Woken by dry mouth

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Not Fade
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Re: Woken by dry mouth

Post by Not Fade » Thu May 01, 2014 6:25 pm

I've also heard that dry mouth can lead to gum and dental problems? Any truth in that?
The answer is "Yes".

I explained the situation with my nightly dry mouth to my dentist. He told me that bacteria could not grow without a source of food. If I was sure to brush thoroughly and floss before going to bed, he said I would not have a problem. I use Sonicare toothbrush - great for thorough cleaning under the gum lines.

As an added precaution I work some Biotene gel around in my mouth with the tip of my tongue just before putting on the mask.

However, I absolutely am disappointed that Biotene changed the forumula. The viscosity is so thin now that it just doesn't have the staying power of the previous formula.

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Re: Woken by dry mouth

Post by Starpilot » Thu May 08, 2014 1:16 pm

So I turned the humidity down to 70. I also made a discovery one night that was a total "Ah Duh!" moment (half ah hah moment and half no duh moment). I could breathe through my tape! When I first read about the taping, I wanted something gentle so I bought paper tape (like they put on you after drawing blood). Air passes right through it!

I got the cloth tape and now can't breathe through it. So with the humidity at 70, using the cloth tape, turning down my minimum pressure to 13.5 I have had a little bit of occasional dry mouth but it has been much much better.

But I'm still soooo tired. I will post some graphs I hope tomorrow and hopefully someone can see something I can try playing with.

Pugsy thank you so much for the offer of the FFM. I will pm you, because I do want to try it. I am obviously a mouth breather and these pillows are too small for my nostrils and hurt a little so maybe a FFM will solve multiple problems at once.

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dry socket

Post by roxieo » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:07 am

I just had an upper back tooth pulled today. Will using my cpap cause dry socket?

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Re: Woken by dry mouth

Post by Pugsy » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:08 am

roxieo wrote:I just had an upper back tooth pulled today. Will using my cpap cause dry socket?
It shouldn't. Dry sockets are normally causing by a sucking motion (negative pressure) like sucking through a straw or puffing on a cigarette.
CPAP pushes air and even with using a full face mask with mouth breathing the air is being pushed with positive pressure into the mouth and not sucked out with negative pressure.

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