Andrew Huberman· PhD
so it is generally either a hard tissue issue or a soft tissue issue so what would the hard tissue issues be that would be the size and shape of the Jaws the size and shape of the pallet um this the position of the Jaws you know is your jaw set back is it forward like a bulldog um and do you have a deated septum you know they they estimate um 75% of humans can have some sort of deviated septum and people think that's ridiculous it's not just from getting in a fight and getting your nose broken so think of it this way if your pallet is narrow and I smooshed your face like this the septum has to go somewhere and so it will can't okay so that's what creates the deviated septum and so if we expand a face and this is what early functional orthodontist and this is what I'm doing in my practice or doing in these younger kids you put in a little retainer that can help expand the face and the septum straightens and now we can breathe better so that's hard tissue soft tissues could be enlarg adids enlarged tonsils um oral motor dysfunction low tongue tone low low tongue positioning too how much plasticity is there of the sinuses