Hyperactivity (ADHD / ADD) Hanover
Relationship between jaw and teeth alignment and hyperactivity (ADHD)
We are specialists in orthodontics and have identified causal links between the alignment of the jaws and teeth and hyperactivity (ADHD). Nevertheless, we are not specialists in ADHD in the classic sense, but the fact is that concentration problems, aggression, reading, spelling and arithmetic difficulties are part of everyday school life. Many schoolchildren are restless, anxious and suffer from health problems such as headaches and allergies. More and more children are developing learning and behavioral disorders. Already 40% of all primary school pupils are affected by such problems.
The Balance treatment concept has a positive influence on ADHD
Due to the constant work with these children, every orthodontist is familiar with the effects of the problem. It was only when we changed our orthodontic procedures to include the methods of the Balance treatment concept that we learned that we could have a positive influence on this problem, which places a heavy burden on the whole family. How is this possible? The truth is, we don’t know for sure yet! But there are some hypotheses about the functional connections.
The mouth and jaw region are supplied by a disproportionately large part of the nervous system
Every doctor and dentist knows from anatomy lessons that the mouth and jaw region is supplied by a disproportionately large part of the nervous system, both motor, sensitive and sensory. In our opinion, this long-known fact has not yet been given the necessary attention in medicine. We can assume that the Creator must have had a very, very good reason for equipping us with an extremely high nerve density in the mouth and jaw area, the likes of which cannot be found in any other part of the body! Relative dominant importance of the CMS in the nervous system compared to other organs using the example of the different size of their neurological representation on the cerebral cortex. 
This may be due to the fact that when we optimize the function of the cranio-mandibular system (CMS) according to the Balance treatment concept, we have positive effects on the function of the entire nervous system. Due to the large number of cases, this positive effect can be clearly attributed to the therapy. However, the actual process of healing is still unknown to us, as medicine is still in the early stages of researching the nervous system.” The well-known brain researcher Wolf Singer from the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt said in an interview with the FAZ: “To understand the performance of a nerve cell, you would have to imagine computer chips with 50,000 inputs, all of which are regulated separately to keep them in the optimum working range.” ? Humans have 100 billion of these highly complex “beasts”, which are networked in a very clever, decentralized and non-linear way. We currently have no knowledge of the network structure, the neuronal code and the tasks of 70% of nerve cells.
Elimination of errors in the CMS are often crucial for mitigating ADHD symptoms
Many parents are intuitively very afraid of exposing their children to long-term therapy with psychotropic drugs (e.g. Ritalin), which interfere with the function of every nerve cell, although we know relatively little about the actual function of the nerve cell. This treatment with psychotropic drugs is part of the standard therapy of conventional medicine for the above-mentioned problem. Although we can understand these fears very well, we would like to hold back from criticizing the necessity of such regulations. We cannot and must not speak for the specialist field responsible for this disease. However, in many cases we see that the problem is caused by many factors simultaneously and additively, with the elimination of the CMS faults often being crucial to the mitigation of symptoms, but other general medical dysfunctions also need to be addressed to be truly successful.
Multidisciplinary teamwork is the key to success
This means that many specialists need to work together at the same time: e.g. chiropractors, osteopaths, nutritionists, learning therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists with special training, naturopathic doctors, etc. This multidisciplinary teamwork is one of the keys to success. Complete success cannot be achieved in every case. However, many parents are very grateful if the daily dose of psychotropic drugs can be significantly reduced. This can be achieved through comprehensive orthodontic treatment.
