This document discusses orthodontics and airway issues. It mentions that three orthodontists who attended an AARD meeting were curious about airway problems after one mentioned speakers on health and airway journeys. The friend spent two days promoting airway awareness and ALF programs, hoping other practitioners would understand the problems and solutions. The friend suggests crafting a vision for what they hope to achieve. The document also lists researchers and outlines a research protocol studying the relationship between malocclusions, orofacial dysfunctions, and space conditions in primary and mixed dentition.

1. Dr. John Mew Dr. María José Muñoz
Dr. Antonio Facal
Dr. Eduardo Padrós Serrat
Dr. Javier Plaza
Dr. Barry Raphael
Dr. Juan Font Dr. Sandra Kahn
Dr. José Luis Gandía
Universidad de Valencia

3. Showing off
the castle
Papa John
150 mostly young
orthodontists

4. John Sandra Me (awake)

5. The Tropic Premise
If the teeth are lightly in contact with the lips
sealed and the tongue on the palate for
between 4-8 hours a day, the face will grow
properly with room for 32 teeth.

6. 1)The Forehead
2) The upper indicator line
3) The lower indicator line
4) The cheek line
5) Muscle bulges
Orbicularis Oris: gets big by sucking on the teeth
Mentalis: bulges and throws the lower lip forward
Buccinators : gets big by sucking on tongue
6) Nasal size and contour.
7) The shape of the lips: They will regain size
8) Lip posture at rest and seal
9) Tongue posture: The main force that drives maxillary growth
Reading the Face

7. • Okay boys, it's happened... I was at a meeting this weekend with three dentists
who were at the AARD meeting. One of them mentioned Mark and Kev and also
Tom Colquitt who spoke about his own health/airway journey. Another one said he
had "heard about this Raphael guy" who was in nj and they were thinking of
having him speak to their small group. Another brought up a patient/friend who
he thinks has an airway problem. They asked about Myo and appliances and the
next step. So cool because the three of them are Kois trained dentists at the top
of their field and they were clueless about airway and risk factors, BUT they were
curious!
• I spent two days promoting the airway and the ALF programs. This is what we
have hoped will happen - that practitioners start understanding the problem and
are curious about how to solve it.
• BTW, the course I was at was a leadership conference (Kev - it was Fritz's group)
and there was a lot of talk about creating a vision. Perhaps it would be worthwhile
for us to craft a vision about what we hope for. Seems a bit hokey but it helps to
define what we envision as the successful result of our endeavors. Maybe you
already have a written vision and I'm just an interloper. But if not, perhaps as a
group (get the tribal think tank in as well) we could talk about what our vision is?
Perhaps this is the goal of of the white paper event at AAPMD?
Email from a friend…

8. • The anthropologic standard
• The modern environment is a stressor
• Our compensations create the symptoms
• Symptom management hides (ignores) these causes
The Four Premises

9. Basic Orthodoxies of Orthodontics
• Malocclusion is the Problem
• Genetics is THE etiology
• Shape of the face is a characteristic
• Our scope is the teeth and jaws

10. • Malocclusion is a symptom
• Soft Tissue as THE etiology
• Facial shape becomes a risk factor
• The Child attached to the teeth
My Paradigm Shift in Orthodontics

11. Setting up Research Protocols

12. Relationship between occlusal findings
and orofacial myofunctional status in
primary and mixed dentition
Jana Seemann, Gunther Kunst, Franka Stahl de Castrillon
Dept of Orthodontics, U of Rostock, Germany
Part I: Prevalence of malocclusions
Part II: Prevalence of orofacial dysfunctions
Part III: Interrelation between Malocclusions and orofacial dysfunctions
Part IV: Interrelation between space conditions and orofacial dysfunctions