{"id":186,"date":"2024-08-16T16:57:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgercd.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2024-10-18T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:29:43","slug":"resource-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgerchildrensdentistry.com\/?page_id=186","title":{"rendered":"Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Bridger Resource Center<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt Bridger Children\u2019s Dentistry, we believe that when parents and patients are well-informed, they can make the best choices for their health. That\u2019s why we created the Wellness and Education Zone\u2014a place where you can find valuable resources and helpful information.\n

\nFrom understanding the importance of oral and airway health to practical tips and post-op instructions, we\u2019re here to support you every step of the way.\n

\nOur goal is to share knowledge that fits our holistic approach to pediatric dental care, so every child can grow up with a confident smile, thriving airway and healthy body.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sleep Wrecked Kids: Helping Parents Raise Happy, Healthy Kids, One Sleep at a Time\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kids often suffer unknowingly from the consequences of sleep problems \u2028because their issue is frequently missed or dismissed by both health professionals and parents.<\/p>

Sleep disorders are a major public health issue that can kick start a lifetime pattern of health, behavior, and learning problems. From ages 4-10, at least 25 percent of kids have sleep problems. Sleep Wrecked Kids guides parents towards good sleep as the norm, allowing themselves and their children to grow and thrive. Speech pathologist and myofunctional practitioner Sharon Moore teaches parents why \u2018bad sleep\u2019 is connected to a myriad of health problems, what \u2018good sleep\u2019 actually means, how to identify red flags for sleep problems, how to improve sleep quality by improving airway health, and so much more! Parents are empowered to not only get more sleep themselves but also to help their children get the sleep they need\u2015every night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you\u2019re not breathing properly.<\/p>

There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.<\/p>

Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren\u2019t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of S\u00e3o Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.<\/p>

Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease, and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is.<\/p>

Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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There\u2019s a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution and the health risks posed by obstructed airways?<\/p>

Sandra Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich, a pioneering orthodontist and a world-renowned evolutionist, respectively, present the biological, dietary, and cultural changes that have driven us toward this major health challenge. They propose simple adjustments that can alleviate this developing crisis, as well as a major alternative to orthodontics that promises more significant long-term relief. Jaws will change your life. Every parent should read this book.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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There is little consensus amongst orthodontists on either the cause or cure of malocclusion. Despite this, a relatively uniform type of treatment has developed in many parts of the world, involving the extraction of some teeth, followed by fixed mechanics to align the remainder. This mix has some unfortunate side-effects and a tendency to relapse in the long-term. It has also been severely criticized by world-renowned scientists, such as Lisle Johnston, because it is \u201cAt bottom largely an empirical process that is little influenced by theory inferred from any of the life sciences.\u201d<\/p>

In 1981 and 2004, Professor Mew published a new hypothesis for the etiology of malocclusion, suggesting it was primarily due to increased vertical growth precipitated by current lifestyles and can be cured by correcting oral posture. If this hypothesis is correct, and it has never been seriously challenged on scientific grounds, then it calls into question the basis on which most orthodox treatment is conducted. Despite this, a relatively uniform type of treatment has developed in many parts of the world, involving the extraction of some teeth, followed by fixed mechanics to align the remainder. This mix has some unfortunate side-effects and a tendency to relapse in the long-term.<\/p>

There is clear evidence to show that most current treatment increases vertical growth and that vertical growth damages facial appearance. This is probably the single greatest concern within orthodontics, and so far, no method has been able to demonstrate an effective long-term solution. To overcome this problem, Mew developed Orthotropics\u00ae, an entirely new concept of treatment using simple appliances to take the maxilla forward and then training the patient to correct their oral posture and muscle tone so that the teeth can align themselves.<\/p>

Recent scientific research has provided powerful evidence that Orthotropics\u00ae is currently the only method that can convert vertical to horizontal growth, obtain long term dental stability, and gain the greatest improvement in facial appearance. This provides an interesting opportunity for many pediatric and general dentists who could provide this treatment for 5 to 8-year children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body\u2019s oxygen use, increasing your health, weight loss, and sports performance\u2014whether you\u2019re a recovering couch potato or an Ironman triathlon champion. With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Dr. Joseph Mercola.<\/p>

Achieve more with less effort: The secret to weight loss, fitness, and wellness lies in the most basic and most overlooked function of your body\u2014how you breathe. One of the biggest obstacles to better health and fitness is a rarely identified problem: chronic over-breathing. We often take many more breaths than we need\u2014without realizing it\u2014contributing to poor health and fitness, including a host of disorders, from anxiety and asthma to insomnia and heart problems.<\/p>

In The Oxygen Advantage, the man who has trained over 5,000 people\u2014including Olympic and professional athletes\u2014in reduced breathing exercises now shares his scientifically validated techniques to help you breathe more efficiently. Patrick McKeown teaches you the fundamental relationship between oxygen and the body, then gets you started with a Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) to determine how efficiently your body uses oxygen. He then shows you how to increase your BOLT score by using light breathing exercises and learning how to simulate high altitude training, a technique used by Navy SEALs and professional athletes to help increase endurance, weight loss, and vital red blood cells to dramatically improve cardio-fitness.<\/p>

Following his program, even the most out-of-shape person (including those with chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma) can climb stairs, run for a bus, or play soccer without gasping for air, and everyone can achieve:<\/p>