The 5 point prevention plan
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses a Five Point Prevention Plan for crooked teeth, aimed at children aged four to six. It emphasizes the importance of environmental factors over genetics in causing malocclusion. The plan includes standing straight, eating with a closed mouth, chewing gum, using lip tape at night, and maintaining good records of dental development. The speaker, an orthodontist, argues for a return to ancestral practices to prevent dental issues and calls for a focus on prevention rather than treatment, urging viewers to support his campaign for research into these methods.
Takeaways
- 🦷 The Five Point Prevention Plan is recommended for children aged four to six to prevent crooked teeth.
- 👶 Point 0.1: Encourage children to stand up straight and keep their mouth closed to promote good posture and facial development.
- 🍽️ Point 0.2: Eating with the mouth closed is advised to improve myofunctional therapy and reduce sleep apnea risks.
- 🍬 Point 0.3: Chewing gum regularly helps strengthen the jaw muscles and can prevent crooked teeth.
- 🌙 Point 0.4: Using lip tape at night can be beneficial, but it's important to consult with a doctor first, especially if there are breathing issues.
- 📸 Point 0.5: Keeping good records of a child's dental development through photographs can help track changes and effectiveness of preventive measures.
- 🧬 There's a strong environmental and lifestyle component to crooked teeth, more so than genetic factors.
- 🦴 Modern diets, which are softer than ancestral diets, may contribute to the weakening of jaw muscles and facial structure changes.
- 🌱 The speaker believes that orthodontics should focus more on understanding and preventing the causes of crooked teeth rather than just treating the symptoms.
- 🌟 The speaker is advocating for a shift in orthodontic practices towards prevention and is seeking support for research and debate within the profession.
Q & A
What is the Five Point Prevention Plan mentioned in the script?
-The Five Point Prevention Plan is a set of recommendations for preventing crooked teeth in children. It includes: 1) Standing up straight and keeping the mouth closed, 2) Eating with the mouth closed, 3) Chewing gum, 4) Using lip tape at night, and 5) Taking good records of dental and facial development.
Why is it suggested not to start the prevention plan younger than four years old?
-The prevention plan is not recommended for children younger than four due to concerns about potential choking hazards.
What is the environmental component referred to in the script that contributes to crooked teeth?
-The environmental component refers to lifestyle factors that are believed to play a significant role in the development of crooked teeth, more so than genetic factors.
Why were our ancestors' teeth straight according to the script?
-The script suggests that our ancestors had straight teeth because they lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle with a tough diet, which is different from the modern diet that is softer and less demanding on the jaw muscles.
What is the significance of the 'foundation stone' mentioned in the script?
-The 'foundation stone' refers to the normative data that forms the basis of understanding dental development. The speaker is concerned that if this foundational data is incorrect, it will lead to a misunderstanding of the causes of malocclusion.
How does the script suggest standing up straight and shutting the mouth can help prevent crooked teeth?
-By maintaining good posture and keeping the mouth closed, the facial muscles are engaged, which can help prevent the face from falling down, thus preserving space for the teeth, tongue, and airway.
What is the rationale behind the recommendation to eat with the mouth closed?
-Eating with the mouth closed is believed to help develop good myofunctional habits, which can reduce the risk of sleep apnea and contribute to better dental alignment.
Why is chewing gum recommended in the prevention plan?
-Chewing gum is suggested to strengthen the jaw muscles and replicate the toughness of an ancestral diet, which is thought to be beneficial for maintaining facial structure and preventing crooked teeth.
What precautions are advised before using lip tape at night?
-Before using lip tape, it's advised to consult with a doctor, especially if there are existing breathing issues due to allergies, nasal polyps, or other reasons.
Why is it important to take good records according to the script?
-Taking good records of a child's dental and facial development is important for tracking growth and changes over time, which can help in understanding and addressing dental issues.
What is the speaker's ultimate goal with the prevention plan?
-The speaker's ultimate goal is to prevent not just crooked teeth, but also potentially other related health issues like sleep apnea, by promoting a better understanding and research into the causes of dental and facial development problems.
Outlines
🦷 The Environmental Impact on Crooked Teeth
The speaker introduces the Five Point Prevention Plan aimed at preventing crooked teeth in children aged four to six. The plan emphasizes the importance of environmental factors over genetic predispositions in the development of malocclusion. The speaker contrasts the straight teeth of our ancestors and other primates with the modern prevalence of crooked teeth, suggesting that lifestyle changes, particularly diet and posture, are responsible. The first point of the plan encourages standing up straight and keeping the mouth closed to promote proper facial development and avoid nasal obstructions that can lead to poor posture and facial structure issues.
