The Overbite Complexity: How The Vertical Position, Tooth-Size Ratios And Other Factors Affect Occlusion and Overbites.

This article explains the complexity of overbites and how to diagnose pre-treatment occlusions to finish orthodontic cases with stable, long lasting occlusion and proper overbites. It explains the changes that occur when overbites deepen and how to correct to proper overbite positions.

Upper airway obstruction and resultant growth factors influencing malocclusions.

Upper airway obstruction is associated with many dental and skeletal malocclusions. Recognizing and removing the problems at an early age is encouraged. However, the malocclusions caused by upper airway obstruction can be addressed and corrected at different stages of dentitions using various types of appliances and orthodontic techniques.

The Loudon Chateau repositioning appliance.

The LCR Appliance if fabricated and used properly, has many advantages over the Herbst and Twin Block appliances in solving tongue thrust, mandibular deficiency and repositioning with proper mandibular advancement and mandibular growth results. The regular Chateau appliance was named in 1904 after Dr. Chateau in Franc.

The development and benefits of vertical dimension primary molar buildup crowns.

This article describes the technique and advantages of vertical dimension-primary molar buildups (VD-PMB's). These primary molar buildups help correct the vertical dimension on overclosed children from 3 to 12 years old. The advantages of these VD-PMB's are enormous, with very little or no disadvantages when placed correctly.

The origin and development of malocclusions. When, where and how dental malocclusions develop.

This article describes the forces of the muscles from the stomatonathic system and how they interact in many children to change the normal forces of growth. Because of this change in muscle forces there is a change from normal teeth and bone growth positions to abnormal positions. These normal and/or abnormal changes in muscle forces are the basis for development into class one, class two and class three occlusions.