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Recently I was wondering why we have so many mouth problems. Teeth are often misaligned, wisdom teeth need to be removed, TMJ (clicking / popping jaw) is extrem
by leafmeal 6y ago
Recently I was wondering why we have so many mouth problems. Teeth are often misaligned, wisdom teeth need to be removed, TMJ (clicking / popping jaw) is extremely common. After researching, I came to the same conclusion that this article mentions at the end. Essentially we need to eat harder foods while developing in order to increase jaw size and strength.
The article touches on sleep apnoea as well. Apparently this can become a huge problem for developing children if their pallet is under-formed.
I think this is a big public health issue, and I think it makes sense to start some kind of large scale public health campaign to inform the public and avoid all of these dental issues.
There's a book about this, the introduction is online here https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=29626&i=Introduction.html https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=29626&i=Introduction.htm...