How DNA and Homeoblock Appliances Get Adult Palatal Expansion and Facial Symmetry

How Does Vivos’ DNA Device Work? How DNA and Homeoblock Appliances Get Adult Palatal Expansion and Facial Symmetry
The Vivos device works by stimulating bone growth in the mouth, facial structures and nasal passageways. It has been referred to as a biomimetic device because it stimulates facial bone to start growing again. This is a specific example of epigenetics. The DNA results in new growth of the upper airway and the upper and lower jaws. The therapy grows the upper airway size and balances the jaw structures in a more open and forward position. Night time airway obstructions can be prevented (such as the tongue falling back into the throat). Breathing patterns during sleep can normalize such as more nasal breathing and less mouth breathing. With more room in the mouth the tongue fits better in the mouth. With forward growth of the jaw, the tongue postures and lives further away from the the throat and airway. Vivos therapy allows the bite to be optimized for better biomechanical and neuromuscular function.
But how specifically do adult anterior growth appliances such as the Vivos DNA device and the Homoeoblock work. How does the growth happen and what happens to all the other cranial bones such as the zygoma, sphenoid, frontal, temporal and occipital bones. All the bones in the head fit together like a puzzle, so there must be changes during expansion of the maxilla. And how does the mandible change. And what happens to the bite and the upper and lower teeth relationships?
In this video Dr Adams goes over how all the bones can grow and become more balanced if the proper techniques are used during treatment with the DNA and Homeoblock appliances.
DNA Appliance Grows the Upper Airway
Vivos DNA appliance therapy promotes growth of the airway and improves balance to the bite and jaw structures. The result is a less obstructed airway, better night-time nasal breathing patterns and improvements in jaw tension and teeth clenching symptoms. And yes, you can retire the graveyard of dental appliances and CPAP. You will not need them anymore.
Causes of Sleep Apnea and TMJ Pain:
Airway obstruction and poor breathing patterns during sleep.
Bite imbalance and teeth clenching during the day and night.
Small mouth, large tongue, poor tongue posture and function (such as a thrust or tie) and large tonsils.
Stress, weight gain and eating too many soft foods during childhood.
Mouth breathing instead of nasal breathing
How Does DNA Therapy Progress?
The removable appliance is only worn at night and taken out during productive daytime hours
light pressure compared to braces and never orthodontic pain
easy adjustments made at home approximately every 2 weeks for adults
evaluations and adjustments by Dr. Adams approximately every 3 months
treatment usually takes 12-18 months on the average
1-2 months in a retainer and treatment is complete.
Throw the appliances away. No need to wear an appliance anymore. Your condition should be corrected.
The Vivos Device is Unique because it Works for Adults.
There many options for kids expanders and anterior growth appliances. Learn more about holistic orthodontics and how Dr. Adams treats children. Very few appliances work for adult forward growth and airway development. It is never a good idea to pull teeth for braces. It is best to promote growth in jaw structures, so all teeth have space fit properly into the mouth. The Vivos is the best orthopedic therapy to resolve conditions related to extraction and retraction orthodontics.
How Does the Homeoblock Appliance Compare to the DNA?
They are basically the same appliance except for the spring used is a little different. The Homeoblock appliance works for adults and can be designed to do the same thing as the DNA. Dr. Belfor invented the Homeoblock and he used to work with Dr. Singh (inventor of the DNA). There is more research to back up the DNA, but Dr. Adams believes the appliances do the same thing. The Homeblock is not FDA cleared.

[@David-fv2hj]

Can you make a video showing some of your before and after patients that have worn appliances to expand their palate?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

I'll see what I can do David. Thanks for asking. It is a little difficult because a practitioner needs to get the proper legal consent and it is debatable as to how to do that. Also, everyone is a little different and you never want to create a false expectation. What usually happens is docs pic the most extreme before and after photos and then people are disappointed. There is a lot more to treatment thank "expanding the palate." What really needs to happen is the jaws need to grow forward, wider and taller. There are also changes in the relationship of the different facial bones that needs to happen. If all that happens is expansion, people are not going to get better.

[@letts3299]

@@SereneOrthodontics You have done this yourself. You'd be great for viewers to understand!

[@raeganadams7067]

This is so amazing! thank YOU!

[@SereneOrthodontics]

You're so welcome!

[@keepyourteeth5916]

Great video! I hope you will offer classes for dentists on how to design the appliance, contraindications, can people with implants or fixed bridges grow bone, etc. Thank you!

