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Date: | Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:48:50 -0500 |
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Hi Jan -
It sounded like you had a tough day! I was working on a note to post on
weaning and dental caries, but when I read your note on the case on a tight
frenulum, I thought I would jump in to pick up your spirits.
After my presentation at the ILCA Conference in Kansas City - NOBODY, not
even the physicians, WILL EVER be able to say to you: "It shouldn't be a
problem"! I will be showing cases where frenums have a devastating effect on
the dentition, on speech, on digestion, and can even be a contributing factor
to a very serious and sometimes deadly condition - obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA). Frenums are very destructive to the dentition - causing
mal-occlusions (and all the consequences of that) and open bites. A couple
of years ago I had a lady in her mid forties state she had been on
medications ALL OF HER LIFE for gastric problems and nobody could help her.
I recommended she be evaluated by a surgeon to consider a frenectomy - she
had the surgery and has not taken a pill since. I have an elderly patient
who has serious sleep apnea - a contributing factor is his frenum. NOBODY
can tell you "It shouldn't be a problem"!
Re: - article on dental caries and weaning. Can someone post the name and
source of the article you have been talking about. I will read and give you
my comment. I have some interesting data to tell you already, but I want to
read the article before posting.
I will identify myself each time I post with the phrase "Dental Note"
followed by the topic I will discuss. I have several I would like to discuss
with you. I just need to find the time.
See you in Kansas City July 11-14.
Brian Palmer, D.D.S.
bpalmer@[log in to unmask]
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