Figure 12 Figure 10 Figure 11 complaints were consistent with Impaired Mouth Syndrome. Fig. 9 shows her impaired mouth diagnosis from 3D Jaw Diagnostics. 16 JJ started Airway Facial Epigenet-ics treatment with 100% compli-ance. She reported 74% improve-ment at 4 months using Subjective Units of Distress, a validated research tool. 17 JJ’s recovery (shown in Fig. 10) is noteworthy because: b Neck and shoulder pain resolved 100% in 4 months. b Every baseline symptom improves across medical-dental specialty lines. b Blood pressure medications reduced from 3 to 1. JJ’s facial change (Fig. 11) is made possible through epigenetics-mediated gene expression, not an oral appliance alone. While JJ’s case shows significant Figure 13 gains in just 4 months, the next case is 95% completed. MJ’s wider airway is corroborated by Schwartz Model Analysis shown in Fig. 15, with the left image repre-senting baseline. MJ had a lifelong diastema pretreatment. Fig. 16 shows changes that can only be explained by concentric maxilla growth from gene expression: b MJ’s tongue fits in the oral cavity in 14 months. b MJ’s maxillary posterior teeth (lower right image) remain upright without tipping outward. MJ’s baseline symptoms recovered 80% in 24 months (Fig. 17). As in JJ’s case, every baseline symptom improved across medical-dental lines. MJ’s four-page review of his epigenetics treatment at 24 months included the following: b “Now I step off the plane headache-free, compared to Case 3: MJ MJ, a 59-year-old male, was a “numbers-driven” businessman. “Dr. Tony Roeder gave me a copy of your book Six-Foot Tiger, Three-Foot Cage, ” he said. “I had nearly every symp-tom you described.” He, too, was fully compliant. At his first 10-week checkup, MJ requested a progress CBCT scan “just to see why I feel so much better, and to make sure my upper canines are not pushed out of the maxilla.” The green arrows in Fig. 12 point to the buccal plate. Fig. 13 shows MJ’s 47% wider airway at month three. He also reported full resolution of his bruxing. Fig. 14 shows improved turbinates and sinus floor at month three. Note the absence of buccal tipping of the posterior teeth. orthodontics.com Summer 2026 11
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