[tri-med] Re: Receding gums

Good point, never thought about that and, yes, Ellie does have her fingers
in her mouth a fair bit - more so when she's tired - and she has a red patch
on the base of one of her thumbs so there's obviously some pressure going on
there against the teeth and possibly the gums.

Thanks

Carolyn

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Sent: 17 November 2008 00:15
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Subject: [tri-med] Re: Receding gums

Just another thought...Tess pushes her gums with her fingers 
sometimes like she's trying to make them recede, if you can visualize 
this? She has callouses on her fingers on both hands from constantly 
trying to chew on them, but they are worse on her right hand. We are 
always having to pull her hands away from her mouth. That's why when 
she was on CPAP she had a dummy (pacifyer to you) at night, to try to 
make her nose breath with assistance from the CPAP.

At 10:25 AM 17/11/2008, you wrote:
>hi Carolyn,
>My son is a mouth breather as well. I was worried about his smelly 
>breath and thought he may have an infection but his dentist said it 
>is probably due to being a mouth breather and the fact that he 
>doesn't swallow enough (as he dribble like crazy) so doesn't clear 
>his pallet enough. Does Ellie have smelly breath as a mouth 
>breather? My sons dentist hasn't mentioned receding gums but has 
>siad that my sons teeth look worn -  now he has only recently 
>started grinding is teeth, but I have noticed that when his teeth 
>came through they looked small and worn. What do Ellies teeth look like?
>Katy. sont8 mosaic.
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>________________________________
>From: Carolyn <carolyn.cockburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, 16 November, 2008 20:01:50
>Subject: [tri-med] Receding gums
>
>Hi everyone
>
>
>We visited the dentist recently and have been told that Ellie's gums have
>receded quite significantly.  Just wondered if anyone had any advice /
>experience on this?  The dentist mentioned that if Ellie has a low immune
>system that could contribute to problems with gums.  Also breathing through
>the mouth (which Ellie does, she never breathes through her nose) could
also
>cause problems.
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>Any advice would be much appreciated!
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>
>Thanks
>
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>
>Carolyn
>
>Mum to Ellie, age 5, T18M
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