Ep. 45: "Dental Anthropology and The Devolving Human Face with Dr. Kevin Boyd, DDS"

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𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔? 🤪 𝑫𝒓. 𝑲𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 💡 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒋𝒂𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! 🤯
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✅ 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦! 😲 Only in the last few hundred years have we seen widespread issues with jaw development! 🤔 
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✅ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥! 🍼 Jaws need nursing and chewing to reach their full potential; they won't self-correct if underdeveloped 
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✅ 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥! 👶 Red flags like a receding chin or narrow palate in young children need attention. Jaws won't self-correct if they are too far back or narrow. 
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✅ 𝐌𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥! 👅 Soft tissue dysfunction underlies malocclusion, making therapy essential for stable results.
✅ 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐬! 💖 If you have concerns, seek expert opinions, even if others dismiss them.
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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓: Dr. Kevin Boyd, DDS, MSc is a board-certified Pediatric Dentist practicing in Chicago. He is also an attending instructor in the Pediatric Dentistry residency-training program at Lurie Children’s Hospital where he additionally serves as a dental consultant to the Sleep Medicine service. Prior to completing his DDS degree from Loyola University’s Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1986, he obtained an advanced degree (MSc) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Michigan State University where his research interests had been centered upon unhealthy diet/eating, dental caries, obesity and diabetes. Kevin attended the University of Iowa for his post-graduate residency training where he received a Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry in 1988. Dr. Boyd has served on the teaching faculties of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, the University of Michigan’s College of Dentistry, the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center and Michael Reese Hospital as an attending clinical instructor in Pediatric Dentistry. He is currently completing pre-requisite course work in Biological Anthropology at Northeastern Illinois University in preparation for post-graduate study and research in the newly emerging discipline of Evolutionary Medicine and Dentistry. His clinical focus is centered around prevention of oral and systemic diseases through promotion of healthy sleep, breathing and eating; his primary research interest is in the area of infant/early childhood feeding practices and how they impact growth and development of the cranio-facial-respiratory complex (CFRC) and associated neurological development. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthro