The lower jaw, the mandible, can continue to grow more forward than the upper jaw, maxilla. This growth usually stops when the child stops growing. Remember, this is biol ...
Development of the face and jaw is greatly dependent on the bone structure and muscle movements. Also habits can cause changes in the child’s growth pattern. This can t ...
The teeth (or lack of teeth) drive the complex movements of mastication. The whole mastication complex of teeth, nerves, bones & muscles are all derived in their embr ...
There are a couple of ways to address mouth breathing. Either remove the cause of mouth breathing or deal with the mouth breathing itself. We will look at some of the cau ...
Baby teeth, which are called deciduous teeth, start to be lost when there is an adult tooth, called the permanent teeth, coming through to take its place. They are lost i ...
981 Splinting and stabilisation – Direct – per tooth The joining of teeth next to each other to provide support to each other (where not covered by item 386, ...