A series of lectures by Dr. Barry Raphael on Airway-focused orthodontics from 2013
Chapter 3: How Evolutionary Medicine and anthropology informs Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning.
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1. Airway Orthodontics
A lecture series prepared by
Dr. Barry Raphael
Of the
Raphael Center for Integrative Orthodontics
Clifton, NJ.
www.alignmine.com
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âDarwinian Orthodonticsâ - 2013
1Thursday, June 6, 13
2. â˘Animations are not included in this archive and may
affect the meaning or intent of the slide
â˘As the information in these presentations is
constantly evolving, please consider the date of creation
when reviewing the material.
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3. Are we developing the way
our genes meant us to be?
Are Current Norms based on our developed Genotype?
Or on current Phenotype?
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4. George Catlin
⢠Lawyer, artist, amateur anthropologist
â˘Documented native populations in North and
South America
⢠Children had straight teeth
â˘The health of native tribes deteriorated after
introduction to modern ways
â˘Whisky and sugar
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5. James Sim Wallace
1869 - 1951
ESSAY ON THE
IRREGULARITIES OF THE
TEETH : WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO A THEORY OF
CAUSATION AND THE
PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT
1904
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7. Westin Price
â˘Dentist in Cleveland, OH
â˘Traveled worldwide
â˘âprimitivesâ on their traditional diets
â˘freedom from decay,
â˘stalwart bodies,
â˘resistance to disease
â˘ďŹne characters
â˘beautiful, straight teeth.
1870-1948
â˘Malocclusion is a product of the
diet of industrialized societies
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9. Robert Corruccini
â˘Anthropologist
â˘Southern Illinois U
⢠Studies epidemiology of malocclusion
â˘Native populations all over the Earth
âVillage dwelling Punjabi youths show signiďŹcantly better
dental occlusion and respiratory allergies than their city-
dwelliing counterpartsâ - Angle Orthodontist 1985
Robert S. Corruccini, How Anthropology Informs the
Orthodontic Diagnosis of Malocclusionâs Causes. 1999.
Edwin Mellen Press, ISBN 0-7734-7980-5.
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10. Daniel Lieberman
⢠Harvard
⢠Prof Human Evolutionary Biology
â˘âThe Evolution of the Human Headâ - 2011
Our heads do not necessarily grow
the way genetics alone intends them
to grow.
Variations in one part or another
indirectly affects all parts of the ďŹnal
facial shape.
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14. Obesity
Hypertension
Cardiovascular Disease
Type 2 Diabetes
Fatty Liver Disease
Some Cancers
Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases of Civilization
Western Lifestyle Diseases
Metabolic Syndrome
Asthma
Autism
Aspergerâs
Alzheimers
ADD/ADHD
Depression
Chronic Back Pain
Caries
Malocclusion
Sleep Apnea
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15. ⢠Darwinian Dentistry
⢠Nutritionist, Pedodontist,
anthropologist
â˘Indiana U. Northwest
â˘The genetics of our mouths (and
bodies) were developed in a very
different world than the one we live
in now
Kevin Boyd
Malocclusion is not genetic
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16. Peter Gluckman
â âŚ(malocclusion) is a relatively new phenomenon in
the human population and we do not find it in skeletons
until after the seventeenth century. â
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17. Scott Gilbert
â⌠jaw anomalies (malocclusions wherein the teeth cannot fit
properly in the jaw) are relatively new to European
populations. Well-preserved skeletons from the 15th and 16th
centuries show almost no malocclusion in the populationâŚ.â
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18. Clark Spencer Larsen
⢠Ohio State U
⢠Bioarcheology
⢠Studying the health, quality of life,
adaptation, and lifestyle during the last
10,000 years of human evolution.
âOver the past 10,000 years there has been a trend
toward rounder skulls with smaller faces and jaws.
This began with the rise in farming and the increasing use
of cooking, which began around 10,000 years ago.â
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