Dr. Cindy Roak, Chief Clinical Director with Coast Dental & SmileCare, www.coastdental.com and www.smilecare.com would like to talk about how dry mouth ( Xerostomia) can be the sign of something serious and should be evaluated. She can be seen on eHow.com talking about this very topic. I...

Dr. Cindy Roak, Chief Clinical Director with Coast Dental & SmileCare, www.coastdental.com and www.smilecare.com would like to talk about how dry mouth ( Xerostomia) can be the sign of something serious and should be evaluated. She can be seen on eHow.com talking about this very topic. I've pasted in a link to the video as well as a transcript of her brief presentation.
If you would like to schedule her on the show, please call (***) ***-****or email ************************ Thanks
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Today I'm going to talk about how to get rid of cotton or dry mouth, a condition that doctors refer to as Xerostomia. You may think of it as something that's just bothersome and you may not realize that it actually can have harmful effects because saliva helps protect your teeth and gums by removing bacteria that can cause cavities and periodontal disease and the lack of saliva can make it difficult to chew, swallow food or even speak. Dry mouth can have several causes. Many medications even over-the-counter medications can cause it and sometimes a simple change in dosage can help the problem. Chemotherapy can also cause dry mouth. So can smoking and drinking alcohol. You may not know that drinking caffeinated beverages can also have a dehydrating effect. Before attempting to treat chronic dry mouth yourself, be sure that you see a doctor for a complete checkup. It could be a symptom of a medical condition such as diabetes that needs attention. The good news is that there are several ways you can deal with dry mouth. Your doctor may prescribe a medication to help you increase saliva if your condition warrants it. He or she might recommend you chew sugar free gum or increase your consumption of celery, apples, carrots or citrus fruits. All of these increase the production of saliva. Also, be sure to sip on water throughout the day to replace the missing fluid.
http://www.ehow.com/video_12220898_not-cotton-mouth.html

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Approximately 35 million people in the US suffer from TMJ. However, very few know what they think is just TMJ, can really be a rare life changing disease. I am a 25 year old female and after an oral surgeon saw my x-rays I was told that I have the jaw of an 80 year old that has been chewing on...

Approximately 35 million people in the US suffer from TMJ. However, very few know what they think is just TMJ, can really be a rare life changing disease. I am a 25 year old female and after an oral surgeon saw my x-rays I was told that I have the jaw of an 80 year old that has been chewing on rocks. I do not just have TMJ my jaw bones have been eaten away.

I have had severe changes to not only my jaw, my bite, and my face, but to my life due to Internal Condylar Resorption. This is a rare disease that requires an even more rare surgery of total jaw joint replacement with prosthetics.

In 2006, I woke up with my jaw locked shut. Over the next few years my bite began to change to the point where I was no longer able to close my mouth. I am only able to touch on my back molars. After seeing numerous doctors and surgeons I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Condylar Resorption which has left me in unimaginable pain, has deformed my face, made breathing difficult, and I have to struggle to keep weight on ( due to my jaw bones having been eaten away). I am seeing Dr. Larry Wolford, one of the foremost expert on the condition, and will have to undergo numerous surgeries totaling over $150,000.

Worst of all, I have found many women that are going through the same struggle. Many of whom believed for years it was just TMJ. If this disease is caught in its early stages, such invasive life altering surgery is not required.
Many surgeons, doctors, and even other people with ICR disagree with my surgery, but there is so little information out there for us to go on we just do not know what to do.

Please do a show on this terrible disease that is silently affecting many young women. ICR is a pathological, noninflammatory, hormonally-mediated condition primarily affecting TMJs in teenage females (9:1 ratio females to males), usually initiated when they enter their pubertal growth phase. Doctors now think it could even be linked to birth control which is taken by millions of women.

There are so many of us out there with questions and probably thousands more that are being led to believe they just a severe case of TMJ. This show would help many people, spread awareness, prevent misdiagnosis of TMJ disorders, and hopefully answer some questions for myself.

I would like to see a show on this embaressing topic. I lost all my teeth do to long term use of prednisone and am now forced to wear false teeth that hurt so bad they make me cry after only a few minutes. I know many women who suffer from Lupus, Fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses have a...

I would like to see a show on this embaressing topic. I lost all my teeth do to long term use of prednisone and am now forced to wear false teeth that hurt so bad they make me cry after only a few minutes. I know many women who suffer from Lupus, Fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses have also lost their teeth from the meds. and dry mouth. Our bodies completely change from all these meds we take, our self esteem plumets to such a low level and when we have to deal with the loss of something as important as our teeth it hurts, physically and emotionally. Living solely on disability I don't have the luxury of cosmetic implants so what can I do? I look 30 yrs older without my teeth but the pain is unbearable to wear them HELP!!!