Refute what? It's just a random doctor giving some general caveats about side effects. Anything we currently use to great effect, from aspirin to chemo, and from leg casts to band aids will have such generic caveats.
"Skin irritation" from some allergic reaction to the adhesive or fastening the mouth tap too hard? Sure.
"hampered breathing" sure, if you tie it wrongly, or have other issues.
It's more like a random physician's advice for caution than some voice of science. Also, they write:
"Our study provided a simple and effective treatment modality using 3M mouth tape for mild OSA patients with open-mouth-breathing. The AHI and SI were reduced by nearly half after mouth-taping during sleep; the more severe the baseline AHI and SI, the greater the improvement after mouth-taping. For mild OSA mouth-breathers, mouth-taping could be an alternative treatment before CPAP therapy or surgical intervention are tried."
Novel porous oral patches for patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea and mouth breathing: a pilot study. Conclusion: The POP is a useful device to treat patients with mild OSA and habitual OMB.
Mouth Closing to Improve the Efficacy of Mandibular Advancement Devices in Sleep Apnea. A combination of an adhesive mouthpiece and MAD is a more effective therapy than MAD alone. These findings may help improve clinical decision making in sleep apnea.
"Skin irritation" from some allergic reaction to the adhesive or fastening the mouth tap too hard? Sure.
"hampered breathing" sure, if you tie it wrongly, or have other issues.
It's more like a random physician's advice for caution than some voice of science. Also, they write:
"There's no research to support the measure"
Well, there's some:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498537/
"Our study provided a simple and effective treatment modality using 3M mouth tape for mild OSA patients with open-mouth-breathing. The AHI and SI were reduced by nearly half after mouth-taping during sleep; the more severe the baseline AHI and SI, the greater the improvement after mouth-taping. For mild OSA mouth-breathers, mouth-taping could be an alternative treatment before CPAP therapy or surgical intervention are tried."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25450408/
Novel porous oral patches for patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea and mouth breathing: a pilot study. Conclusion: The POP is a useful device to treat patients with mild OSA and habitual OMB.
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202109-105...
Mouth Closing to Improve the Efficacy of Mandibular Advancement Devices in Sleep Apnea. A combination of an adhesive mouthpiece and MAD is a more effective therapy than MAD alone. These findings may help improve clinical decision making in sleep apnea.