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Better Faces - Less Braces
A Spreecast Webinar by
Dr. Barry RaphaelOf the
Raphael Center for Integrative Orthodontics
November 13, 2013
Why do we have crooked teeth?
In addition to moving teeth, we need to address the cause of the problem.
If we fail to do this then when the teeth have been straightened either we need to have permanent retention or the teeth will
relapse towards the original position.”
Permanent retention is the state of the art in orthodontics
The Upper Jaw and Teeth
take the Shape of the Muscles that Surround them.
The muscles can push this way... … or this way
Arch Forms
The Gothic Arch The Roman Arch
How to build an arch
The Roman ArchThe Gothic Arch
When the tongue rests in the roof of the mouth the teeth erupt around the tongue
forming a normal shaped and sized jaw.
The tongue is the scaffold for the upper jaw
For normal growth and development the growing child needs to:
1.breathe through the nose,
2.have the lips together at rest, and
3.have the tongue sitting in the roof of the mouth.
Those children who breath through the mouth or have the lips apart at rest will not have the tongue
in the roof of the mouth.
Those children who breath through the mouth or have the lips apart at rest will not have the tongue
in the roof of the mouth.
All of these children will have an underdeveloped upper jaw.
It will not be big enough for all of the teeth and when the adult teeth erupt they will be crooked.
SOFT TISSUE DYSFUNCTION
With and Without Mouth Breathing
Comparison of Unsupported vs Supported Growth
Brush-Bolton since 1928
Boy Age 11
7-6yo girl
10yoM
12yF