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Every Child has the Potential to Grow an Attractive Face

At Woollahra Dental Practice have had many success case studies of children developing their 'correct' facial proportions both horizontally and vertically. In our observations we found that helping children with appliances and exercises, they can fully develop their cranial structure to allow them to breath and look right.


 Children who are taught the Buteyko Method learn how to avoid cranio facial abnormalities as discussed.

Every child has the potential to grow an attractive face. 

Toddlers generally have well-defined, broad and good-looking faces. However, a different story emerges with many teenagers. A visit to a high school will uncover many long, narrow and flat faces with sunken cheek bones, receded chins, narrow jaws and prominent noses. So what happens in the interim? Why do children develop crooked teeth and narrow faces? Consensus from thousands of oral facial mycologists, hygienists, dentists, orthodontists and published papers worldwide is that for the face and, consequently, teeth to develop correctly, a number of factors must be employed by the growing child. The Buteyko Method has special exercises for children to learn these factors which include:


  1. Mouth closed with lips gently together;
  2. Three quarters of the tongue resting in the roof of the mouth, with the tip of the tongue placed before the front teeth;
  3. Breathing through the nose;
  4. Correct swallowing; (correct swallowing is not taught as part of the Buteyko Method for children. It is however included in the book entitled Buteykokids meet Dr Mew")


According to Meredith, 60% of the growth of the face takes place during the first four years of life and 90% takes place by the age of 12. Development of the lower jaw continues until around age 18.8

Based on these observations, for correct craniofacial growth to take place, early intervention with nasal breathing and tongue posture is essential. In the words of Dr Carl Schreiner, The deleterious effects of nasal obstruction are virtually complete by puberty so the window of opportunity is relatively brief. Delay in intervention may result in unsuccessful orthodontic treatment which may require orhthagnathic surgery at an older age.9

All mouth-breathing children develop crooked teeth

The normal growth direction of the jaws is forward. This occurs as a result of the forces exerted by the lips and tongue. It works based on this same principal used by orthodontics: light forces move teeth.



Source: www.buteykochildren.com
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