CASE STUDY overall health through Clini-cal Epigenetics to widen jaws and airway, plus patient compliance. • Patient selection, education and compliance is critical to breakthrough success. The doctor is now more of a diag-nostician, motivator and strategist, and less of a chair-side operator. • Success hinges on oral envi-ronment change in combina-tion with 3D Jaw Diagnostics designed oral appliances, wear time between sunset and sunrise, and Bone-building Diet. While a deep dive is beyond the scope of this case report, Figure 30 shows a summary of Clinical Epige-netics Essentials. More information can be found in Relaunch Your Vital-ity 28 and Your Child’s Best Face. 29 Dental Patients Are Turning Blue Inside In my experience, 80-90% of dental patients have Impaired Mouth Syndrome undiagnosed just like Brenda and Kim. They are seek-ing answers and are ready to start root-cause treatment. To see this prevalence for yourself, simply complete your own Impaired Mouth Syndrome Score in Figure 31 first, and then have your recall and new patients do the same. Conclusion As the two cases show, Clinical Epigenetics can improve or resolve perplexing and resistant symptoms across inter-disciplinary “depart-mental lines”. Clinical Epigenetics is a new way to help dental patients upgrade overall health by diagnos-ing and treating an Impaired Mouth. It is a most fulfilling profes-sional service. You too can do the same by getting trained to deliver this far-reaching service. I hope you will enjoy Clinical Epigenetics as much as I and my patients have. Editor’s Note: Article references available upon request. www.orthodontics.com Winter 2024 15
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