Originally Posted by Nicknerd

Hey Erin,

I remember you mentioning that you were very anemic before...I'm anemic, and I've noticed that my gums are very pale, and have white spots on them...My dentist says that it's from having low hemoglobin...Also, with the smoking, there's less blood-flow to the teeth...So those two things together might be enough to weaken the teeth...I also agree that the prednisone wont help in the calcium depot.

I've come across other people who have MG and teeth problems as well...I don't think that anemia was a problem for them, so there's prolly more to it than that...

I remember a poster on here talking about mestinon and pop...He said that mestinon changes the amount and quality of saliva in the mouth...I can relate to this...I found that my mouth gets dry and it makes me want to drink pop...Sugary drinks and a dry mouth is prolly a bad combo...It prolly increases the amount of critters in the mouth, which can lead to tooth decay...Dry mouth in-of-itself can cause tooth decay, if you have it...

Nicky