Dr. Newaz's Talk on Bone-Anchored Expansion - Part 1
by Dr. Zubad Newaz, DDS at MewCon 2024
Below is a lightly edited transcript from the talk by Dr. Zubad Newaz, DDS at MewCon 2024 on August 17. All images shown below are from Dr. Newaz’s MewCon 2024 slideshow.
Facial Structure and Health
I know it's end of the day, everybody’s looking to get socializing again. So I'll try to keep this as brief as I can.
Basically all of us here have something in common. I think we're all asking certain kinds of questions that are not typically asked and we're all here because, by definition, we claim not to know all the answers.
This is a oft evolving profession, and just like Mike [Mew] said at the very beginning, we're just scratching the surface, right?
We're here because we all share an appreciation for making the box bigger.
And the box is so important because it is the framework that houses and fits the tongue, the lower jaw, the airway…and our whole facial structure is the underpinning of good health and good function.
And I think we believe that, and it’s very important not to be dogmatic in any of our approaches on how to achieve that. Medicine is very individualized, and maintains the view as a community that one particular type of treatment modality is not for everybody.
So see what I'm presenting today as merely one of the tools in the toolbox to help “make the box bigger.”
Dr. Newaz Had Extractions
I'm here on this stage today because my own experiences have shaped me into what I’m doing now.
I had extraction orthodontics as a teenager. And by all orthodontic standards, I think my treatment was done very well. And then, of course, I started seeing different kinds of disturbances. Thankfully, I'm not suffering as much as many, but I still do feel the progression decade after decade, of the downstream effects of some of these things.
Dr. Newaz Getting His Own FME?
We may be starting the project to reverse that tomorrow. My partner may be installing [an FME] in my mouth. I'm very excited about that. And it's good to know what you're doing to people.