| Description |
x, 197 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"An environmental health sciences book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-187) and index. |
| Contents |
Primitive big mouths to modern malocclusion -- Mostly chewing -- The diet, posture, and housing revolutions -- Appearance -- Development and oral posture -- Disorders of breathing and sleep -- What can you do? -- Orthodontists, dental orthopedists, orthotropists, and forwardontists -- Changing culture, improving health. |
| Summary |
Our jaws are getting smaller, and our teeth are growing in crooked and crowded, This creates not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics can straighten our teeth, but don't address the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution, and the health risks posed by obstructed airways. Kahn and Ehrlich discuss the biological, dietary, and cultural changes that have created this health challenge, and propose simple adjustments that can alleviate the situation. |
| Subject |
Jaws -- Health aspects.
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Jaws -- Abnormalities.
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Malocclusion.
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Illustrated books.
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Illustrated books. (OCoLC)fst00967377
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Jaws -- Abnormalities.
(OCoLC)fst00982139
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Malocclusion. (OCoLC)fst01006805
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Malocclusion. (DNLM)D008310
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Jaw Abnormalities. (DNLM)D007569
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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| Added Author |
Ehrlich, Paul R., author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Kahn, Sandra, Dr. Jaws. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018 9781503606463 (DLC) 2017058937 |
| ISBN |
9781503604131 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1503604136 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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