Raphael Center for Integrative Orthodontics Dr. Barry Raphael. Spreecast: Better Faces Less Braces.

1. Better Faces - Less Braces
A Spreecast Webinar by
Dr. Barry Raphael
Of the
Raphael Center for Integrative
Orthodontics
November 13, 2013

2. Why do we have
crooked teeth?

3. 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

4. The Upper Jaw
and Teeth
take the Shape of
the Muscles that
Surround them.

5. The muscles can push this way...
… or this way

6. Arch Forms
The Gothic Arch
The Roman Arch

7. How to build an arch
The Gothic Arch
The Roman Arch

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. With and Without Mouth Breathing
SOFT TISSUE DYSFUNCTION
Comparison of Unsupported vs Supported Growth

13. Brush-Bolton since 1928

14. Boy Age 11

15. 7-6yo girl

16. 10yoM

17. 12yF