🌱 Developing Healthy Habits for Lifelong Oral Health
The second paragraph discusses the importance of instilling good habits in children at a young age, such as eating with the mouth closed, which can reduce the risk of sleep apnea and promote better oral health. The speaker refutes the idea of eating with an open mouth and instead advocates for the benefits of closed-mouth eating. Additionally, the paragraph highlights the role of chewing gum as a means to strengthen facial muscles and counteract the softening effects of modern diets on jaw development. The speaker also advises on the use of lip tape at night, with a cautionary note to consult with a healthcare professional if there are breathing issues, and the importance of keeping records of a child's dental development.
📸 Documenting Growth and Advocating for Prevention
In the final paragraph, the speaker stresses the significance of documenting a child's facial and dental growth through photography to track progress and changes over time. The speaker also calls for support for a campaign to prevent crooked teeth, encouraging donations and participation. The paragraph concludes with a call to action for the orthodontic community to engage in research and debate about the causes of crooked teeth and to focus on preventive measures. The speaker expresses a desire for more scientific research to validate and develop preventive techniques, potentially leading to broader health benefits beyond just dental health.
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Keywords
💡Five Point Prevention Plan
💡Malocclusion
💡Evolution
💡Nasal Breathing
💡Myofunctional Therapy
💡Lip Tape
💡Dental Records
💡Environmental Influence
💡Prevention
💡Orthodontics
Highlights
Introduces the Five Point prevention plan for crooked teeth.
Recommends starting the prevention plan between the ages of four to six.
Concerns about choking hazards for children younger than four.
Discusses the environmental component contributing to malocclusion.
Historical perspective on straight teeth in our ancestors.
Comparison with other primates and indigenous peoples with straight teeth.
Hypothesis on modern lifestyle affecting facial structure and leading to malocclusion.
Correlation between lifestyle changes and the rise of sleep apnea and other head-related problems.
Critique of the orthodontic profession's approach to crooked teeth.
Emphasis on the importance of prevention in orthodontics.
Advice on standing up straight and closing the mouth to improve posture and facial structure.
Suggestion to eat with the mouth closed to promote better facial muscle development.
Recommendation to chew gum to strengthen jaw muscles and prevent crooked teeth.
Advocacy for lip taping at night to encourage proper mouth closure and breathing.
Importance of maintaining good records of dental and facial development.
Call to action to support the campaign to prevent crooked teeth.
Description of the orthodontic treatment approach using functional appliances.
Challenge to the orthodontic community to debate and research the causes of crooked teeth.
Vision for future research to prevent not just crooked teeth but related health issues.
Transcripts
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crooked teeth
this is the Five Point prevention plan
0.1 stand up straight and shut your
mouth
point two eat with your mouth closed 0.3
chew gum
0.4 lip tape at night and 0.5 Take Good
Records I'm recommending this is
entailed somewhere between the ages of
four to six I don't go younger than four
because I just worry about kids choking
and things like that but that's be on
yourself if you want to go younger than
the age of four
now I could ask why we're doing this
well we're doing this because
despite
popular public opinion and the
orthodontic opinion
there's a strong environmental component
you know the way we live is our
lifestyle is
responsible to a lot for a larger extent
than we imagined to why keep a crooked
the geology of malocclusion we call it
officially
now throughout
Evolution until relatively recently we
had perfectly straight teeth you know I
couldn't tell you our ancestors had
sleep apnea I couldn't tell you if they
had ADHD and these other problems or
type 2 diabetes we think less certainly
but we don't know that because our
ancestors well they're all dead
but we know where their teeth were or in
fact teeth still are because we've got
skulls so it is clear and obvious that
there was far less malacus if there was
in fact you go back down the gatherer
times it seems that there was no male
occlusion teeth were perfectly straight
any big broad arches
and there's no other look at all the
other primates we're the only primate
that's got this problem and there's a
lot of different primates and their
teeth fit together absolutely perfectly
as long as they are wild and they are
healthy
then of course we've got lots of other
more indigenous peoples alive today you
know think of that guy walking off for
African Serengeti
or the Brazilian Outback or the
um Amazon rainforest awesome Inuits and
you know people the more traditional and
um harmonious your lifestyle seems to be
the straight of your teeth are you know
these guys have got great facial
architecture they tend to have a big
broad smile with all 32 teeth you know
including the wisdom teeth not one or
two but seems to be everyone you know
like my fingers fit on my hands and it
seems that since we've gone from this
hunter-gatherer era into this modern
industrialized era the faces have
changed shape and that's affecting the
internal structure as well and I I
believe leading to malocclusion and we
see this epidemic of a lot of problems
like sleep apnea
and maybe all of these problems related
to the Head are related to each other
and this change and My worry is that my
specialty and you know I'm an
orthodontist I qualify from ahus which
was considered to be the top university
for growth and development and
Orthodontics at the time
is well that we might they that my
specialty May pay lip service to the
fact that there is a strong
environmental you know a lifestyle
influence on crooked teeth but we're
treating it as if it's genetic and I
think one of the big problems is is the
foundation Stones this yellow line I
draw here that's when we took our
