Can your bad bite affect your whole body?
Yes, it actually can.
Studies have been conducted in grade school kids and it has been shown that kids with below average grade had 100% bad bite and higher percentage of hearing, respiratory, systemic, and psychiatric issues. In a different study in high school kids it was shown that kids with bad bite had a higher rate of pain and infection. Also several studies have shown that mouth breathing may be related to underdeveloped jaw and face, both in children and adults.
Usually individuals who are mouth breathers have some sort of airway obstruction and they have a range of symptoms such as not being able to sleep well at night, frequent urination at night, fatigue and day time sleepiness. These individuals often snore and have teeth grinding habits and should be evaluated for sleep apnea as well.
Of course proper anti-inflammatory diet and exercise, high quality organic whole food, healthy gut, eliminating/decreasing allergies and toxins can improve these conditions.
So what should be done?
- Moms should have a whole nutritious healthy diet and they should breastfeed their babies.
- Parents should watch out for mouth breathing, habits like excessive digit sucking, lip sucking, and crowded teeth and get their kids evaluated by a biological dentist/orthodondist by age 7-8. Kids may benefit from expanders at the right age.
- Adults who have any of the above symptoms should consult a biological dentist/orthodondist to see if they can benefit from DNA-appliance or other forms of appliance therapy.
In general when you have straight teeth there is less chances of getting cavities in between your teeth or at least less chances of missing the cavities in between your teeth. You will have less chances of developing gum disease because it will be much easier to brush and floss those areas and less plaque will be accumulated.
When you have wider jaw you will have more room in your head for different glands such as pituitary and hypothalamus to function. You can have better skeletal development, posture and good muscles and more optimistic outlook. The bottom line is that "wider jaw means healthier body"!