Title: Early sensorimotor relations between respiratory - and postural imbalances and oral imbalance

Biography:

From more than 40 years, Dr. Michael Lacroix has oriented his clinical practice and research on early orthodontic treatment . 1977 – 2007: Dentofacial Orthodontic Practice on the French side of the French-Swiss border From 2007: living and practicing in Switzerland 2009: creation of ORTHOGLOBAL (Lausanne)  for the promotion of pediatric orthodontics. Nov. 2010: Member of the French Society of Pediatric Orthodontics. 2013-2014: teacher at the Swiss Federation of Osteopaths. 2015research and communications on the early determinants of occlusion according to the early sensorimotor determinants of posture at AIOF (International Association of French-speaking Orthodontists) and CIMF - (International Club of Facial Morphology) - SEROPP (International Society for Research in Pediatric and Perinatal Osteopathy) 2017: Member of the Swiss Pediatric Society

Abstract

The gap between medical and dental world is the reason why nobody has never published about this multifactorial topic. We are now able to explain how dental malocclusions and oro-facial dysfunctions are linked to imbalances during the perinatal sensorimotor coordinations, often leading in adulthood  to general posture (lumbo-sciatic) and/or respiratory disorders (OSA). If, since the first neurodevelopmental steps, the determination of the primary oro-facial balance is the witness as well as a relay of an accurate implementation of the child’s posture balance (both being under the required control of the respiratory balance between nasal ventilation and mouth breathing), this means that we are heading towards a new daily concern and an additional responsibility for paediatricians in monitoring children’s growth