Free Seminar
Dr John Flutter BDS (London)
General Dentist
Help Your Child Grow Straight Teeth
- The position of the teeth is determined by the muscles of the lip and tongue.
- If the teeth are in the correct position they have been pushed there by the muscles.
- If the teeth are in the incorrect position they have been pushed there by the muscles.
- We swallow subconsciously 2000 times every day. Once a minute while asleep and twice a minute while awake.
- In a normal, healthy swallow there should be no muscle activity around the mouth at all.
A brother and sister with completely different muscle patterns.
They both have crooked teeth but different from each other.
By looking at the muscles it is possible to work out where the teeth will be.
For Straight Teeth All Children Need:
- The lips together at rest
- The tongue resting in the roof of the mouth.
- Breathing through the nose not the mouth.
- No muscle movement around the mouth during the subconscious swallow.
Nasal Breathing
It is essential that children breathe in and out through the nose in order to grow straight teeth and balanced jaws. Postural Correction and Breathing Retraining Programme
Establishing Nasal Breathing For Adults and Children
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To breath through the nose we need to learn to breath from the dia-phragm.
- To establish good breathing from the diaphragm we need to learn to sit up straight and stand up straight.
- We teach exercises that will help most children and adults who mouth breath learn to breath through the nose.
- There are many health benefits, apart from straight teeth, when nasal breathing is established.
What You Will Learn at the Free Seminar.
- How to recognise the four causes of crooked teeth in your own children.
- The importance of Good Posture or why dentists look at Children’s feet!
- A simple test to check “buck teeth”
What Programmes are available at The Orthodontic Early Treatment Centre.
- Discussion of times and costs involved in treatment.
The Postural Correction and Breathing Retraining Programme.
Nasal Breathing +
Lips sealed +
Straight Body +
=Straight teeth
Check Your Children At Home
If the answer to any of these questions is "yes" phone for a place at the next information seminar.
Look closely at the muscles of the lip and tongue.
Question 1
“Is your child a mouth breather or a nose breather?”
If your child breathes mostly through the mouth the tongue will not be resting in the roof of the mouth. This will lead to a small upper jaw set back in the skull. Every time! Often the mouth breather with have an anterior open bite. That is: the back teeth are together and they can push the tongue out between the upper front teeth. This is because the tongue pushes or thrusts forwards on every swallow. 
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| Anterior open bite and tongue thrust. |  |
Often the upper jaw is so small and so far back the top teeth bite behind the lower front teeth. Question 2
"Are the lips together at rest?"
If the lips are apart at rest then the tongue is unlikely to rest or function in the palate. You will see a narrow upper jaw and crooked upper front teeth. Question 3
“Are the muscles in the chin being used in order to bring the lips together?”
Ask your child to bring the lips together. Place your finger gently on the chin. If you feel the chin hard under your finger the chin muscles are being used. These muscles only work when your child thinks about it. If these muscles are being used your child will have the lips apart all the time Muscles in the chin being used to bring the lips lightly together.
Question 4
“Do the lips move when your child swallows when not eating or drinking?”
There should be no movement of the lips when your child is swallowing when not eating or drinking.Light forces are needed to move teeth.
The muscles of the lip and tongue apply forces of up to 500 grams.
All movement of the lips while swallowing will push the teeth out of a straight line.
Small forces move teeth, lips and tongue push hard!
Question 5
“Does the lower lip rest on or behind the upper front teeth?”
If the lower lip rests behind the upper front teeth then it will be sucked into the mouth to make contact with the tongue on swallowing. Everybody swallows about 2000 times a day. The more lower lip that is sucked in behind the upper front teeth the more the top front teeth will be in front of the bottom front teeth. This is the cause of “buck teeth” The lower lip always sits behind the top front teeth, producing “buck teeth”
No two children will have the same muscle patterns. No two children have the same crooked teeth. By looking closely at these patterns it is possible to accurately predict which teeth will be crooked and by how much. Different muscle patterns different crooked teeth |
