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Journal of Obesity & Weight loss Therapy | ISSN: 2165-7904 | Volume 8
June 06-07, 2018 | Philadelphia, USA
International Conference on
Obesity & Fitness Expo
Providing orthodontic jaw wiring weight-control (OJW ®: weight control) as part of a “healthcare team”- A
new service in the dental professional’s office
My work demonstrates that Dental Professionals (DPs) are welcomed by the public and as providers of weight control
services as part of a Healthcare team that includes dieticians, physicians, psychotherpists and baritric surgeons. OJW is
a fixed intra-oral, bio-mechanical appliance and protocol for controlling compulsive overeating in carefully selected patients
who are obese/heading toward obesity, that help them start regaining control over compulsive eating habits with potentially
grave health consequences. Patients are wired into the physiologic rest position thereby limiting the extent they can open their
jaw. Permission to begin a liquid diet is obtained from their phsician. The clarity of speech is unaffected. Seemingly extreme,
after seventeen years providing OJW, it is arguably rather a benign non-invasive, safe and effective method, when using my
protocol. Under my protocol, the DP is responsible for maintaining the health of the TMJ, Dentition and Gingiva. The patient
is responsible for losing weight by dint of their passionate dedication and adherence to a long-term, low-calorie, liquid diet
authorized by their physican or proxy (psychotherapist) with guidance from dietitians and nutritionists. Today I will enumerate
the myriad consequences of obesity, and the DPsfunction as a member of a Healthcare team. I will describe the appliance and
how-why it works. Then demonstrate how to wire the jaws and tell you about the position the jaw is wired into. I will outline
the scope of the service. I will address safety and effectivness by referencing a questionnaire I mounted in 2009. Documents will
include the Informed Consent, Poor candidates; how to address problems, and a list of the ten most important elements of the
OJW Service.
Biography
Having practiced every phase of Orthodontic-Orthopedics for thirty-seven years, I moved from Brookyn, NY to Portland, OR in August ’16 where on Dec.16, 2016 I
petitioned the OR Board of Dentisty to sanction OJW: Weight control services for Dental Professionals. On June 26, 2017 “Weight control” services were approved.
I invented the appliance and developed the protocol for providing OJW: Weight-control. I provide OJW in Brooklyn NY. I have treated 200+ patients most of whom
come from everywhere in the United States simply because I am the sole provider. My dedicated OJW website: See Ted
Rothstein DDS to view some of the videos I posted on providing the OJW service.
Teddy Rothstein
OJW Protocol, USA
Teddy Rothstein, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volulme: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C2-059