Obesity and Diet Imbalance

Biography

Having practiced every phase of Orthodontic-Orthopedics for thirty-seven years, I moved from Brooklyn, NY to Portland, OR in August ’16. In Dec. ‘16, I petitioned the Oregon Board of Dentistry to permit Dental Professionals to provide “Weight-control” services as part of a Healthcare team (including the PCP, Dietitian and Psycho-therapist), similar to the way they currently sanction OSA/Sleep apnea services. On July 23, 2017 the Board affirmed that Weight-control was a service permitted in accordance with the Oregon Code of Dentistry. Over the course of eighteen years I have developed an appliance and protocol (OJW: Weight-control) to assist persons who manifest tendencies to eat compulsively and emotionally (CED), and who are seeking to gain control of their excessive eating habits.I currently provide this service in Brooklyn NY and have done so for the past eighteen years. I have treated 200 patients most of whom come from everywhere in the United States. I am in the process of providing this service in Portland, OR. Moreover, I teach Dental professionals how to provide the service in accordance with their state’s code of dentistry.

Research Interest

The Dental Professional’s Role in Weight Control