Quick question regard jaw issues.

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone, Jack graduate from his starband after 10 months. I know

possible side effects of plagio could be jaw issues. Has anyone run

into any problems or taken a child to a dentist with any problems? Jack

is constantly shifting his lower jaw and grinding his teeth and I am

just looking for answers. My ped suggested taking him to a dentist, I

am in the process of looking for a group that just deals in children,

our current is a family dental group and I dont feel comfortable taking

Jack to see them. You all have been helpful in the past and looking

forward to some words of wisdom.

Thanks

mom to Jack

starband graduate Oct 07

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the repies, my older 2 do not have any jaw issue, even my

sister was commiting on how Jacks jaw is completley different then his

siblings. I think with jack I will always question things more than I

did the other 2 only because I had to fight so hard to get his plagio

diagnosed.

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> Hello everyone, Jack graduate from his starband after 10 months. I

know

> possible side effects of plagio could be jaw issues. Has anyone run

> into any problems or taken a child to a dentist with any problems?

Jack

> is constantly shifting his lower jaw and grinding his teeth and I am

> just looking for answers. My ped suggested taking him to a dentist, I

> am in the process of looking for a group that just deals in children,

> our current is a family dental group and I dont feel comfortable

taking

> Jack to see them. You all have been helpful in the past and looking

> forward to some words of wisdom.

>

> Thanks

> mom to Jack

> starband graduate Oct 07

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

My 8 month old son is currently in a DOC Band. I recently started

noticing that his jaw might not be aligned as well. I probably

wouldn't have noticed on my own, but I was talking to another mom who

had recently taken her son to a cranial sacral therapist for his jaw

issues. Her son had mild plagio that was not treated with a helmet.

At 17 months her son had excellent results with just a few

treatments. She said his eyes realigned and his problems drinking

from a sippy cup and straw were resolved.

I just started communication with the therapist she was seeing (in

the Cleveland, Ohio area) and I think I am going to start treatment.

The therapist was very honest and said all children react to treatment

differently and that results can be like watching grass grow. I also

know that CST is pretty expensive and not covered by insurance.

At any rate, I just wanted to let you know that CST might be an

option in addition to seeing the dentist. When I spoke to my

pediatrician about CST (initially just for additional head

correction), she commented that they typically only refer infants

that are having problems nursing. So, it makes sense that it should

help with the jaw alignment issues.

Thanks for posting this topic. If we start treatment I can post an

update on the results.

Mandy

>

> Hello everyone, Jack graduate from his starband after 10 months. I

know

> possible side effects of plagio could be jaw issues. Has anyone run

> into any problems or taken a child to a dentist with any problems?

Jack

> is constantly shifting his lower jaw and grinding his teeth and I

am

> just looking for answers. My ped suggested taking him to a dentist,

I

> am in the process of looking for a group that just deals in

children,

> our current is a family dental group and I dont feel comfortable

taking

> Jack to see them. You all have been helpful in the past and looking

> forward to some words of wisdom.

>

> Thanks

> mom to Jack

> starband graduate Oct 07

>

[Guest guest]

I know every pediatrician and their recommendations vary but our

ped. recommends going to the dentist at 1 year. I actually took my

son before that because he bumped his mouth on a cement coffee

table...the dentist said they like to see kids at 1 year, 2 years, 3

and then every 6 months after that. I say all this to say, it may

be worth taking him to the dentist now as he is close to a year.

Good luck.

PS: I specifically asked my dentist to recommend me to a good

pediatric dentist. Maybe post your area and people can give you

names of some good pediatric dentists. Oh one more thing, my son

grinds his teeth but only when he is teething...I don't think for

him it has to do with plagio but like you said plagio and jaw issues

can go together.

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> > Hello everyone, Jack graduate from his starband after 10 months.

I

> know

> > possible side effects of plagio could be jaw issues. Has anyone

run

> > into any problems or taken a child to a dentist with any

problems?

> Jack

> > is constantly shifting his lower jaw and grinding his teeth and

I

> am

> > just looking for answers. My ped suggested taking him to a

dentist,

> I

> > am in the process of looking for a group that just deals in

> children,

> > our current is a family dental group and I dont feel comfortable

> taking

> > Jack to see them. You all have been helpful in the past and

looking

> > forward to some words of wisdom.

> >

> > Thanks

> > mom to Jack

> > starband graduate Oct 07

> >

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