Researchers who Unravel the Mystery of Facial Development
A listing of the researchers who have a piece of the puzzle to unravel the mystery of abnormal facial development, a.k.a. why you have crooked teeth or an abnormal occlusion.
Brian Palmer, DDS: Explains how abnormal sucking in infancy deforms the palette and upper jaw, resulting in the narrowed palette associated with modern man. Highlights the importance of breastfeeding, avoiding bottles and pacifiers.
John Mew, DDS: Explains the structural relationships that drive facial growth. Elucidating how mouth-breathing, an abnormal swallowing pattern or an enlarged tongue interfere with normal facial growth. Highlights that facial development is compounding and cumulative and is driven by the functional structural relationship between the tongue, the teeth and the surrounding soft tissue.
Mark Starr: Explains the multiple ways that decreased thyroid activity result in health problems. Read his work with an eye towards the effects of the skeletal-muscular disturbance and systemic inflammation for how this can interfere with facial development.
Broda Barnes: Documents the relationship between thyroid activity, body temperature and overall health.
Matt Stone: Explains how stress, lack of sleep, decreased caloric intake, and other factors cause hypothyroidism.
Weston A. Price, DDS: Documents the degradation of the human face after the introduction of modern foods. Attributes this to low nutritional density, a close reading however implicates hypothyroidism.
