John Messmer wrote:
> I don't buy that explanation. It sounds like reverse reasoning. You
> probably have some type of occlusal problem (your jaw and upper teeth do
not
> come together properly) which over the years has led to an imbalance in
the
> muscles resulting in jaw tension. Nursing or not is irrelevant.
Thanks for your position! I just talked to a student of mine ( I teach
English ) who is a dentist and he said that that suction/chewing/swallowing
explanation is common sense. That's what they learn at the university. He
said mouth breathing does lead to maldevelopment of the teeth and the
palate, and that's why children wear braces generally. On the other hand, he
said patients who breathe through the nose as a rule do also have that kind
of problem, and he cited himself as an example ( he wears braces ).
>
> It might be necessary to do jaw surgery to correct it but be careful that
> you do not do anything without exploring it in depth and getting a second
> and/or third opinion.
Thanks! It's in fact my third opinion. My dentist this area is relatively
new in dentistry, so if you ask about that to 10 specialists they'll
probably have 10 different opinions. My dentist follows what he calls the
American school and that he wouldn't try to change my jaw opening, since my
teeth grew adapted to it as it is, while the other specialist I looked for,
who's very respected here in Brazil for treating famous people, said he
would remake a prothesis I have and make sure to adjust my jaw occlusion
when he did it. My dentist said it was unscientific, because he couldn't
prove that prothesis was causing my occlusion problem. And now, I have this
third 'German school' point of view. That's why so many people hate school!
:-)
Anyway, what do you think of what he said about alergic renitis being caused
by not breathing through the nose and letting bacteria and fungi
proliferate?
Best regards,
Caio Rossi
>
> John
>
> John Messmer, M.D., Medical Director
> University Physician Group, Palmyra, PA 17078
> > I've been wearing a mouth guard to sleep and that has helped a lot with
> the
> > tension, but I still have articulatory problems opening the mouth ( it
> > doesn't open evenly, and when I open it a little wider it 'compensates'
to
> > the right ).
> >
> > I've gone to some dentists but now I've found out one who is really
> > different. He says he studied in Germany and his technique is based on
the
> > idea that most people with the problems I refered to above breathe
through
> > their mouths....That is generally due to short or
> > sparse breastfeeding, since our suction, chewing and swallowing
mechanisms
> > are developed in that period of our lives ( before that the baby feeds
on
> > amniotic liquid in the mother ) and is forced, due to a 'busy mouth', to
> > breathe in and out through the nose...He said those mechanisms force the
> child, while been breastfed, to adjust
> > their spines and mouths appropriately and to develop the muscles in the
> face
> > so that the suction is successful and that has the 'side-effect' of
> > adjusting the jaw ( and the muscles related to it ) and the other
muscles
> in
> > the neck around it properly...Have you ever heard of that? What do you
> think?
>
>
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