X-bite in 8 year old boy and oil pulling

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Hi, I went to school and worked as a Dental Assistant for 15 years and it

included stints in an Orthodontic office and in a Pedotontic office. My own

son ended up having full braces because of crowding of his teeth, but not

until he was an early teenager. His teeth came in just like my husband's

(who also had braces). My best friend had a daughter born the same time who

wore an appliance made by their general dentist and she has beautiful

teeth. If I remember correctly, she had a cross bite too.

What I know is, some movement and correction of can be achieved with dental

appliances by a general Dentist or by a Pedodontist who has further training

in Ortho. It's really done a lot. If it were my child, I would start with

a Pedodontist who knows Ortho If it does require more work he/she will tell

you. The Pedo. I worked for had a lab right in his office where he made

appliances for the easier cases. He also referred to orthodontists when the

case was more severe.

With a crowded upper jaw, don't be to disappointed if braces are in your

child's future. BTW they use a dental cement, not glue to bond the brackets

and bands, so not to worry if full braces are required. It's similar to a

bonded (tooth colored) composite fillings. The biggest threat to teeth and

the thing I saw repeatedly was decalcification along the gum line above the

brackets from plaque sitting on the teeth. A water pick is great for that

along with brushing. From what I know now, if you could get those kids to

oil pull before brushing, that would help too. Good luck with that one

though.

Being natural health minded person (pretty rare in the Dental Biz), I read

about Dr. Weston Price's work back in the 80's when I was I was in general

dentistry. WP found with native populations that people had nice big jaws,

round faces and straight teeth. After a couple generations of eating white

flour and sugar, the jaws became smaller, the faces narrow and the teeth

became crowded. He said it isn't as simple as saying " _____ has Daddy's big

teeth in Mommy's little mouth. " (which is what I heard over and over when I

worked for the orthodontist). It made me sad because I figured diet could

have made more of a difference in my chiId, but that ship had already sailed

when I became aware of how bad sugar is. Sigh. I also made the mistake of

sharing this info with my boss and almost got my head bit off. ; ) Oops.

On another note, Next month will be a year since I started oil pulling with

C.O every single morning. I can't wait to show my Hygienist (and friend)

how clean my mouth is. I am just amazed that something so cheap and easy

can work as well as it does. I can't say enough good things about oil

pulling. I haven't been able to convince one person besides myself to try

it, but I'm an experiment of one that is a success story.

(ex Dental) in WI