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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Picked this book off the library shelves simply because it caught my eye. I found it fascinating. I recommend it for anyone with a baby or expecting a baby.
Think this is a great book for anyone looking to explore some alternative viewpoints surrounding orthodontia and airway development. At the very least, it's important to be well versed on all options and viewpoints for their own health and posterity health.
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Wow. Amazing insights. It threads the needle for me between posture, dental oral health and sleep apnea tendencies.
Highly recommend you read James Nestors” Breath” before diving into this one. This ones adds in some technical and academic perspectives
Highly recommend you read James Nestors” Breath” before diving into this one. This ones adds in some technical and academic perspectives
This is the only book written by someone with orthodontics training that discusses how to develop healthy oral posture in children so that their jaws develop correctly (and so that related conditions like sleep apnea and teeth grinding do not develop). The authors give a compelling case about the need for more attention on oral posture and infant feeding practices, rather than later interventions such as braces. I'd recommend reading a couple of the first chapters and then skipping to chapter 7, the "what you can do" chapter.
The writing is sometimes very clear and logical, and other times redundant, boring, and even downright awkward. The whole chapter on "attractiveness" contains cringeworthy examples, and the authors often seem unaware that commenting on children's attractiveness is not really appropriate in a public-facing book (no matter how often such things are discussed and emphasized within the orthodontics community). If you can overlook these sometimes egregious shortcomings, the information contained is helpful and unique.
The writing is sometimes very clear and logical, and other times redundant, boring, and even downright awkward. The whole chapter on "attractiveness" contains cringeworthy examples, and the authors often seem unaware that commenting on children's attractiveness is not really appropriate in a public-facing book (no matter how often such things are discussed and emphasized within the orthodontics community). If you can overlook these sometimes egregious shortcomings, the information contained is helpful and unique.
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I get distracted in books where the authors get off track of main topic and into areas of interest they have but logically have little to do with the main topic - usually some sort of political viewpoint or some topic that is highly debatable with many different viewpoints. The author's viewpoints are often given as a "given" and "settled-science" type mindset.
Of course it's their book and they can write whatever they want and see the world however they want.
I just find it distracting and takes away from the power of their book as a bit more timeless from their main point into just another take on the topic of the day in today's society.
There's plenty of that on social media and not why I generally choose to read most books.
Some books if that is the main point, but in other books I want deeper insights and broader ranges of topics.
I did have to check if this was the same Paul Ehrlich that scared us all as kids that our world was going to collapse with over-population (bomb) which is now being overturned by many demographic studies concerned about civilizational collapses due to under-population (birthrate numbers).
Of course it's their book and they can write whatever they want and see the world however they want.
I just find it distracting and takes away from the power of their book as a bit more timeless from their main point into just another take on the topic of the day in today's society.
There's plenty of that on social media and not why I generally choose to read most books.
Some books if that is the main point, but in other books I want deeper insights and broader ranges of topics.
I did have to check if this was the same Paul Ehrlich that scared us all as kids that our world was going to collapse with over-population (bomb) which is now being overturned by many demographic studies concerned about civilizational collapses due to under-population (birthrate numbers).