Dental Pain

[gardenrodent]

Has anyone experienced generalised dental pain? I seem to have developed a condition where by if food puts pressure on my gum immediately behind my front upper teeth my whole jaw goes into a spasm of severe dental pain. I cannot associate this pain to any one tooth, in fact it seems to centre above my front teeth ruining up into my nose. As the spasm dies away it settles more to the back of my mouth. The spasm when it hits is so bad that I often break out in a sweat!

Being as this is the UK and reasonably priced dentists are as available as hen's teeth, I have not yet had a chance to discuss it. But it seems odd to me that this has started about 2 weeks into my treatment and centres on an area where my nose mask bears...

Thanks

Bob

[Wulfman]

Welcome to the forum.

Maybe you have your mask strapped down too tight....???

Den

[gardenrodent]

This is what I am wondering. I guess I thought if that is the case then I would expect others to have had the same issue...

[Wulfman]

Could you please fill out your "profile" so we'll know what equipment you're using and pressures, etc.

Most masks are designed to be worn in a manner that would not require high tension on the straps and pressure on the facial areas.

Thanks,

Den

[DreamStalker]

What mask are you using?

I think Den may be right. I think that most of our facial nerves come in thru the area between the jaw hinge and the ear canal. If the mask is pushing your jaw back, you may have caused inflamation of the nerve bundles. I would talk to the doc about your problem and see what they recomend.

- r

[snoregirl]

If you are using a nasal mask or pillow system you may be grinding your teeth. I have to make an effort not to clamp my teeth in the night to avoid sensitive teeth. I try to relax my jaw while keeping my lips shut and tongue up on the roof of my mouth.

I also agree with the comment on mask tightness. I notice another type of tooth pain if I strap on too tight.

[cflame1]

When you get to the dentist... have them check for TMJ

[snoregirl]

cflame

I am not sure if you are addressing gardenrodent or me.

As for me. I do not have TMJ. I am just a person who always (preCPAP) slept with her mouth hanging wide open. So taping puts it in an unnatural position. I think this and the idea that I have to stop the leakage makes me, if I don't concentrate on it, keep my mouth too closed and jaw pushes together.

95% of the time I am fine, just can feel it if I forget before I go to sleep to relax it.

[cflame1]

That was for gardenrodent.

[Mile High Sleeper]

gardenrodent, I've experienced dental pain related to CPAP for the first time last month, my 10th month of APAP. It keeps happening. I went to the dentist and there's nothing wrong, except that the nerve is bruised or inflammed. I agree with the posters who think it may be because the straps are too tight. I didn't have the problem w/ my aura nasal pillows. It started when I needed to wear the UMFF almost all the time. The straps need to be quite tight or I get huge leaks. No solution so far, except to try a hybrid and UMFF small shallow.

Another poster in the past also had dental pain, so you're not alone. Hope you manage to solve it.

[cwsanfor]

I got dental pain from both the CF2 and UMFF, because they both press right on my lower gums, and I have to strap them pretty tight at my pressures. That gum pressure was the only reason I went beyond the CF2/CL2 combination into my current and comically large mask harem. I got good numbers and fair comfort with both the CF2 and UMFF (after my nasal bridge healed and got tougher), but was pretty sure the gum pressure was going to make for dental problems. My current favorite, the F&P HC431 fits under my chin, and does not press on my lower gum. Your results will surely vary.

I wish I tolerated nasal (including pillow) masks better, I don't really know why I find them uncomfortable. But a nasal mask with FF backup for when you're congested seems like a logical rig to me.

I will probably revisit nasal masks, including the Hybrid. I'd say I won't revisit the Comfort Curve, but there's a list of things I said I'd never do, like stick pillows up my nose, or do saline nasal lavage, or tape my freaking mouth shut, for Pete's sake, and I've done all of them and more. Some civilian asked me how I could stand sleeping with a mask, and I told him I'd use a hot iron mask if it got me a lower AHI without severe discomfort. I actually like Darth Vader's rig: it's edgy and stylish, but can't find it at cpap.com, and paint won't stick to this 431 (don't even ask), but it's all good.

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[oldgearhead]

That was the problem I had with the UMFF..Got rid of it when it was only
four days old..

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