ALF Seminars

An Integration of Dental Orthopedics and

Orthodontics Dentistry’s Best Kept Secrets Exposed

Presented byGerald H. Smith, DDS, DNM

Limited Attendance Session I - March 2 & 3 Session II April 20 & 21 Session III - May 4 & 5 Session IV - June 1 & 2

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Hands-On WorkshopLanghorne, PA

2018 Schedule

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Session I: Diagnostic Indicators and basic ALF design and treatment - $2000 March 2 & 3, 2018Session II: Advanced ALF design and treat-ment concepts - $2000

April 20 & 21, 2018Session III: Advanced ALF design and treat-ment concepts - $2000

May 4 & 5, 2018Session IV: Preventing adverse treatment sequela - $2000

June 1 & 2, 2018

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Non-Surgical ALF Tx

You Will Learn:• Why the ALF System is the most advanced orthopedic/orthodontic system available

• How to simplify orthopedic/orthodontic treatment with non-invasive techniques

• 3-Dimensional Dental Orthopedics/Ortho- dontics using the ALF System

• Innovative cranial indicators to guide ALF appliance adjustments• Why the ALF System helps reduce orthodontic relapse• How dental malocclusions and cranial distortions impact the entire body

• How a dysfunctional dental complex is the source for 70% to 90% of all medical problems

ALF Residency Program:The ALF Residency program developed by Dr. Smith is the most advanced, comprehensive system available for diagnosing and treating orthopedic/orthodontic cases 3-dimensionally. Integrating Dr. Smith’s diagnostic cranial- indicator system focuses on correcting the underlying cranial distortions associated with orthodontic malocclusions. The comprehensive treatment concepts provide a more effective alternative to RPE therapy for narrow maxillaes and obstructive sleep apnea. The ultimate course objectives are to treat patients non- invasively, more physiologically, reduce chair time, use fewer appliances and increase case stability. The ALF System raises the bar of orthopedic/ orthodontic excellence.

ALF: Advanced Lightwire Functional AppliancesThe ALF System raises the bar of treatment excellence!

Learn how to diagnose and treat dental orthopedic and orthodontic cases more efficiently.

What The Experts Are Saying:“Dr. Smith has spent his life refining difficult treat-ment modalities down to easily understood, easily taught concepts. From my own years of study, I can truthfully say that I am in awe of the incredible amount of information I brought home from his ALF workshops. Dr. Smith is dead on in diagnostic approach and treatment delivery.”Mark Warden, DDS Specializing in Integrative Dentistry

Patient Case Evaluations:Attending doctors can submit patient orthopedic/or-thodontic cases and chief complaints for in seminar evaluation. Limit two cases per person per session.

Session Curriculum:March 2 & 3, 2018 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)Session I: Introduction to Diagnostic Indicators: • Learn the most advanced diagnostic system to guide ALF appliance adjustments.

• Understanding the principles of ALF design, case diagnosis and treatment.

• Learn to recognize a common medical condition that can sabotage orthodontic treatment.

April 20 & 21, 2018 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)Session II: Advanced ALF treatment concepts • How to successfully retreat orthodontic failures. • Learn why ALF is a more physiologic alternative to RPE. • Learn advanced ALF appliance designs and Tx. • Resolving arch width and arch length deficiencies. • Overcoming the narrow arch problem.

May 4 & 5, 2018 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)Session III: Advanced ALF treatment techniques • Learn why ALF is more effective in Tx of OSA. • Learn how to minimize periodontal damage using food based nutrients. • Participant’s case evaluations

June 1 & 2, 2018 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)Session IV: Preventing adverse Tx sequela • Learn how to prevent TMD, migraines, head, neck and facial pain problems from faulty orthodontic mechanics. • Review diagnostic indicator system. • Diagnostic and treatment planning of practitioner’s cases.

Doctor Smith is a recognized international authority on craniomandibular somatic disorders with a focus on resolving chronic pain. He is the author of numerous articles on the ALF ap- pliance and two landmark textbooks for professionals, Cranial Dental Sacral Complex

and Dental Orthogonal Radiographic Analysis. He has contributed equally important books: Headaches Aren’t Forever, Reversing Cancer, and Alternative Treatments For Conquering Chronic Pain. The latter is one of the first books integrating osteopathic, chiropractic, den-tal, medical, physical therapy, and nutritional concepts. Doctor Smith’s forty-eight plus years of clinical research has uncovered several of the major missing links that focus on the dental whole body connection regarding the treatment of cancer, chronic pain, and somatic structur-al instability. Doctor Smith has lectured internationally on the ALF System and its benefits in resolving TMD and chronic pain. He is past-president and editor of the Holistic Dental Association, past president of the Penn-sylvania Craniomandibular Society, and recently award-ed the prestigious international Spectrum and Statuette awards. He has a specialty practice in craniodontics, chronic pain, and nutrition in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

About Dr. Gerald H. Smith

Hidden in Plain View:New frontiers in dental orthopedics and orthodontics

Gerald H. Smith, DDS, DNM

Since its introduction in 1983 by Darick Nordstrom DDS, the ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance has evolved into a sophisticated delivery system. The ALF paradigm evolved out of necessity. Doctor Nordstrom’s insight to the cranial component provided the basis for the ALF’s development. The biggest missing link in orthodontics has been the occlusal-cranial connection. The ALF Appliance System provides the vehicle for connecting these two components.

