Dental Medicine - Orthodontics

Poorly aligned teeth may cause a number of complaints that regard the entire body, such as back ache, headache, hearing difficulties. Description of the most frequent symptoms caused by misaligned and crooked teeth.

Toothache Originating in the Back

Several orthodontists work according to holistic principles of healing, thus examining not only the jaw, but the entire body. They not only focus on the patient’s set of teeth; rather, their medical concern includes the feet, the whole musculoskeletal system, and in particular the spinal column. These orthodontists work under the premise that toothache may also be caused by defective positions of the musculoskeletal system, positions which are also the root cause of other ailments.

On the other hand, already a slightly defective position of the teeth may be responsible for severe headache or pains in the back. Holistically working dentists highlight the fact that the spinal column and the teeth needed to be seen and analyzed as a whole. Frequently, an abnormal bending of the spinal column can be diagnosed as can be silicosis while the patient is suffering from a cross bite, a malocclusion where some of the upper teeth are inside the lower teeth when biting down. This abnormal condition is supposed to generate interactions with other body parts, particularly when the entire musculoskeletal system is not considered an entity, but rather seen as a set of different and independent parts. Even the position of your feet and the length of your legs are possibly affecting your teeth. Depending on posture, shoes, and walking ground, certain teeth contact one another while others don’t. But note that an alteration of your posture results automatically in a change of your teeth’s position. Open-minded orthodontists have begun to check their patients’ gait patterns, cervical spines, pelvises, and the length of their legs when they have actually come to the practice exclusively for dental care reasons. The interplay of these body parts provides the holistically working dentist with the information he or she needs for a comprehensive diagnosis and the working out of an applicable therapy.

Don’t Extract Teeth - Observe their Development Instead

Tinnitus, headache and a poorly pronounced articulation can be caused by a defective position of the jaw. Here, the flexibility of the lower jaw bone may be impaired by too steeply standing upper front teeth and a closed bite. If the jaw joint, the auditory canal, and the cranial base are exposed to excessive pressure, a constant feeling of unpleasantness and toothache may be the result. Holistically thinking dentists are therefore extremely reluctant to approve of the extraction of teeth as a way to regulate the whole set of teeth. Wisdom teeth that display no signs of decay should never be pulled for the sake of regulating the existing teeth, they would argue. Rather, dentists ought to follow the idea that only decayed teeth are to be extracted. Holistically working dentists are seeking to engage only in dentistry when the dental development of their patients is at stake and should be re-arranged or encouraged to take he right path. Not dissimilar to the objectives prevalent in conventional medicine, holistic dentistry is determined to maintain and restore the proper functioning of the denture.

A Brace as a Removable Appliance of Your Teeth

In most cases, holistic therapists would usually not administer fixed appliances. Patients would rather be provided with a removable appliance, called Bionator. Because of its revolutionizing system, which works with adhesive bowls, the flexile brace does not put significant pressure onto the teeth but stimulates the growth and development of both teeth and jaw bone. Those who use Bionator appliances will be advised by their doctor to carry ithem for some 12-14 hours a day and always keep speaking. Smaller children often find it difficult to keep their removable braces in their mouth over night. But patience and time to adapt will make the day. This therapy is however not suited for every patient. Also, additional therapies may be needed in the course of or after the treatment. Therapeutic exercises and therapies for improving breathing capabilities are just two of the many complementary treatments to be addressd.