Infant Sucking differs considerably from Infant Suckling.
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INFANT SUCKING places constricting forces on the jaws. The circular muscle
around the lips puts heavy pressure backwards---try sucking on a straw and
feel the force on the eye teeth area. Sucking is more of a lung drawing
force, which can be aided by gravity, depending upon feeding/bottle position.
Sucking places bad deforming forces on the dental arches which then translate
into forces which oppose natural jaw growth and development. Sucking a bottle
or pacifier can push back both jaws in various ways, thereby creating the
higher incidences and varieties of malocclusion and dental crowding.  NOTE:
The good work of Dr. Brian Palmer in showing the grand difference between
occlusions Pre-BOTTLE and Post-Bottle....OR...just think about what prevents
the jaw from growing properly and forming enough room for 3rd molars---wisdom
teeth. Soft diet, sucking, lack of jaw stimulation---suckling and heavy
chewing.

INFANT SUCKLING places down and forward growing forces on the jaws. Suckling
is an active jaw undulating forceful milking of the breast...whereby the
tongue pull on the breast and palate stimulates proper 3-dimensional growth
of the upper and lower jaw bones and reduces malocclusion and dental
crowding.  It also stimulates posterior dental arch width growth as the wider
extension of the breast (than a bottle nipple) forces lateral width to the
palate all the way back to the S-spot (as so named by Joanne Burke-Snyder,
LC.) which makes for better width to the human airway.

SUCKING A PACIFIER not only dramatically interpheres with and decreases
overall success and length of breast feeding, but it also dramatically
impacts the soft pliable infant palate by forcing the anterior section
(pre-maxilla) up and into the nasal passage...thereby increasing nasal
resistance and decreasing ability to successfully produce a NASAL
BREATHER....which is PARAMOUNT to overall Oxygenation, Health, and Longevity.

Sincerely,
DCPage,DDS

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