The first JawCast with Dr. Sandra Kahn. She’s the lead author of the seminal book Jaws, and the 2020 paper published in BioScience (The Jaw Epidemic: Recognition, Origins, Cures, and Prevention).
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1:55 Worth reading: The Jaw Epidemic: Recognition, Origins, Cures, and Prevention
10:07 Weaning is more critical than breastfeeding
11:00 Spoon feeding babies should end
11:38 No mush for babies until they’re over 18 months old
11:48 A 6 month old baby can eat solid food and not choke because of the larynx’s position
12:06 At 18 months, babies can choke because the larynx drops
12:29 Good development in babies that weren’t breastfed is possible
13:12 Babies should eat solid food before mush is introduced
13:21 The first 1000 days are critical to the whole life”
13:56 Can babies who are raised correctly develop incorrectly?
14:44 What we think is perfect for babies’ development may not be perfect
15:13 Sandra’s parents had perfect jaws
15:35 Sandra’s daughter had a tongue between teeth posture – development appeared good but she ended up needing surgery. Her son had an open mouth from day 1 but didn’t need surgery.
16:13 Transdisciplinary work
16:29 ENTs often think everything’s perfect when things are bad
16:48 Snoring Workshop in Mexico with Wilfried Engelke, Jesús Rangel, and 2 more and got extraordinary results
18:05 A young man with a perfectly developed face had sleep disordered breathing
18:27 A lightly calibrated CPAP and nose breathing is critical
18:45 CPAP using the Up-Locker Vacuum Activator
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21:46 Sandra’s favorite practitioner treats 2 year olds – by 3 they’re perfect
27:03 Some babies need their teeth filed down so that they can comfortably chew
28:37 What caused Sandra’s daughter to develop a tongue between teeth posture?
29:32 American parents don’t want us to grind baby teeth
32:45 The mechanical stimulus of breastfeeding is more important than the chemical composition of milk
35:24 A spoon in baby’s mouth makes it impossible for the tongue to function normally
38:29 We’ve created vacuum activators
43:19 ENTs don’t know about the mouth and orthodontists don’t know about anything other than the teeth
46:03 Sandra’s a big fan of MMA surgery, but not MSE because some of her patients have bad experiences
48:13 John Mew’s Biobloc Stage 1 appliance works very well with adults, but without opening the suture
50:58 Ron asks Sandra Kahn about MSE
52:41 You can’t do expansion and MMA in 1 surgery
58:26 Biobloc Stage 1, redesigned by Simon Wong for the mandible, should get the Nobel Prize
1:06:18 Sandra’s Forwardontics Bow Face Mask
1:08:42 The Bow needs FDA approval – who wants to invest $100k?
1:10:17 Ron recommends only 2 face masks: the Crane (no longer being made) and Sandra’s Bow
1:16:08 Sandra’s seeing great results in endurance athletes who use her Uplocker
1:17:09 Medicine only looks at the unhealthy; we need to look at the healthiest people
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