normative data and if you've got the
foundation stone that's in the wrong
place you're going to struggle to make
sense of things and that's my big
problem and if you go to link one at the
in the description underneath you'll see
the efforts I've been trying to go to to
gain debate on why teeth are crooked
within my profession and I'm just asking
the simplest question is we don't
understand the cause of the problem that
we don't really understand the problem
and of course we're we're not looking at
prevention and prevention prevention is
always the ultimate answer and that's
what I Aspire towards gaining in people
you know that's what this video is about
okay so the first point
stand up straight and shut your mouth
this isn't in your idea I'm saying if
you've got weak muscles and from
previous nasal obstruction you've
developed a habit of hanging your mouth
open so you've got poor body posture
you're not nose breathing you know you
risk your face falling down and that's
what I'm worried is happening as the
face falls down the cross-sectional area
reduces and there's less space for teeth
the tongue and the airway and that's my
concern so stand up straight and shut
your mouth try and gain that ingrained
in your kids because something that you
can encourage them to do now could
become a habit of a lifetime you know
get it when they're young make habits
now that last a lifetime
then point two
eat with your mouth closed okay so
here's an article from the Sun newspaper
it was a Shutterstock image and that's
link number two at the bottom
and they're suggesting eating with your
mouth open I I don't agree with that I
think half of myofunctional therapy a
concept that has been shown to reduce
sleep apnea in children by 62 percent I
think the low-lying fruit is simply eat
with a mouth shut if you can get
children to eat with their mouth shut I
think that's a major Milestone it's not
complex it's intuitive it's a relatively
simple thing but you have to enforce
that you have to sit opposite them and
remind them you know the old
old-fashioned way was sitting with a
wooden spoon and poking them but eat
with your mouse shop this is not rocket
science this is not complex and get that
habit in Young
then true income
I get my kids to chew from when they
come home from school until they go to
bed
you want to prevent crooked teeth these
tougher gums can be really useful I
don't worry for what's in them I've just
used them and I've found them very
effective and the kids chew I've found a
little bit expensive so I get the kids
to take the chewing gum out before the
their evening meal and put them back
again after their evening meal but
they're basically told or me and my wife
are encouraging them to chew gum all the
time they're not in school to you know
build the muscles up this is the single
most important factor that seems to come
out of the research is this change from
a really tough ancestral diet to a
really soft modern diet so what's the
answer
replicate the toughness of chewing you
know build the muscles up I've got a
tough jaw I've got I've got a strong jaw
I've got big chewing muscles maybe those
are related oh you know use it or lose
it okay point four lip tape at night
it's worthwhile doing this during the
day time a little bit first to get a
child used to it and from the Sleep
Foundation website they say if you have
difficulty breathing through your nose
due to allergies nasal polyps or other
reasons you should avoid mouth taping
that's link number three in the
description below
so
I I'm not an expert on I'm breathing and
I'm not a respiratory doctor and I think
it'd be very wise to follow check with
your doctor before doing anything like
this I do it with my children and if you
can do it I think it's a really good
idea but check with your doctor first
the next Point 0.5
Take Good Records if you don't know
where you've come from
you don't know where you're going
and this is really really important so
what I use is this is an image from my
clinic we have a telephoto lens with a
200 millimeter lens I take it at nearly
four meters it's best to use artificial
lighting against a
um neutral background because if you use
artificial lighting it's always going to
be the same if you're going to use
daylight it's amazing how daylight
changes and you don't notice it because
our eyes are adjusting all the time but
if you have a photograph that you can
overlay I'll add that down as an extra
link medical facial overlay it shows you
how you can overlay photographs to to
chart how your child's growth is
occurring
um then finally please support our
campaign prevent crooked teeth you can
go and sign the campaign
um I'd love
um some donations if possible that's
going to be link number four at the
bottom the type of treatment I do is buy
a block all the traffics you know I I
believe we're gaining the best
improvements in facial form Ever
achieved by any Clinic anywhere on the
planet with the possible exception of
Simon in Melbourne I don't know I would
I'd love to compete compare with someone
you know take my challenge up I'm
but the bottom line is it's
simple
it's cheap
it's doable and I believe it's safe you
know as long as you're checking and
you're following this advice here so why
not do it I don't have clinical control
trials as I said I've really tried to
get my profession to debate why teeth
are crooked that six year letter writing
campaign just to try and try and get
that debate you know to get the my
professional body to debate why to
repeat the debate of 1937 I think it was
the last time they debated this so a
president's been set I'd love to do that
again I'd love you to sign this campaign
let's get some science behind it my big
mission is to get the spotlight of
modern medical research to shine on this
area you know the technique I do buy a
book called the tropics you know it's
really interesting it's got great
promise but you know you need teams of
researchers to prove and develop these
ideas and better
to prevent
to prevent this possibly not just
prevent crooked teeth maybe you're going
to prevent sleep apnea maybe you're
going to prevent a whole host of other
problems like George problems forward
head postures
we don't know but give it a go
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