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Dear Dr. Sojay Gupta and Producers at CNN:
A Protocol for Providing Orthodontic Jaw Wiring for Compulsive Overeating
Leading to Obesity: A New Role for the Dental Professional Ted Rothstein,
DDS, PhD (Facial anthropology), private practice orthodontist, NYU 1973;
inventor of OJW, 1988.
Given that we are the caretakers of the mouth and uniquely empowered with
skills and mechano-therapy to provide services to the overweight, it is our
obligation and responsibility as part of a health-care team to provide our
expertise to the overweight heading towards obesity, and those who have
already reached that state.
OJW patients will applaud and praise your effort to help them; they will not
begrudge you if they regain the weight post-treatment, a problem encountered
with every weight- loss method without exception. Weight loss is not the OJW
provider’s prime responsibility. OJW providers are primarily responsible for
the maintenance of the health of the TMJ, dentition and gingiva during the
period of being wired. If members of the dental profession step forward and
recognize their right and responsibility to care for selected patients who
meet the criteria of being overweight or obese based on a diagnosis of the
patient’s physician, the leaders of the AAO and ADA will be obliged to
clearly define the dental professional’s role providing this service just as
they did when problems of snoring and sleep apnea first came to the
attention of dental professionals.
Course prepared for dental professionals;
Press release:
Cordially, Ted Rothstein, DDS, PhD