Library

A selection of resources to find out more about the jaw epidemic, craniofacial dystrophy, and related issues.

(Authors/producers not affiliated with Jaw Health.)

Documentaries

Open Wide
Sara Goldblatt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29649645/

Books

Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Ehrlich
https://www.sup.org/books/science/jaws
Breath
James Nestor
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0241289122
Sleep Wrecked Kids
Sharon Moore
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleep-Wrecked-Kids-Helping-Parents/dp/1642793965

Papers

General

Skeletal and Dental Changes from a Compliance-Based Orthotropic Treatment Approach with Exercises to Improve Orofacial Posture
Faraz Tavoossi
November 2022
The Jaw Epidemic: Recognition, Origins, Cures, and Prevention
Sandra Kahn, Paul Ehrlich, Marcus Feldman, Robert Sapolsky, Simon Wong
22 July 2020
Oral dysfunction as a cause of malocclusion
Linda D'Onofrio
10 May 2019

Chewing

Effects of food processing on masticatory strain and craniofacial growth in a retrognathic face
Daniel E. Lieberman, Gail E. Krovitz, Franklin W. Yates, Maureen Devlin, Marisa St. Claire
19 March 2004

Nutrition

Relationship between Nutrition and Development of the Jaws in Children: A Pilot Study
Paula Boo Gordillo, Laura Marqués Martínez, Carla Borrell García, Esther García Miralles
5 February 2024

Sleep-disordered breathing

Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of Snoring Among Adolescents
Amal Isaiah, Sophia Uddin, Thomas Ernst, Christine Cloak, Dongdong Li, Linda Chang
8 November 2024
Health, social and economical consequences of sleep-disordered breathing: a controlled national study
Poul Jennum, Jakob Kjellberg
July 2011
Sleep Disordered Breathing and Mortality: Eighteen-Year Follow-up of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort
Terry Young, Laurel Finn, Paul E Peppard, Mariana Szklo-Coxe, Diane Austin, F Javier Nieto, Robin Stubbs, K Mae Hla
1 August 2008

Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing

Craniofacial phenotyping of pediatric sleep-disordered breathing: orthodontic management, timing, and treatment approaches
Kyung-A Kim, Hwarang Jeong, Su-Jung Kim, Audrey Yoon
3 January 2026
Facial Patterns and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children Seeking for Orthodontic Treatment: Data From 3671 Polysomnographic Recordings
Derek Mahony, Niroj Bhattarai, Cascella Simona, Bucci Rosaria, Peter Borbély, Peter Petocz, Audrey Yoon, Krisztina Kárpáti
5 September 2025
Sleepiness in children with severe malocclusion compared with in children with neutral occlusion
Sanne Nygaard Bruun, Camilla Hansen, Liselotte Sonnesen
14 February 2024
A frequent phenotype for paediatric sleep apnoea: short lingual frenulum
Christian Guilleminault, Shehlanoor Huseni, Lauren Lo
29 July 2016
Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: a 12-year follow-up
Paola Pirelli, Maurizio Saponara, Christian Guilleminault
19 May 2015
Pediatric sleep disorders and special educational need at 8 years: a population-based cohort study
Karen Bonuck, Trupti Rao, Linzhi Xu
3 September 2012
Snoring during early childhood and academic performance at ages thirteen to fourteen years
D Gozal, D W Pope Jr
June 2001

Premolar extraction & retraction orthodontics

Orthodontic maxillary molar movement-induced zygomatic pillar remodeling and its consequences on occlusal characteristics and stress distribution
Size Li, Han Bao, Xiaojie Su, Liping Xiong, Qianwen Yin, Deao Gu, Leiying Miao, Chao Liu
15 June 2024
[PDF] The pros and cons of the extraction procedure in orthodontics
John Sage
1947

Tongue tie

A Prospective Randomized Control Trial of Lingual Frenuloplasty with Myofunctional Therapy in Patients with Maxillofacial Deformity in a Polish Cohort
Anna Lichnowska, Adrian Gnatek, Szymon Tyszkiewicz, Marcin Kozakiewicz, Soroush Zaghi
10 September 2024
Lingual frenuloplasty with myofunctional therapy: Exploring safety and efficacy in 348 cases
Soroush Zaghi, Sanda Valcu‐Pinkerton, Mia Jabara, Leyli Norouz‐Knutsen, Chirag Govardhan, Joy Moeller, Valerie Sinkus, Rebecca S Thorsen, Virginia Downing, Macario Camacho, Audrey Yoon, William M Hang, Brian Hockel, Christian Guilleminault, Stanley Yung‐Chuan Liu
26 August 2019

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