{"id":144,"date":"2015-04-30T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skororthodontics.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2018-01-19T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T21:01:04","slug":"the-history-of-tooth-crowding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skororthodontics.com\/blog\/the-history-of-tooth-crowding\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Tooth Crowding"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology<\/a>, researchers recently discovered a certain hunter-gatherer population near the eastern Anatolia region and found that the structure of jaw bones in human populations changes over time. Upon examination, these hunter-gatherers\u2019 mouths revealed proper alignment between the lower jaw and teeth. Researchers then compared this to a transitional farmer population and noticed that they experienced an abnormal alignment shift\u00a0 around 12,000 years ago.\u00a0 What exactly caused this tooth crowding?<\/p>\n

Hunter-Gatherers vs. Farmers \u2013 <\/strong>Researchers discovered that the key difference between the hunter-gatherers and the farmers was the diet. The farmers’ diet consisted of cooked foods where the need for chewing was less of a requirement. As a result, the jaw size reduced without a corresponding reduction in the dimensions of the teeth. Since there’s no adequate space in the jaw, the teeth started to crowd together causing malocclusion.<\/p>\n

What is Malocclusion? \u2013 <\/strong>Malocclusion, or tooth crowding, is a condition that impacts one out of every five people and is often hereditary. Tooth crowding occurs when your teeth are not aligned properly, which results in overcrowding or an abnormal bite patterns. There are three different types of malocclusion:<\/p>\n