Dental Quotes

“Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental.”
― Ogden Nash

“I have no recollection of seeing a mercury vapor detector at facilities where mercury was in use.”
― Steven Magee

“I happened to bump into a friend one day and they were telling me they had used CPAP and hated the life support machine. They eventually switched over to a dental appliance made to treat the condition. The change was so successful that they eventually gave the CPAP machine away to a person in need. This got me thinking if I could pull off the same trick!”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“You should breathe through your mouth as often as you eat through your nose!

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Consequences of chronic mouth breathing:

- Face distortion because mouth breathing affects the facial profile. John Mew who pioneered the field of Orthotropics found that the face becomes long and teeth become bucky over time in habitual mouth breathers.

- Dental crowding

- Tooth decay: This is because mouth becomes very dry overnight from mouth breathing. After 3-4 hours of mouth breathing, the mouth pH becomes more acidic. When teeth are acidic (< pH 5.4 ) they start to deteriorate and tend towards decay.

- Anxiety, because when breathing through the mouth, the sympathetic nervous system is activated. The vagus nerve connects the brain to the gut and regulates our stress response. Engaging in relaxation and nose-breathing can help with vagal toning and regulation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.

- Gut dysbiosis because of the sympathetic activation making parasympathetic digestion less effective.

- Brain fog

- Learning difficulties

- Night time bedwetting in children”
― Vijaya Molloy

“The USA is a workaholics culture, as life essentials depend on having a job like health care, dental care and the pension plan.”
― Steven Magee

“If you got bit, there’s a good chance that the wound on your backside will match the dental configuration in your mouth.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough