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Jaws: The story of a hidden epidemic
John A. Krasowski
To cite this article: John A. Krasowski (2018) Jaws: The story of a hidden epidemic, CRANIO®,
36:6, 408-408
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2018.1524599
Published online: 18 Oct 2018.
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CRANIO®: THE JOURNAL OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR & SLEEP PRACTICE
2018, VOL. 36, NO. 6, 408
BOOK REVIEW
Jaws: The story of a hidden epidemic, by Sandra
Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford, CA, USA, Stanford
University Press, 2018, 224 pp., $25 (hardcover), ISBN
978-1503604131
This book was written to provide information for the
dental/medical provider and the patient or concerned
individual looking for answers to symptoms of progressive developmental pathology. The authors provide
insight into the correlation of developmental cranialbased pathology associated with many environmental
contributing factors. The information is sourced from a
list of exceptional researchers who have combined their
vast knowledge to investigate how cranial form follows
function as a result of many physiologic antagonists.
Dental and medical professionals see their patients’
daily struggle to thrive, as the human organism attempts
to adapt to numerous environmental stressors. Jaws gives
the reader a foundation into the understanding of how
ideal physiological skeletal structure is compromised by
influencers found in Western culture. The authors expand
on current acceptable practices/interventions that orchestrate the rejuvenation of proper balanced structural harmony of the healthy individual.
Finally, here is an objective perspective of what we are
doing wrong. Jaws takes to task the dental profession’s
narrowly focused goal of “straight teeth” and not the
subsequent results of insufficient airway space and its
ominous relation to serious medical complications.
Preventable factors, such as mouth breathing, posture,
tongue and lip position are finally relegated to a higher
level of importance. This book considers the sociological
evolution that has altered the proper growth of the orofacial complex: namely, diet, food texture, and muscular
interaction. There is little doubt that more can be done to
aid cranial development or at least intervene to improve
the environment for proper growth due to the predilection to insufficient arch length of pathologic “jaws.”
This book is a quick read, with 150 pages into which
the authors have compressed over 500 references. The
illustrations are an excellent addition by the authors to
demonstrate and expand on the text. This book is written
with the lay person in mind. It is not overwhelming with
verbiage but is insightful enough to convey complex ideas.
Jaws is an excellent addition to any dental/medical library
or patient looking for additional information for themselves or concerning a friend.
John A. Krasowski, DDS, LVIF
Clinical Instructor, Las Vegas Institute for Advanced
Dental Studies
Past-President, International Association of Physiologic
Aesthetic Dentistry
International speaker and writer
Wausau, WI, USA
jkrasowski@att.net
© 2018 John A. Krasowski
https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2018.1524599