Could your mouth be the root cause of your dysfunction? G.V. Black, the father of modern dentistry said “All disease starts in the mouth” - he could have been far more correct than he knew. This course explores the mechanical connections that the teeth/mouth have with the rest of the body, but it does it in a new, never before presented, way. This is not the course on the acupuncture meridians and how they show up in the teeth. This is not a typical osteopathic ALF dental course. This course is SO much more….
In this course we will cover:
- Strains (both embryologic and intraosseous) that occur in the teeth and their associated ligaments and how these strains can change the body during growth and how they also effect how orthodontia impacts the body.
- The teeth and how they influence the cranium (individually and in groups) and cause or correct strain patterns will be discussed. This portion leads into how to use that information to help adjust dental appliances.
- How retained primitive reflexes can hinder therapy (because they dictate movement patterns in the body (and face and tongue), and how to quickly test to see if the ones that would hinder treatment are present.
- How the teeth can affect the eyes / vision and vice versa. This is critically important for dentists to understand, because when the eyes and the teeth compete, the vision always has the right of way (i.e., it ultimately wins). This may be why some of your patients struggle with their treatment. We will talk about how to diagnose vision issues and who to send them to if they arise.
- How dental strains / dysfunction / inadequate facial development can influence digestion, posture, your heart and lungs, your brain, etc. via Chapman’s reflex correlation with the mouth and teeth (and how to correct it using a team approach).
- How the teeth, palate, tongue and hyoid influence the spine (both positively and/or negatively) will also be tested. This helps each practitioner know when their talents will best assist the patient and allows the patient to obtain a relaxed, neutral, upright posture.
At the end of the course the student will understand when to look at the mouth/oral structures, how to correct oral structures to bring about change in not only the oral cavity, but the rest of the body, and when to add in other dental professionals to obtain adequate and consistent results. Come and discover if the teeth, mouth and tongue are influencing YOUR body and learn how to correct it (and how to better help all of your patients).
This course is a must have for dentists using any orthodontic device, osteopaths and other manual therapists working with dentists and dental devices (whether those devices are currently in place or have been used historically), ENT's and oromyofunctional therapists. The screening method taught in the course allows an interpretation of “who comes first” in the therapy process and how to proceed in treatment by allowing the patient's body to guide the way so that each practitioner gets to shine and the patient wins.
This course is open to anyone who has a heath care license and works with the mouth or the body.
Starting in 2021, this course will be offered in TWO formats - the same material will be covered in each, but the lab times will be different. One course format will be geared toward dentists and oromyofunctional therapists. The labs will be geared toward discovering that this tooth is linked to that finding in the body (proving the concept). The second format will be geared toward osteopaths and other body workers. It will be geared toward more of the subtleties of palpating in the body the correlation between one tooth and the effects on the body that it can cause if it is dysfunctional.
Charlie’s thoughts on the course: what my wife and I have discovered over the last three years has completely changed my practice - this seems to be the missing piece of osteopathy and the bridge to help dentists, oromyofunctional therapists, osteopaths, ENT’s and others work together to transform patient's lives.