People who have a high gag reflex often encounter difficulties when seeing a dentist, or even when brushing your teeth every day. Actually, everyone has a gag reflex which is a normal body reaction to prevent choking when foreign substances or dangerous objects into the upper respiratory tract and lungs. Gag reflex will occur when certain areas untouched in the oral cavity, including the palate (especially the rear), the back of the tongue, tonsils and part of the tip area of the throat. This reflex in some people so sensitive that it is difficult to receive dental care because they feel like throwing up when entering dental instruments (eg glass mouth) into the oral cavity. So also when going to brush my teeth, especially back teeth.
A hypersensitive gag reflex was triggered by a factor of physiology, psychology, or a combination of both, but in general, psychological factors play a larger role. It is possible that these people have experienced past trauma such as when seeing a dentist so that there are certain areas more easily experienced gag reflex.
If you include people who have a high gag reflex, there are certain ways that can help in reducing your gag reflex hypersensitivity. First of all you can do simple exercises at home as often as possible.
Exercise I. First you have to relax first. With mouth closed, do the exercise while breathing through your nose lifting the tongue touching the velum. Then try these movements with his mouth wide open. Do this exercise repeatedly.
Exercise II. Next, you need to find out where your gag reflex starts. Simple way, try to brush the tip of your tongue where you still can tolerate without feeling like throwing up. Choose a brush with a small brush head. Do this every day at least once a day. If you feel comfortable with this movement, try to slowly move the brush a little deeper. At that point, brush his tongue slowly and hold about 10 seconds and force even though there might be feeling like throwing up. This process requires training, and repeat continuously for several days. Keep these points, until finally you can control your gag reflex at that point and start brushing the tongue deeper. In addition to the tongue, you can also do this exercise with the brush part of the ceiling in the back of your upper front teeth. Do it in the same manner. Try to combine this exercise with the exercise I, ie brushing their teeth with breathing through your nose, not through the mouth.
Gag reflex is generally higher in the morning, therefore it’s good exercise that triggers vomiting reflex is done in the afternoon / evening. While you do this exercise, keep doing brushing your teeth while still feeling like throwing up there, especially when going to brush the back teeth. To succeed, you can not never give up because this exercise requires a process that ultimately hypersensitivity your gag reflex will gradually decrease.
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