RE: Mouth

[Guest guest]

Oh, I had braces on my teeth for a while too. Same problem except my

front teeth did meet -- it was the ones next to them on each side that

didn't. I still have a bit of space there. My dentist was aware of the

tongue thrust, but unaware of a device for it. Or maybe it hadn't been

invented yet.

The other thing about the reverse tongue thrust seems to be that I can

choke on a drink of water. Not dangerously, but sometimes embarrassing.

- Kate

On Friday, September 9, 2005, at 03:33 PM, penny wrote:

> Her front teeth don't meet, so she can't bite food in the

> usual manner.

> ...we found

> out that the people who have this condition are " tongue thrusters " .

> Can't swallow without thrusting their tongue against their front teeth

> ...There's a simple device

> that won't allow the tongue to thrust. That's all she ever needed.

> Grrrrr.....too late now.