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Q: dry mouth morphine tooth rot

asked by: poobear01101 on August 12th, 2008

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i have a new denist who is having to pull all my teeth due to dry mouth he works with cancer patients. once the salava glands are damaged like dry mouth. if you ask your denist to place you on a oral floride treatment it will save your teeth
this is to late for me after 17 yrs of morphine oral & pump but this can save your teeth please pass the word
depression plays a big part you must do the daily mantaince or your will loose your teeth for sure.

jim

Replies(4)

jeannebean

replied on September 20th, 2008

New User

loss of teeth

very same thing happened to me..but with use of Methadone for pain, bcus I couldn't afford the MS Contin (long acting Morphine)...I had gorgeous teeth..now I have plates..
so poo is right..be ohhhhh so careful with your teeth...had I any knowledge of this ten years ago ...I would still have my teeth!!

jeannebean

replied on September 20th, 2008

New User

loss of teeth

Nightrain1

replied on February 27th, 2009

New User

Crumbling teeth

If the VA had warned me about the long-term effect of Morphine on teeth, I would never have allowed them to prescribe that medication. It's interesting how they will throw expensive prescriptions at Veterans, but they won't take any responsibility for the rotten teeth they case. I'll have to finish the rest of my life with crumbling teeth; and, if I let my mustache grow long, maybe no one will notice.

kyredhead12

replied on October 14th, 2009

New User

this helped me so much. i had great teeth and now problems left and right. looking at have my teeth pulled and relaced with plates or something. but like ya'll have had morphine pump for 8-9 years. nobody told me the affect it would have on my teeth.

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