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Measuring Maxillary Posterior Tooth Movement: A Model Assessment using Palatal and Dental Superimposition
Published on: February 23, 2024
"Real" early orthodontic treatment. From birth to age 8
1Page Associates Family Dentistry, Baltimore, USA. Drpage@SmilePage.com
Abstract:
This article will introduce new concepts for earlier orthodontic (teeth) and orthopedic (jaw-bone) diagnosis and treatment from birth to age eight. While early orthodontic treatment around age 8 is getting some attention, age 8 is still too late to orthopedically guide proper jaw and airway growth in some children. By age 8, the jaws (maxilla and mandible) grow 80-90% of their adult size. Research shows that small jaws create small airways and increase the likelihood of life-threatening disorders, for life. Since the upper and lower jaw-bones form the gateway to the human airway, a new earlier orthodontic protocol and standard is warranted. Unique Functional Jaw Orthopedic concepts will help form a new early orthodontic protocol. These new concepts may very well help general dentists, pedodontists and orthodontists move dental care into a future world of medical dentistry which will include airway development, bed-wetting, ear disease, heart disease and longevity.
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