Epigenetics Face and Airway ll

Our 21st Century Faces and Airways are all Underdeveloped

It is my goal to bring to your attention that as a so called non-growing adults your face and airway still retain potential for

development

The Human Genome project started in 1996 and completed in 2003 sequenced more than 90% of the 23,000 genes that we as humans

possess and discovered the epigenome

The DNA in our body is wrapped around proteins called histones. Both the DNA and histones are covered with chemical tags, this

second layer of structure is called the “epigenome”.

DNA

HISTONE

EPIGENOMEE

Epigenetics :

When a change in environment has biological consequences that last long after the event itself has vanished, we are seeing an epigenetic effect in action. In other words, a set of modifications to our genetic material that change the ways that gene are switched on and off, but which does not alter the genes themselves, “a biological response to an environmental stressor.”

A growth factor protein attaches to the bone cell membrane

Before and after 12 monthsa more youthful appearance

Distribution of forces of chewingon a macro level

Direction of the Forces of chewing

Natures shock absorbers

Changes in the brow and the orbits of a 79 year old woman after 12 months of appliance therapy

Rotational forces

In the sagital plane

Modern Man vs Primitive Man

Why is This Appliance Different?

How Does it Work?

Most Frequently Asked Questions:

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Upper Appliance

1. Hawley Archwire.2. Unilateral bite block3. Adams clasps 4. T flaps 5. Acrylic base plate6. Expansion screw

Wearing the appliance affects: 1- The teeth2- The face3- The muscles of mastication4- The jaw joint5- The tongue6- The bone7- The nerves8- Airway9- The Autonomic nervous system

The Unilateral Bite Block

THE FUNCTION OF THE BITE BLOCK

There is contact only at the bite block which discludes the remaining teeth and strains the periosteum.

Protects your teeth from wear and fractures. It also acts as a muscle deprogrammer for sleep bruxism

The Bite Block Acts as a Muscle Deprogrammer for hypertonic musculature due to clenching and grinding.

A Typical Muscle Deprogrammer

The Back Teeth are Separated

The bite block on the second bicuspid and first molar will also separate the back teeth.

The difference is that the force of biting is distributed in a way that nature intended

Intra-oral Changes viaMaxillary Growth Sites

Maxillary Growth Sites

Enhanced Airway Symmetry

Patient without breathing control and intraoral appliance

Patient with controlled breathing and HomeoBlock appliance