Small mouths ... Big problems?
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Jan
... ic condition affecting the connective tissues, has a profound impact on oral health. Common orofacial findings include xerostomia, gastroesophageal reflux disease and limited mouth opening. This review article describes scleroderma, or PSS, and its various manifestations. The features of CREST syndrome and morphea are reviewed. Concerns relevant t ...
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What I ate today
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Theresa
... my meals off a small (7-inch) sideplate and use a cake fork. I usually eat in front of the TV but don't allow myself to get distracted. I chew everything really well and take small mouthfuls.
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Sleep Apnea and Tongue Scalloping: A Simple Screening Test?
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Dr. Steven P.
... ly and because sleep apnea patients have small jaws by definition, the teeth press into the sides of the tongue, leaving indentation marks. If you combine this finding with a small mouth and dental crowding, along with a tongue that sits very high (which prevents you from seeing the back of the throat), you’ll have a very high likelihood of having ...
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FOAMING AT THE MOUTH....
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mom26children
... get a job, get married and raise a family. I've been told that, "Ben doesn't seem that bad, you're lucky" and I felt like saying, "Hey, if a boat leaks, no matter how big or small the leak, the boat will still sink dumbass." There is no such thing as "not that bad" when it comes to atusim. And people seem to think autism is not a deadly illness be ...
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from the mouths of babes
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GertrudeSmall 8 yo girl sitting on my front porch: where do you work? Me: I'm in the fire department. Girl: cool! Me: that's why you see the ambulance here a lot. I'm coming home ...
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Out of the Mouths of Patients
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Tina C.
The other day I was speaking to a patient about replacing her coffee with tea. We were discussing types of tea and she started to say that she had tried some and didn't like them and then she stopped herself and said:"There are what -- six hundred different types of tea? I'm sure I can find one I like."(Actually it's more in the area of 1500, but w ...
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Product Review: Nature’s Path Organic Whole-O’s cereal - gluten free “cheerios”
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Karen ..
... oth scenarios that this gluten free cereal is very crunchy, even after sitting in milk for a while. This is great for breakfast cereal served with milk, but not so great for small mouths that might still be learning to chew, because the O’s don’t dissolve in the mouth as quickly as regular cheerios. I would suggest for new eaters, to soften the ch ...
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Read My Lips!
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Valerie Lo
... 'ahu, Big Island, and Kaua'i. The giant grouper. The Pudge of the sea. If you love the land-Pudge, than you couldn't eat the sea-Pudge, right? Hammerhead Shark, big face, small mouth. Do both eyes ever see the same thing? Beautiful, amazing creature. The Whale Shark. The largest mouth ever, the suction must be incredible. This big guy is k ...
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This week in DC, concern over a ...
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Starre V.
... surrounding suburbs like Arlington). The question of course is: if this is happening to the fish, what could it mean for us? These intersex fish are male bass, both large and small mouthed, who are developing eggs in their reproductive tissues. They were first discovered in 2003, but the news is that their numbers have increased. This hermaphroditi ...
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The missing milk packets
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Kamal S.
... dog or cat would have tried to open the packets there itself and we would have seen spilt milk. They wouldn't have neatly taken all the three packets and gone away. With the small mouths these creatures have, they couldn't possibly have held the three packets too. "Then it must have been a thief", they concluded in unison. My father and I who were ...
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