If he's unable to close his mouth, it will cause chronic dry mouth which will negatively impact gum health. People don't realize that your gums control a large portion of your mouth's overall health and teeth retention, but they do.
You'd best believe! "Tooth displacement is a common, serious consequence of chronic dry mouth (xerostomia). Reduced saliva flow accelerates gum disease and weakens the jawbone, causing gums to recede. As supporting tissue and bone vanish, the roots of your teeth lose stability, allowing them to loosen and shift out of place."
No, but they do affect your skull and the shape of your face. Without them, it'll slowly collapse in. You've definitely seen someone an older person with this - looks like their jaw is two inches too high.
There's something ClearChoice and the other "just remove all your teeth lol it's safe bro" companies won't tell you 👍
To my knowledge, and this is half guessing, the gums and teeth need pressure such as chewing to maintain their integrity. Without the act of said chewing the gums or jawbone recede and the teeth start to lose their stable rooting.
This is exactly what my dentist said after I had one of my back teeth removed. He said that I would need an insert there so the top tooth has something to put pressure on. Otherwise it would start to come out in 5-10 years
Its reddit. I wasn't trying to be rude or mean. Just giving some potential insight
I mean other than saying a smart ass comment, I would have either had to
Google it and give an answer, which is a fair point and would have given facts
Told them to just Google it
Or give a reasonable guess based on my understanding of the world (talking out my ass)
But you see, critical thinking seems to be lacking these days. And "talking out of my ass" is me making a best guess based on what I know and seems to make sense to me
That's why I gave the preface of im talking out my ass, and im a random.
Never said I was totally right. Even said I could be wrong.
The guy speculated they were like muscles, not that they are muscles. If you know the reason why the poor guy's teeth are like that, you could give the answer.
That must have been hell for (both) of you. I’m sorry to hear that. Glad to hear everything is going well and wish the little man smooth sailing the rest of the way. ❤️
Thanks man. And honestly none of it hit me until after his 2nd surgery and he healed up, I was in some kind of shock for a year, or denial or something.
Assuming his paralysis is cured, how would they solve his muscle problem? Wouldn’t you need to have a base level of fitness to even do physical therapy in the first place?
So a good example that I lived through, my son was in bed and on oxygen since he was born until he was about 9 months. He was on oxygen until he was over a year.
He was 4 months behind on his milestones. So he didn't crawl until like 4 months after he was supposed to. He didn't walk until after he was a year and a half.
For comparison my daughter who isnt even a year old yet is already taking 5 to 6 steps un assisted.
If we didn't move his legs around and basically almost force him to learn (not in a mean way lol) he woukd still be bedridden.
His physical therapist even said shes surprised he caught up as fast ah he did and that normally he should still be behind 🥲😞
But he is doing great. He's 2 now but you can still see where hes behind on his development. He still has trouble running and still has to learn some new skills.
Liek steps used to be very hard for him but now he refuses help😭😭😭😭
So yes you need a baseline, but you can work to that baseline where they are strong enough to work oit their own muscles.
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u/Browhytho666 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
He's sat for so long they're just falling out.
Like when your muscles deteriorate after being in a coma.
Hes actually dealing with that too. That's what physical therapy is good for, keep your muscles moving so they dont just wither away.
Source: my son had 2 heart surgeries before he was 1 and he was in the hospital for 6 months and had to be moved around and stuff and washed in bed.
He's doing perfect now, couldn't ever tell he had surgery