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Two natural remedies helpful in the reduction of inflammation and acceleration primary healing of dental disease are: Aloe Vera and Centella Asiatica

Muscle Pain and cramping: Here is the flow of my thoughts on muscle cramping not just in the calf and foot area but generalized muscle cramping. 1. your brain detects low oxygen levels in the blood and the only friend it has to mitigate the problem is the heart. Just to make the math simple lets assume the oxygen level is around 50% (fatal in real life). The heart would have to pump twice as much blood to the brain in half the time to get the original 100% oxygen saturation.... 2. Pulse rate would rise and volume of blood flowing to the muscles would also rise as well. Muscles are very good at doing one thing- contracting. That's what muscles do! In effect, your muscles have just run a marathon at night when your oxygen levels go down and the pulse and blood flow goes up. 3.Similar issues with other internal organs are affected as well as the hypothalamus. 4. the kidneys have to filter more blood as a result and thus has to fill the bladder more often and therefore your frequent bathroom visits at night. 5. the stomach as well suffers and the increased blood flow is confused as a signal for the stomach to do what it is supposed to do. Digest food using stomach acids---> then issues with acid reflux/GERD. 6.The Hypothalamus controls temperature control and proteins in the blood is one of the factors that tell it to either cool things down or warm things up. I suspect that the HOT and COLD sweats as night is a result of the increased pulse and blood flow.... All these above...I suspect is from OSA . Proof? how many of you have decreased the number of bathroom visits since you are on your CPAP. No more GERD? and decreased muscle cramping? No more cold/hot night sweats? you get the picture. All the best of health to all and I apologize for the long post. See more

Scalloped tongue is a 75% indicator of possible OSA issues. Occlusal teeth grinding/enamel loss and abfraction lesions along the gumline of teeth are all dental indicators of OSA problems. This is what I see on a daily basis in the office. I ask my patients about generalized muscle stiffness and most will say that they have the following: TMJ issues, Sore neck and stiff shoulder muscles, Lower back pain and cramping of the calf and foot. As far as temperature control, some re...port hot or cold sweats during sleep. They also report GERD and issues with mild to moderate memory loss as well as mood swings. These are the most common complaints that i hear from them and I send them to the sleep doctors for OSA testing. Hope the dental perspective is helpful. The medical doctor is the only one to diagnose for OSA. Dentists are there to aid the medical doctors in cases of mild to moderate OSA. Dual therapy: CPAP/Mouth Guard are used to lower air pressures when high air pressures are not tolerated. #snoring #sleepapnea #sleep Hope this helps. Dr. Xerxez

Helpful videos from the American Dental Association to maintain your overall dental health. http://www.ada.org/50.aspx