Shout It Out Loud: 2011 Is The Year of The Mouth!

Founding Members: President Dr. Chris Kammer, Paula Jacobs, RN, and Dr. Paul Jacobs

The Chinese have designated 2011 "The Year of the Rabbit," however, the bunnies are being asked to step aside because the president of North America's fastest growing health organization, The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH) is proclaiming the year 2011 as the "Year of the Mouth."

"Because the Mission of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health is to educate the world this Proclamation serves to illustrate the Academy's commitment to put its money where its mouth is." declares Paul Jacobs, DDS, professional speaker and Founding Member of the Academy.

AAOSH is taking a stand that the mouth is the first place to start for overall body health and longer life. In recent years the studies have been piling up connecting poor oral health to the deadliest of diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. Oral health problems have also been shown to have close connections to many other serious health concerns like Alzheimer's, arthritis, pneumonia and pregnancy complications. Founding member Paul Jacobs from Escanaba, Michigan shares his concern and goal, "Unfortunately, it just isn't common knowledge that oral health can add years to your life. Our group is committed to changing that!"

"AAOSH is aware we can only get so far with this "most important message ever" using the regular scientific and medical information outlets." AAOSH President Dr Chris Kammer says, 'It's time to open new doors for the public and use new ways to communicate this message about the body-debilitating and life-shortening consequences of poor oral health." Since one of the primary missions of AAOSH members is to "Shout It Out Loud" and communicate the importance of this mouth-body connection, they have borrowed the popular song title from the legendary rock group KISS as their rallying cry. The organization hopes to make it official as well; since adding a rock-and-roll theme to this life enhancing and life extending message will likely get it heard by more people in their public service announcements. "When lives are at stake, our group will go the distance to get the public's attention," continued Dr. Jacobs. "That's what 'The Year of the Mouth" is all about."

For more information on AAOSH, please visit, http://www.aaosh.com/

Deformed Permanent Molar

Thomas, age 9, came in yesterday with what looked like an infected baby tooth. After looking closer, I decided to take an x-ray and was surprised to see that his lower right first PERMANENT molar tooth was infected. There was no apparent explanation for this other than it had developed abnormally.

I hadn't ever seen this before, so I thought it might be interesting to others. Below are his panoramic x-ray and a photo of the deformed, infected tooth removed. Time will tell what will happen on the other side, as the permanent molar tooth there also appears to be developing the same way.

Gummy Smile Solution with Lip Repositioning Surgery

There is new hope for gummy smiles with lip repositioning surgery. Below is our most recent patient just one week after her procedure. Smiling big! But . . . fortunately not as big as before her lip repositioning.


Just the right amount of change resulted from this procedure because of our use of a new technique developed by Dr. Paul Jacobs called the Reversible Lip RepositioningTM. Patients are able to preview their intended result and adjustments can be made for more or less change to the smile depending on the desires of the patient. This new technique is more predictable and controllable than other methods used in the past.

Dr. Jacobs can be consulted by patients and practitioners for more information on the Reversible Lip Repositioning procedure. He speaks in different locations throughout the United States and is available in his office in Escanaba, Michigan for one on one training. This exciting new procedure is making a difference in the lives of many people.

Reversible Lip Repositioning Surgery

World's first Reversible Lip RepositioningTM Surgery!

I continue to enjoy incredible interest in my lip repositioning procedure from all over the world. In response to the demand, I developed a technique where our patients can visualize the final result prior to the actual surgery. During this procedure, no cutting is done, and the patient can "trial" the lip repositioning for feel and appearance for a day or for five minutes before fully reversing the procedure.


Patients have control to decide whether to have more or less of their gums showing in the permanent procedure after they have seen the temporary, reversible procedure.

The photo above shows the Before and After of the Reversible Lip Repositioning. You can see that there is less of a gummy smile. There is also the added benefit of increasing the fullness of the upper lip for this young lady. The entire procedure including the permanent lip repositioning takes about 40 minutes.

Invisalign Colors Rock!

Invisalign Colors rock at the Jacobs Smile Center in Escanaba, Michigan!

Invisalign straightens teeth with a series of invisible, clear aligners, but what about teenagers who feel the need to express themselves with the colors of rubber bands on braces? Now Invisalign wearers can custom design any shape, size or color to wear on their teeth. The greatest thing about this awesome option is that every two weeks they can change it to something different or just go "wireless" again.



Above is an example of an Invisalign aligner with bling for the holidays using a permanent marker. Patients can even pretend they're wearing the old fashioned "wires" if they want to surprise their friends.

Twinsburg Dentistry

Recently, one of our patients presented with a unique request. He wanted his teeth fixed so they would look better, but was hesitant about finalizing plans for the treatment.

My wife Paula was reassuring him that he would get the smile he desired, but she sensed that there may be a barrier to his decision making. She asked if there was some unanswered questions that he had, or if there was some issue that she was not aware of that might be giving him cause for reticence.

He explained that, yes, there was a concern he had. He went on to tell Paula that he had a twin brother, and that they looked forward to attending a meeting of twins called Twins Days in Twinsburg, Ohio. He wanted to be sure that his teeth looked nice when they were fixed, but "not too different" so that it wouldn't affect his twinness with his brother.

Dental treatment was completed in short order, and he was elated to let us know that he actually looked more like his brother than he did before. We were graced by a visit from the twins a few days later at our office, and had the welcome opportunity to meet our patient's brother and to get the photo below. Uniquely, you will notice that they are "mirror image twins."

Cosmetic Dental Contouring

Cosmetic dental contouring can make a lackluster composite restoration lifelike and realistic. The most obvious feature corrected is the elimination of the mamelons, or the small bumps on the edges of the front teeth.





The feature in a smile that is the most overlooked, and the one which makes the teeth look so much more natural is the contour and surface texture of the front teeth. In the first photo, you can see the dull, round surface of the tooth just to the right of center (right on the photo.) In the second photo, the restoration has not been replaced, but only carved and recontoured so that the light reflection is similar to the tooth next to it. This improvement was done quickly, without anesthetic, and at very minimal time and cost.