[Dysphagia] limited oral opening

[bsonies at comcast.net (Barbara Sonies)]

It is called Therabite and works quite well.


On 10/5/06 4:33 PM, "robert newman" <ronewman@columbus.rr.com> wrote:

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> Does anyone on this list know of a "device" that might be used to slowly
> increase oral opening. I have a patient with multiple medical problems who
> has been in the hospital now for 5 months-I recently got him, and limited
> oral opening is just one of the problems to address. My daughter's
> orthodontist stated that he knew little about this, except that there are
> products out there which can be gradually inflated. In other words, the
> product/device is placed in the mouth daily and gradual inflation with each
> placement will increase oral opening. He stated that some products are
> better than others, but had no product names. I searched the internet and
> must not be keying in the correct terminology. Any ideas?????
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Kelly
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