Re: Tongue thrusting?

[Guest guest]

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[ ] Tongue thrusting?

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be

helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

> Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

> for that. Is this mercury related?

My #1 has this problem. He is metal toxic and I am chelating him. I don't know

if it is related to metal toxicity, because none of my

other kids have this problem, and they were also metal toxic.

> The speech therapist says that there is a

> retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be

helpful.

I have had training from a SLP about retraining my son. I can give you info

off-list if you want.

Dana

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or

Reverse

> Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her

manners are good except

> for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that

there is a

> retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input

will be helpful.

We saw a presentation by an occupational therapist this week, and

she went through a huge amount of information just on eating

habits. Bottom line is, there's a lot they can do to retrain how

she eats.

Just a guess, but if your daughter has hypotonia or sensory issues,

that could be the cause of this behavior. And a lot of what I've

read, including Andy's book, points to mercury poisoning as a cause

of hypotonia and sensory issues.

-

[Guest guest]

From my experience as a pediatric dentist, I would tell you that tongue

thrusting is NOT mercury related. If the tongue thrusting is related to an

" open bite " (a space between the front teeth when the back teeth are together or

" in occlusion " ), then the chances of " retraining " the tongue are minimal since

the tongue has to fill in the space between the teeth to create a " seal " which

is necessary to create the negative pressure required for a person to swallow.

To put it simply: Try to swallow with your mouth open- it obviously does not

work. So, from my experience, the " open " bite has to be " closed "

orthodontically IN CONJUNCTION with tongue retraining so that during and after

orthodontic treatment the tongue will not continue to be placed between the

teeth which will either prevent the bite from being corrected or cause a

" relapse " after the orthodontic correction.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

BrandtMrse@... wrote:

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

When I had braces, my orthodonist emphasized tongue placement in

swallowing a lot (and I had braces two times, once as a young child

because I sucked my thumb really bad and then in college again).

Sharon

> Hi,

>

> My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or

Reverse

> Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners

are good except

> for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that

there is a

> retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input

will be helpful.

> Thanks,

> in Salt Lake City

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Care to share with us if you practice mercury-free dentistry and where? List

members often ask where to find mercury-free dentists.

S (no children)

<BR>

Hi,<BR>

<BR>

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse <BR>

Swallow.  She sticks her tongue out when she swallows.  Her manners are good

except <BR>

for that. Is this mercury related?  The speech therapist says that there is a

<BR>

retraining process she can step my daughter through.  Any input will be

helpful.<BR>

Thanks,<BR>

in Salt Lake City<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

[Guest guest]

I am the Director of the Dental Program for Patients with Developmental

Disabilities sponsored by Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago. We treat patients

of all ages, not only children. We do not use amalgam for any patient on the

spectrum.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

Shepard <_Shepard@...> wrote:

Care to share with us if you practice mercury-free dentistry and where? List

members often ask where to find mercury-free dentists.

S (no children)

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

And does the clinic accept medical coupons?

S

<BR>

<BR>

Hi,<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse <BR>

<BR>

Swallow.  She sticks her tongue out when she swallows.  Her manners are good

except <BR>

<BR>

for that. Is this mercury related?  The speech therapist says that there is a

<BR>

<BR>

retraining process she can step my daughter through.  Any input will be

helpful.<BR>

<BR>

Thanks,<BR>

<BR>

in Salt Lake City<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

[Guest guest]

And does the clinic accept medical coupons?

S

<BR>

<BR>

Hi,<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse <BR>

<BR>

Swallow.  She sticks her tongue out when she swallows.  Her manners are good

except <BR>

<BR>

for that. Is this mercury related?  The speech therapist says that there is a

<BR>

<BR>

retraining process she can step my daughter through.  Any input will be

helpful.<BR>

<BR>

Thanks,<BR>

<BR>

in Salt Lake City<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

[Guest guest]

And does the clinic accept medical coupons?

