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> From: LSHAMROCK at webtv.net> Newsgroups: bionet.neuroscience
> Subject: Re: gagging during dental treatment
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:08:17 -0400
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>> I am an occupational therapist that was interested in this
post. I work
> with children and come upon many with sensitivity problems in
the mouth-
> I really don't think gripping anything is going to help
you-gagging is a
> reflex. My question is if your mouth is overall
hypersensitive-do you
> have problems eating certain textures of foods; how is
brushing your
> teeth- what happens if you brush your tongue ( do you gag?).
You may
> need something as simple as a desensitization program to
integrate a
> primitve reflex that wasn't fullly integrated as a child.
The point is that it works and I have used it for some
years. My dentist and my dentist friend use this
technique with other sensitive patients!
