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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / December 2006lip biting
Not sure if this is the right group, but anyway. I've bitten my lower lip and can't help biting the resulting swelling at least once or twice a day. That prevents it healing. Any tips on how to handle this? TIA >Not sure if this is the right group, but anyway. >I've bitten my lower lip and can't help biting the resulting swelling at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >TIA Is this 'biting' occuring during eating ? Of course the quick answer is to stop biting your lip ;-) >>Not sure if this is the right group, but anyway. >>I've bitten my lower lip and can't help biting the resulting swelling at [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Is this 'biting' occuring during eating ? Yes it is. > Of course the quick answer is to stop biting your lip ;-) Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip to keep the lip out of the way? >>>Not sure if this is the right group, but anyway. >>>I've bitten my lower lip and can't help biting the resulting swelling at [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip to >keep the lip out of the way? Any chance you can post a picture of how your teeth come tothether in this area. Is this in the center, side or corner of the lip ? any cheek biting going on ? This is generally a tooth alignment problem and as you have noticed once the area is swollen it is much easier to re-injure the site. Are we talking about natural or prosthetic teeth ? >>>>Not sure if this is the right group, but anyway. >>>>I've bitten my lower lip and can't help biting the resulting swelling at [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Are we talking about natural or prosthetic teeth ? The bite is just off centre on the lower lip. Upper teeth capped and have been for about four years wth no problem. I think the orginal bite was just one of those things rather than a symptom of misalignment. I've managed to keep off t for two days and the sweeling s going down, but it'll probably be vulnerable to reinjury for a few days. Peter > Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip to > keep the lip out of the way? Well, since nobody else answered this, I'll say that the only way I know to keep it from happening again and again is to eat very slowly and carefully. The inside of the mouth actually heals pretty fast. Whenever nobody's looking, I'd say to work up some saliva and use your tongue to rub it into the sore spot. I've done this before, and I know the bitten place swells up and keeps getting in the way. The only way I could get it to be better was to eat very carefully. Hope this helps a little bit at least. Eva >> Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip >> to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Eva Thanks Eva. That's what I'm doing, but one forgets just once and the whole thing gets set back a day. What I need is somethng that just clips unobtrusivley on the lip and holds it a millmetre or two away from the teeth. If I had an ounce of getupand go I'd invent something for the job. Peter >>> Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip >>> to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Peter I know -- I've done it before. I dunno about clipping it, but what about a piece of gauze? Of course, you couldn't have that in there when you eat. I can only go back to the original suggestion of being very careful -- stay mindful of it when you eat. Then when you're not eating, stick that piece of gauze in there. Seems to me you'd get another sore on your lip if you tried clipping it with something. Hope it gets better soon. Eva http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg How about big wooden disks like they have in National Geographic?  SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . Er..yes, but how, other than a liquid diet? Is there some kind of clip to keep the lip out of the way? > http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > clip to > keep the lip out of the way? Roll our lower lip down adn superglue it. It's hardly noticible when you do your top lip too. You just look like you have an open bite and shiny wet lips with a few blue veins... but otherwise quite normal. >> http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > you do your top lip too. You just look like you have an open bite and > shiny wet lips with a few blue veins... but otherwise quite normal. Now that might work, but I'll have to wait for the desparation level to rise a bit before I risk gluing a finger to my lip and/or my lips together. Explain THAT to the emergency room staff. > >> http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > a bit before I risk gluing a finger to my lip and/or my lips together. > Explain THAT to the emergency room staff. Keeping your sense of humor is probably the single best thing. It is hard to bite your lip when you are laughing. :-) >>> http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >a bit before I risk gluing a finger to my lip and/or my lips together. >Explain THAT to the emergency room staff. Actually had a patient do that once, was out of town and tried to recement a temporary crown with superglue. Not pretty. I'd have to guess that the emergency room guys see a lot of variety in their lives. The only time I can remember being in an ED as a PT, it was after an MVA, and I try to keep it on the QT so the NVA don't make me DOA. If I may paraphrase Robin Williams in Good Morning Veitnam. The wreck shattered the drivers window, and I had a couple glass cuts on my forehead. I'd done my own primary and secondary survey by the time the ambulance crew got to me, but they wanted to do the short board and long board thing on me. I was fine, the truck was a total loss. I've also driven a few people to the ED, and met a few folks at the ED. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . >Now that might work, but I'll have to wait for the desparation level to rise >a bit before I risk gluing a finger to my lip and/or my lips together. >Explain THAT to the emergency room staff. Actually had a patient do that once, was out of town and tried to recement a temporary crown with superglue. Not pretty. All this done at home with super glue, a staple tacker, and some electrical tape. Don't even need a dental appointment. Folks on this group are SO helpful! SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . Stormin Mormon wrote: > http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg Roll our lower lip down adn superglue it. It's hardly noticible when you do your top lip too. You just look like you have an open bite and shiny wet lips with a few blue veins... but otherwise quite normal. > http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > clip to > keep the lip out of the way? Thanks, but I think that would raise worse problems. How do those people kiss? >> http://www.rareads.com/scans/4420.jpg >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Thanks, but I think that would raise worse problems. How do those people >kiss? Carefully one would think ;-) |
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