S

<BR>

<BR>

Hi,<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse <BR>

<BR>

Swallow.  She sticks her tongue out when she swallows.  Her manners are good

except <BR>

<BR>

for that. Is this mercury related?  The speech therapist says that there is a

<BR>

<BR>

retraining process she can step my daughter through.  Any input will be

helpful.<BR>

<BR>

Thanks,<BR>

<BR>

in Salt Lake City<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

[Guest guest]

Dr. Cantor,

Would you share with us specifically WHY you don't use amalgam?

Re: [ ] Tongue thrusting?

I am the Director of the Dental Program for Patients with Developmental

Disabilities sponsored by Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago. We treat patients

of all ages, not only children. We do not use amalgam for any patient on the

spectrum.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

Shepard <_Shepard@...> wrote:

Care to share with us if you practice mercury-free dentistry and where? List

members often ask where to find mercury-free dentists.

S (no children)

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be

helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

Also hope to hear someday soon that you don't use amalgam with any patient, on

the spectrum or not.

S (mercury poisoning survivor, not on the spectrum)

<BR>

<BR>

  Hi,<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

  My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse <BR>

<BR>

  Swallow.  She sticks her tongue out when she swallows.  Her manners are good

except <BR>

<BR>

  for that. Is this mercury related?  The speech therapist says that there is a

<BR>

<BR>

  retraining process she can step my daughter through.  Any input will be

helpful.<BR>

<BR>

  Thanks,<BR>

<BR>

  in Salt Lake City<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

 

[Guest guest]

After attending several lectures and presenting at the AutismOne Conference in

Chicago this past May, I felt that the risk of mercury exposure in children on

the spectrum contraindicated the use of silver amalgam as a restorative material

in these patients.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

Fournier <@...> wrote:

Dr. Cantor,

Would you share with us specifically WHY you don't use amalgam?

Re: [ ] Tongue thrusting?

I am the Director of the Dental Program for Patients with Developmental

Disabilities sponsored by Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago. We treat patients

of all ages, not only children. We do not use amalgam for any patient on the

spectrum.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

Shepard <_Shepard@...> wrote:

Care to share with us if you practice mercury-free dentistry and where? List

members often ask where to find mercury-free dentists.

S (no children)

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be

helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

Our services are underwritten by a State of Illinois grant so we definitely

accept public aid and if a patient is not covered by public aid or any other

type of dental insurance, there is no charge for routinue procedures such as

examinations, cleanings, fillings, and uncomplicated extractions.

S. Cantor, D.D.S.

Shepard <_Shepard@...> wrote:

And does the clinic accept medical coupons?

S

Hi,

My daughter is just getting evaluated for Tongue Thrusting or Reverse

Swallow. She sticks her tongue out when she swallows. Her manners are good

except

for that. Is this mercury related? The speech therapist says that there is a

retraining process she can step my daughter through. Any input will be helpful.

Thanks,

in Salt Lake City

[Guest guest]

> After attending several lectures and presenting at the AutismOne

Conference in Chicago this past May, I felt that the risk of mercury

exposure in children on the spectrum contraindicated the use of silver

amalgam as a restorative material in these patients.

>

> S. Cantor, D.D.S.

wooohhooooooo

hurray

yippppppeeeeeee

Um, glad to hear that the conferences help, and that you are

willing to do something prudent and reasonable based on risk....

I hope whoever worked endlessly to put on AutismOne is

listening....

Moria

[Guest guest]

Ed Arranga and Jim Donnelly were two of the people instrumental in both starting

AutismOne and putting on the Conference. These are two exceptional people and I

have learned a huge amount from both of them.

Dr. Cantor

moriamerri <moriam@...> wrote:

> After attending several lectures and presenting at the AutismOne

Conference in Chicago this past May, I felt that the risk of mercury

exposure in children on the spectrum contraindicated the use of silver

amalgam as a restorative material in these patients.

>

> S. Cantor, D.D.S.

wooohhooooooo

hurray

yippppppeeeeeee

Um, glad to hear that the conferences help, and that you are

willing to do something prudent and reasonable based on risk....

I hope whoever worked endlessly to put on AutismOne is

listening....

Moria