{"id":2324,"date":"2016-11-20T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caugheydds.com\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2024-06-29T00:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:23:14","slug":"advanced-lightwire-functional-alf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/2016\/11\/20\/advanced-lightwire-functional-alf\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) Appliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent the past 2 days in ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance training with Dr. Mike Hoefs. Dentistry in America is continuously recognizing new heroes, who have bravely look at the way the teeth are connected to the rest of the body\u00a0&#8212; Dr. Hoefs is one such hero of mine!<\/p>\n<p>Wow! The science behind this technology is brilliant: with a super light force (less than 1 ounce of pressure), this flexible lightwire appliance functions to move teeth and bones as a unit &#8211; which is opposite of how traditional orthodontics occurs, wherein the teeth are moved within the bone.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, facial pain accompanied by a distorted bite may be caused by frictional forces in the bones of the head &#8211; setting up Cranial Strain patterns. Cranial Strains are difficult to override. Most Cranial Strain patterns\u00a0are created and maintained by a person&#8217;s unique physiology and function or dysfunction. Traditional orthodontic appliance therapy attempting to use some\u00a0teeth as leverage as other teeth are moved may end up making these underlying strains more severe. \u00a0Advanced lightwire functional appliances on the other hand can serve to apply such a low pressure as to override the body&#8217;s innate response to\u00a0go deeper into the strain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2325\" src=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-300x254.png\" alt=\"ALF appliance\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-500x423.png 500w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-768x649.png 768w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-89x75.png 89w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM-480x406.png 480w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-8.58.06-AM.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2326\" src=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM-256x300.png\" alt=\"cranial bones\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM-427x500.png 427w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM-64x75.png 64w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM-480x562.png 480w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-20-at-9.31.31-AM.png 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent the past 2 days in ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance training with Dr. Mike Hoefs. Dentistry in America is continuously recognizing new heroes, who have bravely look at the way the teeth are connected to the rest of the body\u00a0&#8212; Dr. Hoefs is one such hero of mine! Wow! The science behind this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[41,59,71,93,269],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-functional-growth-appliances","tag-alf-appliance","tag-atlanta-tmj-dentist","tag-bite-splint-therapy","tag-cranial-strain-therapy","tag-tmj-treatment-atlanta"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) Appliance - www.caugheydds.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/2016\/11\/20\/advanced-lightwire-functional-alf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) Appliance - www.caugheydds.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I spent the past 2 days in ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance training with Dr. Mike Hoefs. 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