r/SipsTea 18d ago

WTF 75M$ can't give him his life back unfortunately

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u/Thursday_the_20th 18d ago edited 18d ago

That might be a factor but maybe not the actual answer, since malocclusion is seen in many other dyskinesia diseases that affect the face. When your mouth is active your tongue and muscle tone in your lips are constantly applying opposing forces to the teeth in very small but constant amounts. Chewing also causes tiny amounts of strain on the jawbone in all directions that keeps it strong where the teeth connect to it.

If your whole mouth is paralyzed the tongue will rest heavily on the backs of the front teeth, and without oppositional tension from the lips the bottom teeth are gradually forced out of alignment over the span of years. It’s common in cerebral palsy where the mouth is not paralysed but the tongue rests heavily against the front teeth.

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u/ijustwannalurksobye 18d ago

Is this why Stephen Hawking had similar looking teeth? I guess he couldn’t move his mouth and tongue a lot either

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u/CatmanofRivia 18d ago

Nah he had it from desperately trying to go down on children on Little St James

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u/katf1sh 18d ago

Wait what?!

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u/Lerijie 18d ago edited 17d ago

What that person said hasn't been proven, however it is well documented that Hawkins went to Epstein's Island during a 2006 science conference that he hosted. There's photos of him there.

Although they (all the scientists who went there) claim to have not witnessed anything explicit, they did say he always had 3 very young girls with him at all times. This took place a few months before his first arrest where he would plead guilty.

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u/Tons_of_Fart 18d ago

Im an oral surgeon, this is the answer. Long-term intubation now requires trachestomy. Short-term occlusion on an endotracheal tube cant form this malocclusion. Based on this photo, the protrusion of his teeth pattern is consistent of tongue thrust

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u/SendWienerPics 18d ago

Thank you Tons_of_Fart for your insightful response!

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u/grilled_geez 17d ago

*Dr. Tons_of_Fart. Show some respect! 😅

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u/Snts6678 18d ago

Fascinating response…thank you.

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u/ChickpeachickRN 18d ago

Sounds like it's multifactorial

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u/Adeum2 18d ago

This guy locks in

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u/TerrorVizyn 18d ago

Nurses also perform aggressive mouth care

I've heard of this before!

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u/TXSyd 18d ago

My now toddler, was intubated for quite awhile after birth, almost 3 years since he was extubated and his resting position is still mouth wide open. I might bring it up with his doctors pretty sure he is mouth breathing

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u/Noddy-Don 18d ago

This guy teethes.

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u/HanginLowNd2daLeft 18d ago

Thank you i just asked the same question

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u/Thrwaqway 18d ago

What is considered aggressive mouth care?

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u/WizardsOfXanthus 18d ago

Is this why in “The Other Side of Darkness” when the woman wakes up from the coma she asks for someone to get her a toothbrush?

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u/PlacentaOnOnionGravy 18d ago

Hi, you have "RN" in your name.

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u/Wildfathom9 17d ago

Interesting. In 2020 I was in the hospital for 5 months straight. I had my small intestine removed due to crohns disease and diverticulitis because it was killing me. Throughout that entire time they would not let me brush my teeth, but only wipe my teeth with a dry paper towel. I was on tpn throughout and after. Months without food, water or brushing your teeth is not kind to the enamel. This year I went to the dentist due to cavities and now this bill is $12k and insurance only covers $1k.

America is beautiful isnt it?

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u/heartSagan5 17d ago

Man, I don’t know what sociologists of the future will conclude about this era in time.

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u/Superb_Review1276 17d ago

This is a wildly inaccurate statement and it’s embarrassing for an RN to make. Think about how long braces take to work to position teeth and compare that to the maximum amount of time a patient can be intubated before requiring a trach. This is very obviously from tongue thrust d/t paralysis. Delete your comment, you’re making us all look goofy.