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Patient 1
BEGAN USING A CPAP MACHINE FROM RESMED IN SUMMER OF 2005. IN LATE SPRING OF 2006, I NOTICED A SHIFTING OF 3 TEETH NO. 9, 10, 11. AFTER MANY X-RAYS, CT SCAN, ETC. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I HAD A CYST AND SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS IN THAT AREA. A 25 CM CYST WAS REMOVED IN 2006. I THEN HAS A ROOT CANAL OF TOOTH #10 AND WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD MONITOR THE AREA FOR, HOPEFULLY, BONE GROWTH. ABOUT A YEAR LATER I, AGAIN, NOTICED TEETH MOVEMENT. AFTER ALL THE TESTS, ANOTHER CYST SMALLER, ABOUT 6-7 CM WAS REMOVED IN 2007. AND I HAD A ROOT CANAL ON TOOTH #9. AND, AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR BONE GROWTH. I NOTICED SHIFTING AGAIN LATE THIS SPRING. AT THIS TIME, I MENTIONED TO MY DENTIST AND ORAL SURGEON THE PROBLEMS THAT A FRIEND HAD AND WE BEGAN SPECULATING ABOUT WHETHER THE PRESSURE OF THE CPAP MASK WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO MY PROBLEMS. THE CONSENSUS SEEMED TO BE YES. I STOPPED USING THE CPAP MACHINE AND JUST GOT A NEW NIGHT-GUARD/POSITIONING DEVICE. I WILL BE SEEING THE ORAL SURGEON YEARLY TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND SEE IF THERE IS ANOTHER CYST OR IF THERE IS BONE GROWTH. THAT IS MY STORY IN A NUTSHELL. DATES OF USE: 2005--2008. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: SLEEP APNEA.