Displaced jaw, dental malocclusion and Atlas

How to correct incorrect mandibular position?

To solve a major deviation of the jaw and to put an end to Cranio-Mandibular Dysfunction, as well as the associated poor dental occlusion, it is necessary to modify the contact area and the relative height of the teeth. Treatments aimed at the mandibular musculature may be useful but only have temporary effects! The height of the teeth is in fact what determines the spatial position of the jaw in relation to the skull.

There are several ways to change the height and contact area of the teeth. This should be discussed with a competent dentist/gnathologist who is familiar with the relationship between posture and dental occlusion. What counts in the end is the result: is the jaw now aligned if you do the indicated test? All too often we see people with extremely deviated and completely maloccluded jaws, convinced that they are OK, just because they wear a splint!

If the test shows a misaligned jaw, you have Cranio-Mandibular Dysfunction, no matter what the dentist may have told you or done to you!

Cranio-Cervical-Mandibular Dysfunction is a problem that should not be underestimated if you want to maintain good health and an efficient body for years to come!

Another important point for getting and staying healthy is the following: The mouth must absolutely be free of metals: amalgams, gold, titanium or other alloys, no matter what metal it is (even implants), these must not find a place in a mouth!

Many experts in the field today agree that having metals in the mouth can have harmful effects on health in the long term.

Unfortunately, compromises have to be made from time to time, and it is not always possible to apply an ideal solution, but to make do with the "least worst". The repercussions of having metals in the mouth are very insidious, because they occur gradually and are difficult to trace back to oral problems.

An excellent solution for correcting a displaced jaw and the associated dental malocclusion is the BIONATOR.

How does the jaw affect posture?

This explains why the correction of the pelvis by chiropractors and osteopaths is only temporary: the basic problem lies upstream! As long as the Atlas is not corrected, and if necessary also the position of the jaw, the pelvis will inevitably return to an inclined position! The proof of this is that by correcting the Atlas and, if necessary, the jaw, the pelvis realigns itself and, more importantly, remains aligned!

Practice has shown that the orthopaedic theory, according to which pelvic obliquity is caused by feet or a shorter leg, is completely wrong in most cases.

Displaced jaw: intervening before puberty

The German dentist Udo Bär conducted a series of tests on several hundred patients and concluded that the mandibular occlusion plays a key role in posture: posture information is stored/encoded in the intercuspation in the teeth.

After repeated tests and measurements during the different growth phases of the children, Dr. Bär was able to observe that their posture was easily influenced, ONLY as long as the first definitive molar (i.e. after the milk teeth had fallen out) had grown to the point where it comes into contact (intercuspid) with its antagonist tooth.

During these tests, the pelvis was first measured and then corrected if necessary. In subsequent measurements, taken at regular intervals, the pelvis remained straight and balanced provided the subject had not suffered any accidents or violent falls. In practice, pelvic correction was permanent. This was only the case if the initial pelvic correction had been made BEFORE the first molar had grown to touch its antagonist. Thanks to the casts of the teeth taken during the subsequent check-ups, it was even possible to observe that the initial pelvic correction produced to some extent a spontaneous correction of the position of the teeth.

On the other hand, when correcting the pelvic unevenness in children in whom the first molar had already come into contact with the antagonist (after about 10-14 years of age), it was found that the pelvic correction was not maintained.

From this observation, we can deduce how important it is to enter the puberty phase with a correct posture, otherwise the incorrect posture is "memorised / encoded" in the teeth and becomes much more challenging and expensive to correct.
It is important to correct the Atlas position before entering puberty!

Displaced jaw: intervening in adulthood

In adulthood the cusps, or tooth surfaces, may change due to carious lesions, incorrect tooth positions, extractions or due to abrasion from night grinding (bruxism). As a result of this change, the dental occlusion also changes, which in turn leads to a deterioration in posture. In order to regain a correct posture, it is essential to restore the spatial position and balance of the jaw. To do this, it is necessary to modify the teeth. Simply treating the masticatory musculature would lead to the same problem after a short time.

Before working on the teeth, it is necessary to carefully study the dental occlusion and the posture in order to have a clear idea of the result to be obtained. Without a preliminary study, there is a risk of further worsening an already precarious situation and of spending money unnecessarily.

Study on mice demonstrates the relationship between malocclusion and scoliosis:

Letteratura scientifica disfunzione Cranio-Mandibolare