pnb - from NIH (link follows): Sources of Selenium Food Seafoods and organ meats are the richest food sources of selenium [1]. Other sources include muscle meats, cereals and other grains, and dairy products. The amount of selenium in drinking water is not nutritionally significant in most geographic regions [2,6]. The major food sources of selenium in the American diet are breads, grains, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs [7]. The amount of selenium in a given type of plant-based food depends on the amount of selenium in the soil and several other factors, such as soil pH, amount of organic matter in the soil, and whether the selenium is in a form that is amenable to plant uptake [2,6,8,9]. As a result, selenium concentrations in plant-based foods vary widely by geographic location [1,2]. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Composition Database, Brazil nuts have 544 mcg selenium/ounce, but values from other analyses vary widely [10-12]. The selenium content of soil affects the amounts of selenium in the plants that animals eat, so the quantities of selenium in animal products also vary [2,5]. However, selenium concentration in soil has a smaller effect on selenium levels in animal products than in plant-based foods because animals maintain predictable tissue concentrations of selenium through homeostatic mechanisms. Furthermore, formulated livestock feeds generally contain the same levels of selenium. Here is a link that might be useful: Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Selenium

I got these instructions quite awhile back in an email, wouldn't recommend it but it's pretty funny: Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat�s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse in from the garden. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously. Retrieve cat from curtain rail. Get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans and drink one beer to take taste away. Apply band-aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door onto neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from the top of the tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap. Using heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed, tie the little *%^'s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour two pints of water down throat to wash pill down. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room. Sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters. How To Give A Dog A Pill 1. Wrap it in bacon. 2. Toss it in the air. GOOD DOG!

My DH has been using one for a while now (emmi dent) but I haven't tried it so only know what he's said about it. He got too impatient to use the ultrasonic every day and if you rush through it, it doesn't work so well so most days does regular brushing and uses the ultrasonic once a week now and said it makes his teeth feel really clean afterwards. It's different to an electric toothbrush in that it doesn't use brushing to clean the teeth but the ultrasonic waves to do that so from what he's said about it, it takes a bit of getting used to since if you aren't paying attention you start "brushing" the teeth with it instead of holding the brush against the teeth a section at a time. I guess it's a bit like switching to an electric toothbrush for the first time, you often find yourself rigorously brushing out of habit instead of moving the brush slowly across the teeth.

So sorry, joann. So, mostly the discomfort is from the astringent (mouth puckering) sensation? Just wondering, did your dentist use any new to him material, say for the cement? Has he ask the dental lab who fabricated the crown if they have recently (around the time of the lab making your crown) switch material or technique? Perhaps your dentist would write or call and ask the tech on your behalf. I believe you said this symptom began around the time of your new crown? After? Burning mouth syndrome sounds like it’s a catch-all term of diagnostic exclusion and thus the associated symptoms can vary widely. So, one or two ENT’s said you have ”BMS — burning mouth syndrome.” But do you feel pain? A burning sensation? Any change in appearance? Can you sort of ”pin point” a location that is more sensitive or uncomfortable than other areas, or is it too overall and generalized to nail down that way? Have you considered keeping a journal or ”My Da** Sore Mouth” diary? If it came on suddenly, I would think that it might go away about as suddenly. If you feel up to it, I would welcome more detailed discriptions if other here are okay with that. Might you dub it ”Odd and disquietingly uncomfortable mouth phenomenon” rather than ”burning mouth?” No ropey or thick saliva? Ample saliva? Tongue and buccal mucosa (inside surface of mouth) stick to your teeth (you said?)? So far, nothing you’ve tried offers any relief, other than an expensive oral medication your (ENT?) prescribed, but you had to stop taking that because of the high cost? Negative for oral yeast? But, just for the heck of it, did you try any Nystatin or medication for oral yeast (and avoid sugar and simple carbs that your saliva will turn to sugar). I have had a quasi subclinical, out of sight oral yeast infection. Only an esophageal endoscopy revealed it — araes of patchy while in my upper esophagus. My throat felt like I’d swallowed a golf ball and it also burned my throat. not having any idea what was causing my sore throat, I was sucking on hard candy, sipping cold apple juice. Of course, that was only making matters worse as that sugar was feeding the thrush (yeast, Candida). I think this must be stressful for you, but I want you to feel optimistic. There is likely some answers and relief out there.