5 to 16 years of 20 patients, from Department of dentistry, National Medical College, Birganj Nepal. Result: Untreated 20 patients, sample were collected between the ages of 5 to 16 years of 20 patients with a mean age of 11.64 years. The sample was divided into 2 groups with 10 subjects in each, group 1 had history of no breathing problem had Dental Class I malocclusions and normal growth patterns; group 2, had nasal obstruction and Dental Class II malocclusions and vertical growth patterns as evaluated (molar relationship) on dental casts and lateral cephalogram . Conclusion: Above study shown that breathing problem can causes malocclusion like Dental class II malocclusion,vertical growth pattern with long, narrow faces, narrow mouths, high palatal vaults, gummy smiles, and many other unattractive facial features.