I've been quietly thinking about the genetic link about who is responsible for our jaws and if it really skips a generation...
My mom, dad and brother do not have jaw issues. My granny from my dads side had an overbite and jaw issues. My cousins from my dads side - link to my granny, two them (both girls) have jaw issues, one had most of it corrected with headgear and the other is trying to correct with braces...
Have you taken a look at your family and seen who has jaw issues and who you got it from, does it really skip a generation?
Would be interesting to know.
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In my family it is genetic, but it does not skip generations.
ReplyDeleteMy mom had upper jaw surgery in her thirties, my half-brother (mom's biological son) also has a major underbite but has not done anything to correct it and I had double jaw surgery to correct my jaw issues.
It would be interesting to take a poll of some kind to figure out other peoples genetics.
Here is that genetic link again !!! That stinks it didnt skip generation, but good thing your done with treatment... It seems like underbites are entirely genetic meanwhile overbites/open bites are a mix of genetics and environmental factors. I love the poll idea !
DeleteAll my family from my mums side (I dont have any contact with my dad or his family) have very nice and strong jaws, my problems all come from the accident...
ReplyDeleteI have heard that particularly with underbites there is a genetic link but not so much with overbites. I cant remember where i read it tho!
Hi Hara :)
DeleteYeah, every case is different, and can definitely see underbites as being genetic! My assumption was that all jaw issues were genetic, but environmental factors and accidents (ouch) can have a huge effect on jaw development!
When are you getting braces on your lower teeth, excited?
:)
There is absolutely a genetic factor in jaw malformations; Just as almost everything can be linked back to genetics. Jaw "malformations" are really just facial features. We get those from our relatives as much as we get height and skin color.
ReplyDeleteI, for instance, was the lucky duck in the family who got my Grampa's bulldog jaw. My Dad's Dad had a bad underbite with a flat face and jowls like bulldog. I am the only one in the family who got so lucky. None of Grampa's kids have it. Just me. There are many health problems that run in the family which Grampa was kind enough to share with many others, including myself. But the jaw thing definitely skipped a generation. I hope it ends with me.
Smiles,
Nichole
It seems like most of us ended up unlucky ducks, thanking one family or another for our fun jaws! With some people its skipped a generation, but with others its hit one generation after the next. Im interested in doing some kind of a poll/study on this, because it is so interesting !
DeleteBtw You look much happier in your last post :D and it will only get better trust me, take care Nichole :)
I'm pretty sure that mine was just caused by lots and lots of thumbsucking becase nobody else in my family has jaw problems. Before I got into all this jaw business I didn't even realise it could be genetic, I thought most people's was caused by thumbsucking but it seems I was very wrong, I've read of/spoken to hardly any other thumbsucking victims!
ReplyDeleteThats interesting Sarah, someone mentioned that to me recently... From what I've heard thumb sucking that just causes the teeth to rotate inward not change jaw shape.But who knows :) Mouth breathing does have an effect on jaw development from what I've read... Have you found any other family members with an overbite or a condition similar to yours, would be interesting to see if there is a link!
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