Examining ATI Wisdom Booklets: Part 1 Booklet 5 – Medical Teeth and Bruxism

Last updated on: September 19, 2016 at 11:00 am

September 19, 2016 by Suzanne Titkemeyer

God, that first paragraph is a mess. A function is the job of a part of the body. The job of teeth is not to have a nice smile or to support the lips. Those are consequences of having intact teeth, but not the main function. Also, there are a few other portions of the face that are quite important to how the lower half of the face looks including the cheekbones, the jaw, and the lips.
I could be wrong, but of that list of 4 sounds, I make the “l” sound by placing my tongue at the roof of my mouth and “p” by forcing air across my lips. I do need my front teeth to pronounce a “th” and a “f” sound and developed one heck of a lisp when I was missing my front teeth as a seven-year-old.
Where did CP/QF people learn that you should place the most important reason last in informational topics?!? The function of teeth is the mechanical processing of food and occasionally for defense or mating purposes. Full stop.

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