Like, I know surgeons like to cut.

But I've *never* landed in an interview with an oral-maxillofacial surgeon without them telling me I need a full jaw reconstruction.

At that level, they accept the orthotics, they see what's going on, and that the ultimate fix is surgical.

Orthodontists see it too,

they have categorically known that it's far too much of a severe malocclusion to fix with orthodontia or any similar protocol.

Which I find amusing since it was one of their brethren who fucked me all the way up in 1992 lol

The problem I have is that mainstream M.D.s, osteopaths in the U.S., some chiros, PTs, etc.

do not understand the fundamental problem.

In a way that absolutely flabbergasts me.

There is such a divorce of dental, of the stomatognathic system,
of the occlusion, as well as the occlusion's effect on the the neck, breathing, and total posture, in the mainstream medical establishment in the U.S.

There is such a hesitance to address cranial and jaw issues, as well as dental issues, as part of the whole body system. Until they tip almost beyond treatment.

There is such a divorce of nutrition from vitality in the U.S. medical system,
or, even, a patient's dental or behavioral ability to intake calories. Their behavioral and medical/dental ability to eat.

Their is such a hesitance to address the breath.
Some lucky few do get breathing and speech-therapy,

but what about the adults ? ..

We wait to pathologize them into a C-PAP machines for breathing at night.

When the occlusion during the day sets the muscle tonicity for night …

We wait to claim neurological or postural problems, etc. until we can justify them as the result of an occupational injury or MVA … once they've tipped beyond the point of management…

but should that individual have had to manage it before, alone, at all ?

I would estimate that there are millions of people right now living in the U.S. without adequate dental treatment to the point they are in daily pain.

Ugh, in any case, twitter split this thread,

and I was able to get a couple scripts written
and network for appointments and what was needed to set-up intake appointments to make appointments,

relatively rapidly, in one day, with this health system,

so I am hesitantly optimistic.

Especially if they just let me do what I want / need.