In 1995, this author introduced the Diagnostic Occlusal Indicators to guide practitioners in the adjustment of the ALF. Four simple indicators, which are easily palpable on the patient’s skull, quickly determine the pre-existing 3-dimensional distortions. By judiciously adjusting the ALF appliance the Cranial Indicators are manipulated, by the appliance, into a neutral position. The indicators tell the practitioner where the cranium is before, during and after treatment. Completion of ALF treatment is achieved when the dental arches are adequately developed and removal of the ALF appliance allows all four of the cranial indicators to remain in balance (neutral position). The process is simple, non-invasive, accurate and quickly carried out.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer

Even though great treatment outcomes have been witnessed with the ALF approach over the past thirty three years, conventional orthodontists still violently oppose its acceptance. The reason is simple. Conventional orthodontists do not have the database of knowledge to make the occlusal-cranial connection. Once the dental community becomes enlightened, the third stage of truth, the acceptance phase, will become self-evident.

Hidden in plain view. The occlusal cranial problems are literally staring orthodontic practitioners in the face but they cannot see it. A perfect example was my patient Ian, a 29 year-old victim of four-bicuspid amputation and retraction orthodontics carried out by an orthodontist who had a Masters Degree in orthodontics. For ten years Ian travelled the globe looking for answers to his chronic neck, low back pain overlaid with fatigue and loss of his athletic ability and loss of mental clarity at age fourteen. I was the fourth orthodontist to evaluate his case. Upon viewing his maxillary study model, it became clear that his maxilla was compressed and rotated counter-clockwise by faulty orthodontic mechanics. The reason for this patient suffering for ten years, and untold thousands of pounds spent seeking a solution, was the previous orthodontists not knowing the cranial component of orthodontic treatment.

It becomes obvious once one views the horizontal misalignment of the right and left segments of the maxillary teeth. Faulty orthodontic mechanics had literally rotated Ian’s maxilla in a counter-clockwise direction. This distortion put a twist into Ian’s dural tube, which extends down through the foramen magnum, attaches to the upper three cervical vertebrae and ends at the second sacral tubercle. Once the maxilla was rotated clockwise back to a neutral position, the dural torque was removed and Ian’s 10 years of chronic pain resolved. In addition to correcting the maxillary distortion, the maxillary anterior teeth had to be brought forward to allow the mandible to advance and the posterior teeth had to be erupted to decompress the spinal vertebrae. The process took three years to complete. Ian’s case could not have been corrected without the use of the Cranial Indicator System to guide the ALF and orthodontic adjustments.

The maxillary ALF appliance treats the maxilla as a single unit. Use of Class III elastics on the right and Class II elastics on the left enabled correction of the counter-clockwise distortion. The ALF also permits correction of the other cranial distortions during the de-rotation process. Conventional orthodontic brackets were used to complete the case. Use of the Cranial Indicators was critical in determining the correct force the elastics were exerting and when the correction was complete. There is no radiographic measurement that can give you the answer to these questions.

Since the maxilla represents the anterior two-thirds of the base of the human skull it must be balanced transversely and sagittally and expanded and shaped to also provide balance to the intra-cranial membrane system. Establishing a crooked maxilla sets the body up for spinal, pelvic, and sacral compensatory distortions. Without a level foundation, building the mandibular arch to a distorted upper is a prescription for disaster. Resolving TMJ problems also requires the temporal bones to be balanced. There is no way TMJ problems can be corrected with just an appliance without first correcting the ‘door frame’ - the temporal bone. The condyles, disc, muscles and ligaments all depend on balanced glenoid fossae, which are located in the temporal bones.

Once the foundation, a correctly aligned and positioned maxilla, is established, then the mandibular arch must be developed to fit into it. Since the occlusion is the self-correcting mechanism for balancing the cranial complex, having a balanced occlusal-cranial relationship insures the stability of the spine, pelvis, and sacrum and health of the patient.

Embryo-logically the anterior teeth develop from the neural tube, which gives rise to the sympathetic nervous system. The posterior teeth develop from the neural crest cells of the brain, which give origin to the parasympathetic nervous system. Having a balanced occlusion

provides more than a pretty smile; it is paramount to balancing the autonomic nervous system and all its associated structures. This aspect is the connection to specific vertebrae, muscles, ligaments, and organs of the body.

Re-treating four-bicuspid amputation/retraction orthodontic cases is one of the most challenging exercises in orthodontics; however, using the Cranial Indicator Diagnostic System makes the process easier and helps to ensure a more successful outcome. What other diagnostic system available today gives the orthodontist these answers?

�Curriculum VitaeDoctor Gerald H. Smith is a recognized international authority on craniomandibular somatic disorders with a focus on resolving chronic pain. He is the author of a landmark textbook, Cranial-Dental-Sacral Complex and the first researcher in the world to radiographically document cranial bone movement by means of the Dental Orthogonal Radiographic Analysis System, which he developed. Doctor Smith also developed and patented the world’s first cranial motion precision attachment to permit cranial motion in fixed bridgework that crosses the

maxillary mid-line. Doctor Smith is also the originator of the Occlusal Cranial Balancing Technique, the worlds first occlusal system to balance cranial bone and spinal alignment. He has also contributed equally important books, Reversing Cancer, Headaches Aren't Forever and Alternative Treatments For Conquering Chronic Pain. His latest book presents a major paradigm shift by integrating osteopathic, chiropractic, dental, medical, physical therapy and nutritional concepts. Doctor Smith’s 46 plus years of clinical research has uncovered several of the major missing links for the cause of chronic pain and medical problems. He was an invited speaker at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, Yonsi Memorial Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Holistic Medical Association and other prestigious meetings. He is a past president and editor of the Holistic Dental Association, and past president of the Pennsylvania Craniomandibular Society. He has a specialty practice in chronic pain, nutrition and dental orthopedics/orthodontics in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and Toronto, Ontario.