Hoffmeister, Hermann2024-05-232024-05-231994Hoffmeister, H. (1994). Development, decay, changing of teeth, and malposition of teeth and jaws, part I. Journal of Anthroposophic Medicine, 11(4), 32–49.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/366<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Phenomena, problems, potential for treatment&nbsp;</strong>"What does it mean in terms of our knowledge of the human being?" is a question I am asked over and over again in my position as dentist and orthodontist when it comes to the many and varied phenomena to be observed on individual teeth, the whole dentition, and the oral cavity. Before we can have a clear answer - and in most cases we are still far from getting it - we need to have thorough knowledge of the facts known to science and the connections between them, and we must also have practical experience as dentists in treating dental conditions and their sequels. The same applies to the vast field of malposition affecting both teeth and jaws, which is the field of orthodontics. The whole requires detailed discussion if we are to avoid the danger of adding to the many misconceptions that exist already.&nbsp;</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The dentist specially needs to consider the questions that are so often put in the Waldorf School context. He cannot, of course, say he will be able to answer them all in terms of our knowledge of the human being, particularly with regard to the transformation of the bodily form through repeated incarnations. Much still remains to be discovered in this area. Below, the subject will be presented above all from the point of view of a dentist who has been working with Waldorf School children from many decades.&nbsp;</p>dental developmentcariestooth alignmentfluorinemagnesiumorthodonticschange of the teethFillings/library/2018/12/20/development-decay-changing-of-the-teeth-part-i