[@SereneOrthodontics]

Thank you for the comment. The appliances can be planned for people who have implants and crowns, and sometimes even bridges. It does require that people have at least some of their natural teeth.

[@keepyourteeth5916]

I sent you an email. I was certified by Dr Belfor 5 months ago and I am looking for a new 5:36 mentor to help me design advanced cases. Thank you!

[@letts3299]

Thank you! We are very interested in this.How does it expand/creat grwoth without pushing on teeth? You mentioned the expander was the front wire Is it possible to grow the mandible?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

The appliance does push on the teeth but very lightly. It applies a light constant stretch that along with the appliance spring will 1) create an increase in bone activity in the jaws and 2) growth in the direction of the stretch. It takes a long time in an adult.

[@letts3299]

@@SereneOrthodontics ​ @Serene Holistic Orthodontics Does Invisalign compare less or more with the push force?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

@@letts3299 The pressure for Invisalign is heavier. It needs to be to move teeth.

[@Sunshine-vz2on]

@@SereneOrthodontics do you see any adverse side effects with this treatment? Does it change the occlusion so your teeth no longer fit together? Thanks so much.

[@nutritionintuitionbycoachl8946]

so the temporal bone flares outward laterally?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

Yes it does. This happens in natural growth and is taught by the Osteopathic community. Thanks for the thoughtful question.

[@Sunshine-vz2on]

Have you seen patients who have ear clogging issues have success in resolving this issue? I had extraction retraction ortho as a teen :(

[@SereneOrthodontics]

All the time. Fullness in the ear/fluid in the ear feeling is very common. It goes away. It is a blockage of the eustation tube and inflammation in some of the TMJ ligaments that connect to the middle ear.

[@Kimmer]

I have gone thru 2 years of Vivos treatment and now have major gaps and tipping/flaring of my back molars after 8 mm expansion on the upper and about half that on the lower. This will require significant orthodontics to fix my teeth and bite now. Is this a typical outcome you see? I was told to expect minor orthodontic work, but never expected this. The orthodontists I have talked to do not believe I achieved any significant bone growth, but rather just tipping of my teeth.

[@SereneOrthodontics]

First, I am sorry you had that experience. Just a couple things: 1) you probably did not expand the appliance in the most optimal way. watch this video about when to adjust the DNA appliance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/goiQaWunZ6icnLM 2) Wait 6-12 months before doing the orthodontics or you will lose some of the results of your case. Watch this video about whether braces will be necessary after DNA appliance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipfdnZ57it-ohqs

[@Kimmer]

@@SereneOrthodontics You may be right about not expanding in the optimal way, but it's more than a little frustrating if this is the case, since I went to an office with extensive experience using VIVOS, and I wore the appliance 18+ hrs per day for 2 years, visited the dentist office every 6 weeks for adjustments, and only expanded the appliance when it began getting loose (every 1-3 weeks) as directed by the VIVOS dentist office who was monitoring my progress and wasn't concerned about the flaring of my back teeth that became obvious after several months of treatment. I'm at the end of my appliance expansion capability, and I still have sleep apnea, with screwed up teeth and bite, and now will have to go thru orthodontic treatment for up to more 2 years. My VIVOS dentist office is recommending CandidPro to fix my teeth and get 2 implants in my upper teeth which would be additional cost and time. My lower teeth only expanded about half of what my upper did which concerns every orthodontist I have visited since my bite is so out of alignment. One orthodontist told me I'm not the first he has seen with the exact same story after using VIVOS. Sorry, I'm 60 yrs old and could never recommend this kind of treatment for anyone.

[@dazed_and_amazed1296]

@@SereneOrthodontics ​ I read this about someone else who is in his 50s. His dentist theorized that it is hard to change palette structure in any adult but much harder in older males as their palette has a stronger bone. That why only his teeth tipped. The dentist learned and said he would not recommend the appliance for older males. Do you have any thoughts on that?

[@thebrosam]

Can it fix an underbite and make the face shorter in some way?

[@wisdomtales4739]

how many mm of forward growth it can achieve for upper jaw in adults over 30 ?

[@ferrisberlin6583]

Would you ever use an ALF for an adult to correct a canted maxilla?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

Yes it can be done, but a Homeoblock appliance can get a much greater volume of bone growth and correct a wider spectrum of problems with half the trouble as an ALF appliance. I have done hundreds of both of these appliances.

