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Re: why does cpap make teeth move?

Posted by Scott on May 26, 2001 at 14:32:25:
In Reply to: why does cpap make teeth move? posted by summer on May 26, 2001 at 13:37:30:
Have you confirmed with your dentist or orthodonist that your whole lower jaw is not moving forward and causing your bite to be off?
There is a rare disease called acromegaly that causes this. There are many other symptoms though. One of them is sleep apnea in over 50 percent of the cases. Enlarged hands/fingers and feet are also common. Other fairly common characteristics are enlarged facial features such as lips, nose or ears. Many of the problems mimic old age and other conditions so the disease is many times never diagnosed. Just a few other things that can happen is weigh gain, sexual disfunction, skin moles or tags, lower jaw moving forward, cranial skeletal changes like a shelf forming over your eye brows, etc. The mortality rate is rather high for untreated acromegaly. 25% of the people never see 50 years old and most are gone by 60. It is treatable by several methods. If you want to know more just let me know. I had it for many years.
Scott

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