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robyn_m 's review for:
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
by Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Ehrlich
This book is aimed towards those that can influence jaw development in children. As an adult already dealing with jaw issues, it was rarely helpful, unfortunately. Before picking up this book, I'd first recommend "Breath" by James Nestor, as it discusses similar topics in a better, more enjoyable, manner.
A few notes...
page 65 - "long face syndrome" - associated with pattern of keeping upper and lower teeth just 2 mm apart - a.k.a. mouth breathing, even if lips are closed
page 91 - The ideal oral-facial resting position entails three things: lips closed, tongue on the palate, and teeth touching lightly together. << This is probably the key detail of book.
page 110 - Example of 30-year-old woman suffering from headaches and poor sleep. As a teen she had had braces and healthy permanent teeth extracted [similar to me]. This has a retrusive effect on the jaws, face, and throat. This orthodontic strategy is now known to lead sometimes to airway problems and/or pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). After she had the spaces orthodontically opened as an adult, and had four dental implants to replace the removed teeth, all her sleep-disturbed-breathing and pain symptoms disappeared. Similar cases are not rare.
page 135 - adult forwardontics, using Homeoblock and the oral-nasal airway system (OASYS) to widen dental arch and advance lower jaw, making more room for tongue and tending to open nasal passages, improving the capacity of airway
page 136 - In curing malocclusion, the upper jaw almost always needs to be encouraged to move forward, and that is the foundation of forwardontics.
page 142 - To get a true gauge of the potential effects [of tooth removal on airway], one needs to examine x-rays taken 20 years after tooth removal. Extraction usually leads to a gradual shrinkage in the volume of the mouth. // Despite continuing defensive attempts to exonerate orthodontics from responsibility for the onset of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), we now have multiple studies with solid evidence that link the loss of individual teeth or the smaller size being unequivocally linked to OSA.
A few notes...
page 65 - "long face syndrome" - associated with pattern of keeping upper and lower teeth just 2 mm apart - a.k.a. mouth breathing, even if lips are closed
page 91 - The ideal oral-facial resting position entails three things: lips closed, tongue on the palate, and teeth touching lightly together. << This is probably the key detail of book.
page 110 - Example of 30-year-old woman suffering from headaches and poor sleep. As a teen she had had braces and healthy permanent teeth extracted [similar to me]. This has a retrusive effect on the jaws, face, and throat. This orthodontic strategy is now known to lead sometimes to airway problems and/or pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). After she had the spaces orthodontically opened as an adult, and had four dental implants to replace the removed teeth, all her sleep-disturbed-breathing and pain symptoms disappeared. Similar cases are not rare.
page 135 - adult forwardontics, using Homeoblock and the oral-nasal airway system (OASYS) to widen dental arch and advance lower jaw, making more room for tongue and tending to open nasal passages, improving the capacity of airway
page 136 - In curing malocclusion, the upper jaw almost always needs to be encouraged to move forward, and that is the foundation of forwardontics.
page 142 - To get a true gauge of the potential effects [of tooth removal on airway], one needs to examine x-rays taken 20 years after tooth removal. Extraction usually leads to a gradual shrinkage in the volume of the mouth. // Despite continuing defensive attempts to exonerate orthodontics from responsibility for the onset of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), we now have multiple studies with solid evidence that link the loss of individual teeth or the smaller size being unequivocally linked to OSA.