Testimony of May 5, 2012

saturday 5 may 2012

A small note to tell you how much I appreciated reading your first book.
Since then, I must admit that I closely observe the dentition of the people I meet (patients and others). The relationship between the quality of the dentition and the general health of the individual seems obvious to me every day. (By the way, do we not always check the quality of a horse's teeth to know if it is in good health?)
I am also impressed by the near perfection of the dental articulation of most top-level athletes. I must say that I envy them a little.
I am 33 years old, a biologist doctor, and a sportsman (I try to be). I have had bruxism since childhood, which has led to considerable wear of my tooth surfaces (my canines are almost flat). As a result, I have a poor occlusion (only my last molars touch when my jaw is closed).
I have started a treatment with APF and my dentist has placed splints, which has allowed me to improve my occlusion slightly. However, postural problems persist for which I plan to put in proprioceptive insoles, but mainly I always have the impression (sometimes) of not 'm'accomplir' in life.
I hope that the reading of your 2nd book will help me to become a little more 'MOI-MËME'. AMITIES

REPLY

Hello Sir,

"I hope that the reading of your 2nd book will help me to become a little more 'MOI-MËME'."
You are a young person full of promise (as few doctors are capable of questioning themselves) and the current medicine has continued to damage you.
"which has allowed me to improve my occlusion slightly. however, postural problems persist"
Your bruxism is not a fate and it is not a better occlusion that we should obtain but a quest for balance that must eliminate your postural problems which are only consequences. You are a unique individual in the world and we are taught statistics to 'treat' men. This is impossible and we are heading towards the wall of the impasse in which we have been educated.
If you want to discuss with me after reading my second book, let me know.

Happy Easter

With all my Empathy
Michel Montaud

Dear Michel,
Thank you for your email filled with sympathy towards me.
I have taken some time to reply because indeed, the reflections prompted by the reading of your books are immense, and I do not know where to start. I will try to be concise in this email, for fear of being messy, and especially not to be intrusive!! I do not want to appear "drunking" in any way.

I am at the end of reading your second book. It fascinates me, and I do not tire of reading a passage each evening. To be honest, it could be infinite, I would read it with the same interest every day.
I recognize myself many times in the testimonies of your patients, especially on the point of not having the sensation "of being in the present". From the point of view of dentosophy, it seems to me that it can be related to the fact that my dental occlusion is almost non-existent (I have only a few inter-dental contacts on the last molars, a rather rare phenomenon according to my dentist friends), consequences of bruxism that has led to significant wear of my tooth surfaces (I had briefly mentioned this to you in my letter).
If I rephrase your writings, I am part of the group 2 children, having had a brilliant school career, early precocious abilities, and having succeeded professionally (my profession is a specialist in biomedical biology... a big word, with that I am well advanced...laughs!), and especially, a term that marked me, "a 1st class massacred psycho-affectively". It is exactly that.
As I mentioned in my letter, the "physical" problems I observe are mainly related to a poor posture, with a chronic pain point between the left scapula and the spine. It was actually the posturologist who consulted me last year who referred me to a colleague dentist "dentosophe".
Another issue that bothers me is that, despite a sleep that I consider of good quality, I wake up tired every morning, with the sensation of not "emerging".
As for the "psychological" problems, I describe myself as a "perfectionist procrastinator", the two often going together, with a clear lack of self-confidence, refusing very often the contrary opinions to mine, not having or little personal tastes (I often ask for the opinion of others to decide on material things like the choice of clothing, the color of the car I am going to buy, etc...).
I use a lot of humor (for a long time now, in fact) as a defense mechanism to overcome a certain shyness.
I could say more, so much that I could, but my email is already long...
I started the treatment with the activator a year ago. At the beginning, I did the exercises assiduously, then little by little, not seeing significant progress, I only did them occasionally (even in the car, because I thought it "justified" the time of the trip). I still wear the activator every night.
After reading your 2nd book, I think we need to persevere, do the exercises in a dedicated time. But as I do not see any movement of the teeth, I wonder if I am doing the exercises correctly, I would like your advice on the use.
Another point I notice is that it is very difficult for me to do the exercises focusing on my mouth. I am constantly harassed by thoughts after a few seconds, especially from the professional world (I "think" about what I still have to do on certain tasks, about the people who have "annoyed" me recently, especially those I find incompetent, etc...).
Finally, and I will end there (I imagine you a "sigh" of relief...laughs), I recently consulted a dentist specializing in occlusodontics. He noted the wear of my teeth and proposes to reconstruct my occlusion with a custom-made splint in the first instance, then the fabrication of ceramic inlays.
Could I have your opinion on this?
Is it incompatible with dentosophy?

With all my sympathy