[@clock6413]

Regarding the part of the expander you turn to move it forward to achieve forward growth... how is it possible for the upper palate to grow forward if there is no suture there? There is only the suture down the middle of the palate that opens expanding wider. Do you believe that the body has intelligence that makes the palate expand forwards without a suture just simply from pressure? Also, I have read from professionals promoting devices like the Homeoblock about the lower jaw (mandible) swinging forward by just using an expander like this. How is this possible with just expansion of the palate in width and maybe in length / forwards? Wouldn't it just affect the upper jaw (maxilla) and not the position of the lower jaw (mandible)? The reason I believe the lower jaw (mandible) is too far back is because the upper jaw (maxilla) is too far down and back, which pushes the lower jaw (mandible) down and backwards into the airway. For the lower jaw (mandible) to come forwards, the whole upper jaw (maxilla) needs to be moved up and forwards, right? This is why some people use face masks attached to bands connected to the upper jaw expander to pull the upper jaw up and forwards. And this is why people report success from simply having the tongue on the roof of the mouth, which not only acts as an expander, but pushes / puts pressure on the upper jaw to hold it up and even move it up and forwards.

[@SereneOrthodontics]

You ask some very good questions. First off the upper jaw can experience growth and movement between the other bones that surround it. The maxilla moving upwards and forwards is something that can be stimulated in part by creating a neutral bite plane on the upper appliance. The bite plane has a lot to do with the lower jaw posture position. If you can control the lower jaw posture position, which ultimately will move it in response to Growth and changes in position to the upper jaw. I’m not sure this is the exact forum to go into answering all these questions, but I am going to paste a link to a video I did that is very long and goes into a lot of detail. Tongue and lip ties and Myo facial muscle work needs to be done by a qualified Myofunctional Therapist. Any lip tongue and cheek ties need to be released. These are the muscles that messed things up to begin with. If they are corrected trained and strengthened, you will not need a facemask or any other pulling gadgets. The facial muscles will re-orient things on their own. You should study about the pre-maxilla. The maxillary incisors develop separately in the premaxilla and there are sutures between the premaxilla and the maxilla. We get some (not tons) of forward growth here. The rest of the Forward growth comes from the Maxilla moving forward between the maxilla and the bone structure behind it.

[@SereneOrthodontics]

How DNA and Homeoblock Appliances Get Adult Palatal Expansion and Facial Symmetry kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ_KfJephdWCbtE

[@SubaruWRXStiYamahaR6-AllGone]

How does one find a dentist who uses these methods? I only seem to find them far from where I live. Is this something that can be done with travel, or does it require frequent office visits?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaTIoJ94fql9osU

[@brooklove90]

Do you have any colleagues in the Portland, OR area that do this? Oregon is very behind I can't find anyone that does this

[@SereneOrthodontics]

I am sorry. I do not.

[@jujumunk]

I had lower premolar exttractions only as a child and braces at a young age.. can this work for me or do i need surgery for the mandible?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

The DNA and Homeoblock can change the size and shape of the upper and lower jaw. Most cases do not need surgery.

[@bradojacko8247]

Are these good for middle aged people or does adjusting the mouth like this cause negative side effects at older ages?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

They can work for people of all ages.

[@ScottRachelson777]

I've been using the Homeoblock Device for about 11 months now. So far, I have not noticed any improvements in my sleep apnea symptoms. I actually get more relief by dropping my Body fat percentage under 10% than I do from an expansion of my upper jaw and forward movement of the lower jaw. For $10,000, this device is like snake oil -- worthless.

[@SereneOrthodontics]

The only thing the appliance does is make your mouth bigger. We integrate myofunctional therapy and necessary tongue and lip tie releases. The appliances also need to be designed based on an assessment to correct your specific structural deficiencies. I can promise you that you did not get proper and complete treatment.

[@hamptonhudson2838]

Does the homeoblock help the lower teeth shift into a straighter position?

[@SereneOrthodontics]

Yes especially when there is crowding and lack of space

[@hamptonhudson2838]

@@SereneOrthodontics is this because the lower jaw repositions? I ask because the homeoblock is for the top of the mouth, it does come with the lower “POD” but that is only worn for 2 hours a day! Just curious as to how lower teeth would shift when the magic is being placed on the upper palate and teeth. Thanks man will be sharing your page ✊🏼👍🤙🏻

[@SereneOrthodontics]

@@hamptonhudson2838 thanks for the question. I use a lower Homeoblock in combination with the upper at night. I do not use the POD

[@acousticalien]

Can it help a recessed chin due to weak lower jaw

[@SereneOrthodontics]

Yes. This is a common problem we corrected with expanders