So I went out and bought a mouth guard last week to see if I could stick it in my mouth without gagging. I had heard you could desensitise your gag reflex with a lot of persistence using a toothbrush or a mouth guard. I figure a mouth guard will be similar to the molding tray and dentures so why not?

First go, I couldn’t even get the mouth guard in half way I had to pull it out fast! Kept trying and kept trying… a week later, I’m able to get it in all the way and let go of it. I tried to bite down on the mouth guard but gagged and had to whip it out. So I’m slowly progressing.

Also brushing my tongue at the point of gagging over and over again. I reckon the mouth guard works best but I’ll keep doing the tongue part as well.

Hoping that by the time I need impressions and dentures I’ll be gag free.