Q. Dear Donna: I play the clarinet professionally and wonder if energy medicine could help straighten my teeth? You can imagine how uncomfortable it would be to play this kind of instrument with braces on your teeth, so I thought I'd ask you for any creative ideas on this matter.

A. I have successfully used energy medicine to straighten children’s teeth so that they didn't need braces. Here’s what I did: after I treated some of their basic energy patterns, I held the sedating and strengthening acupressure points that were associated with each crooked tooth (see page 287 of Energy Medicine). Then I taught the children and their parents to do these techniques daily. The results were amazing! I have never treated an adult for this kind of problem, but you could certainly experiment with this approach