Dr. Mellanby's Tooth Decay Reversal Diet

I have a lot of admiration for Drs. Edward and May Mellanby. A husband-and-wife team, they discovered vitamin D, and determined that ricket...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX

A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VIII

Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VII

Jaw Development During Adolescence Beginning at about age 11, the skull undergoes a growth spurt. This corresponds roughly with the growth ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VI

Early Postnatal Face and Jaw Development The face and jaws change more from birth to age four than at any other period of development after ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V

Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IV

There are three periods during the development of the face and jaws that are uniquely sensitive to environmental influences such as nutritio...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part III

Normal Human Occlusion In 1967, a team of geneticists and anthropologists published an extensive study of a population of Brazilian hunter...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part II

The Nature of the Problem In 1973, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the results of a National Health Survey...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization

In his epic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration , Dr. Weston Price documented the abnormal dental development and susceptibility to too...

Unrefined vs. Refined Carbohydrates and Dental Cavities

There's a definite association between the consumption of refined carbohydrates and dental cavities. Dr. Weston Price pointed this out ...

A Little Tidbit

I'm gearing up for a new series of posts based on some fascinating reading I've been doing lately. I'm not going to spill the b...