Jaw size linked to diet: Could too soft a diet cause lower jaw to stay too short and cause orthodontic problems?

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialized nations is due to their soft modern diet causing the jaw to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth.

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