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3.53 AVERAGE
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Fascinating book regarding the evolution of jaws and the airway. Considering my 8 year old just had his tonsils and adenoids out at the urging of his orthodontist due to mouth breathing and snoring and his orthodontist is also discussing with us the pros of treatment in regards to his teeth AND his airway, I found the book fascinating. Every parent should read it when their children are young.
Could have been an interesting 20 page article. Hard to understand why it needed more pages.
I recently read Breath by James Nestor and it was one of the worst books I’ve read because it was full of BS, so I was nervous about this one. But Jaws was sooo much better! I did give it a lower rating because honestly it was so boring, and very repetitive (it could’ve been so much shorter). BUT! I approve of this book because it doesn’t entirely discredit western medicine practices like most “natural health” books do. It pays its dues to doctors/dentists where due, but also gives alternatives where they fit. Obviously this was an educational read and not so much about entertainment, however I had a hard time following along simply because it was so stale. But if you are interested in learning more about the effects of mouth breathing and the evolution of the human jaw, I feel this is a solid resource!
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As I recently got my new book about teeth, I listened to a podcast that mentioned a guy who made embarrassingly wrong predictions about the growing world population and its problems. I googled Paul Elrich and thought very little of him. Then right afterward, I picked up my brand new book about teeth, and I saw his name on it. I couldn't believe it was the same person, but it was.
Regardless of my strong dislike for one of the co-authors, I found the topic really interesting.
Ever since reading James Nestor's breath, I've been somewhat obsessed with nose breathing. But frankly, I've never really understood the mechanics of how it's related to sleep apnea and jaw and teeth aesthetics. This book does a fairly good job of describing the issue.
The overall premise is that, in contradiction to the orthodontist, the common teeth misalignment and bad facial structures today are not entirely due to unlucky genetics but rather a factor of our modern lifestyles.
Fossil records of human beings show no signs of malocclusion. The theory here is that this is because our teeth require chewing to grow properly. Today we are not chewing our foods to the same degree we did in the past.
An additional reason why the jaw becomes underdeveloped is when we breathe through the mouth, often because the nose is clogged due to allergies, which is caused by living far more indoors than before. The reason why the jaw becomes underdeveloped from mouth breathing is that the jaw is "extended" when mouth breathing, and when you chronically leave it extended, you weaken and deform it.
One behavior change I've made from reading the book is trying to keep my teeth lightly in contact throughout the day - breaking the habit of letting my jaw hanging from years of mouth breathing.
One point of disagreement was, strangely enough, from Pottingers Cats, which he coincidentally mentioned a few pages after I thought of it as a counter-argument that malocclusion is just environment and not genetics. We can see how in Pottinger Cats, each generation of poor diet got incrementally worse, and by the fourth generation, they couldn't reproduce. This shows that the poor lifestyle of our previous generations affects our own health. And our teeth problems are, to a degree, inherited.
Interesting. I liked the book. I hope this becomes more widespread knowledge.
Regardless of my strong dislike for one of the co-authors, I found the topic really interesting.
Ever since reading James Nestor's breath, I've been somewhat obsessed with nose breathing. But frankly, I've never really understood the mechanics of how it's related to sleep apnea and jaw and teeth aesthetics. This book does a fairly good job of describing the issue.
The overall premise is that, in contradiction to the orthodontist, the common teeth misalignment and bad facial structures today are not entirely due to unlucky genetics but rather a factor of our modern lifestyles.
Fossil records of human beings show no signs of malocclusion. The theory here is that this is because our teeth require chewing to grow properly. Today we are not chewing our foods to the same degree we did in the past.
An additional reason why the jaw becomes underdeveloped is when we breathe through the mouth, often because the nose is clogged due to allergies, which is caused by living far more indoors than before. The reason why the jaw becomes underdeveloped from mouth breathing is that the jaw is "extended" when mouth breathing, and when you chronically leave it extended, you weaken and deform it.
One behavior change I've made from reading the book is trying to keep my teeth lightly in contact throughout the day - breaking the habit of letting my jaw hanging from years of mouth breathing.
One point of disagreement was, strangely enough, from Pottingers Cats, which he coincidentally mentioned a few pages after I thought of it as a counter-argument that malocclusion is just environment and not genetics. We can see how in Pottinger Cats, each generation of poor diet got incrementally worse, and by the fourth generation, they couldn't reproduce. This shows that the poor lifestyle of our previous generations affects our own health. And our teeth problems are, to a degree, inherited.
Interesting. I liked the book. I hope this becomes more widespread knowledge.
I thought this was going to be academic social science. It feels more like pseudoscience that could possibly jump over into physiognomy.