In this thread I hope to include ALL causes of crooked teeth. So far we have
1. Vitamin K-2 deficiency. K-2 helps widen the skull, jaw, and probably ribcage. If the jaw isn't wide enough, the teeth don't have enough room.
2. Calcium and Vitamin D deficiency. The bones won't form correctly without these. Magnesium and phosphorus also play a very small role here.
3. Individual genetics. You can inherit a small jaw and large teeth, resulting in a increased chance of crooked teeth. You can also inherit a problem, larger or smaller, with processing/using Vitamin K, Vitamin D, etc..
4. Racial genetics. The longer a particular population is on grains, cooked food, etc., the smaller their teeth/jaws get. This takes thousands of years. Some groups (notably the Australian Aborigines) have very large teeth/jaws, since they have been on cooked/modern food like grains for only a very short time. Other groups, like East Asians, have smaller teeth/jaws (and even lack wisdom teeth, in many cases) because they have been eating grains and cooked food for a very long time. You can see pictures of relative tooth sizes in Dr Price's book. The Aborigines have very large teeth, whereas individuals from other populations often had teeth less than half that size.
5. Jaw exercise. If you're eating mush that doesn't require chewing during your growing-up years, then your jawbones will not be as large, dense, or well developed as someone who is constantly chewing on tough things.
I put those in rough order of importance, although remember that's only rough order.
Any thoughts?
