@lioness I’m so happy the Oragel is working for you! Mouth sores are horrible to deal with. Speaking, eating, swallowing...it’s all affected! I bit my tongue the other day while eating! Crazy how much that little nip hurts!

A suggestion for when you have impressions taken. You’ll have an assistant taking them. Make sure you tell her that you have a very dry mouth and then really goop up on your lips with some chapstick, Burts bees lip balm, Carmex or Vaseline before inserting the trays. Inserting the trays will stretch your lips a bit so doing that ahead of time will keep your lips soft. Also, ask for a couple sips of water to swish in your mouth right before they take the impressions too. That will help you.

A trick to tolerating the impressions is to relax and remember to breath through your nose. As an assistant, I made sure to rhythmically breathe so that my patient could hear me and encourage them to breath through their noses. It kept their focus and made the time pass quickly during the impression. ☺️

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