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Before I had my braces my orthodontist asked me what position I slept at night. Initially I thought it was an odd and irrelevant question. I told her mostly on my stomach. That's when she told me how sleeping positions can effect teeth alignment and that be sleeping on my stomach I was putting pressure on my jaw and teeth with the pillow.

Now I have to consciously check how I sleep at night for sleeping on my stomach is a "NO NO."

Has anyone else been advised of this as well?

After I had jaw surgery, I asked my surgeon if it was okay to start sleeping back on my side (Before, I had to sleep on my back in an elevated position) He said that I can sleep in any way except I shouldn't sleep 'on top of my head' / whilst doing a head stand But apart from that, I've never heard of anyone saying that sleeping a certain way will affect your jaw position... However, a quick Google search brings up lots of articles about how stomach sleeping can put pressure on a lot of your joints and can exacerbate jaw pain. Maybe it is true?

I have never heard that but it makes sense. I am a side sleeper. I wonder if this is changing thing. Weird. Thanks for the info I am going to ask my ortho next appointment.
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Jambo keep us posted on what your ortho say