Early orthodontist Dr. Charles Tweed: founder of extraction orthodontics

The Science of Orthodontics? Dr. Kevin O’Brien’s Blog Post “A Brilliant Summary of Orthodontics and Obstructive Sleep Apnea”

I have always wondered how it was possible after the 1986 court verdict of Brimm vs Malloy determined that premolar extraction/retraction orthodontics can cause severe damage to the jaw joint[1] that the orthodontic profession could continue to extract and retract healthy teeth and claim that there is no relationship between premolar extractions and the jaw…