OrthoTrussPatient guides · open to everyone
A little understanding.
A better conversation.
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Teeth & development
How teeth, jaws and alignment change through life.
Why are my teeth crowded?
Evolution, inheritance and development — and what they mean for your teeth.
Read the guideGenes or environment?
How different features of a bite reflect different influences, without a single-cause story.
Read the guideEarly orthodontic treatment
Understand Phase 1 orthodontics, two-phase Class II treatment, growth and trainer claims, and the costs and follow-up questions to ask.
Read the guideWisdom teeth & crowding
The evidence about crowding, and the separate reasons a wisdom tooth might need treatment.
Read the guidePain, breathing & oral health
Understand symptoms, their possible explanations and the limits of a claim.
Jaw pain & TMD
A patient guide to TMD: jaw joints, muscle pain, symptoms, overlapping conditions and factors associated with pain, with sources and optional deeper reading.
Read the guideExpansion, airway & sleep
What palatal expansion can do, how sleep apnea is diagnosed, and how to assess airway scans, adult appliances and childhood prevention claims.
Read the guideTongue-tie & myofunctional therapy
Separate infant feeding decisions from claims about speech, jaw growth, posture and sleep apnea. Understand tongue-tie release and myofunctional therapy.
Read the guideDental care & whole-body health
Evaluate biological dentistry, amalgam detox, root canals, cavitation surgery, ozone, material testing and ceramic implant claims.
Read the guideClaims & decisions
Read a promise carefully and prepare for a useful conversation.
Mewing, orthotropics & jaw exercises
Evaluate claims that tongue posture, jaw exercise or an appliance will reshape an adult face, grow jawbone or cure sleep apnea.
Read the guideBefore you choose a treatment
A printable discussion guide for checking dental treatment claims, evidence, alternatives, irreversible changes, costs and follow-up.
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