We grew this boy's jaws without surgery in 18 months.
He came to us with severe crooked teeth, a weak chin and incompetent lips.
So we trained him to correct his oral posture using the Myobrace system.
As a result, his teeth naturally aligned and his facial structure improved.
Sophie's 2-year change could be mistaken for surgery.
This transformation was achieved by Professor John Mew, the founding father of mewing.
Orthotropics is a revolutionary alternative to braces and surgery.
Here is how he grows people's jaws naturally:
This is Mewing.
It's not just a trick to make you look better.
Mewing stimulates jaw growth - particularly in children - making room for crowded teeth.
This technique has long been taught in the modelling industry but it's essential for dental health.
After 1 year on the Myobrace system, his facial improvement could be mistaken for surgery.
Unlike conventional orthodontics, which mechanically forces the teeth into alignment,
The Myobrace system resolves the underlying cause of crooked teeth and guides the growth of the jaws.
Here's some human biology they don't teach you in schools:
Our tongue posture impacts our face shape.
If we mouth breathe during childhood, our tongue drops low causing our upper jaw to lose support and grow downwards.
Giving us flat cheekbones and a weak jawline.
But if you
The parents of this 10-year-old boy were concerned about their son's severe crowding.
The common advice would have been to wait until his teens, extract teeth to make room, and then fit braces.
Instead, he corrected his poor oral habits with 24 months of Myobrace, which...
Thank you for making it to the end.
Professor Mew is now 95 years old. He receives almost no recognition for his work.
Orthotropics was never adopted because of the skill required and the costly time spent teaching the patient.
If your child cannot breathe through their nose, research shows their cognitive development may be impacted (reduced IQ).
Mouth breathing has also been shown to stunt jaw growth, resulting in a vertically longer face with crooked teeth.
Box Breathing is widely practised by Navy SEALs, athletes, performers, and professionals in high-stress environments to stay calm, focused, and in control.
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🦠HOW CROOKED TEETH ARE CAUSED BY ALLERGIES:
We're seeing a surge of 80-90% of schoolchildren growing up with crooked teeth.
Meanwhile, allergies are more common today than ever in history.
Remember these stages to prevent crooked teeth in your children.
Imagine if you could straighten your teeth without braces...
This lady wore a 'Myobrace' for just 2 hours a day and left it in at night.
After 1 year of this habit, her teeth drastically aligned.
Here's what you need to know about this natural alternative to braces:🧵
What's the correct oral posture?
Also referred to as 'mewing', it involves:
1. Keeping lips together
2. The teeth together
3. And tongue on the roof of your mouth
Make this a habit when you're not eating or speaking.
If you ever have a blocked nose,
Avoid mouth breathing, it worsens congestion by drying out the nasal passages, triggering inflammation.
If you can continue nose breathing, your body will naturally produce an anti-inflammatory gas called Nitric Oxide that reduces congestion.
Nearly all humans today have some crowding.
You don't need braces to fix it.
Simply wear a Myobrace at night and complete the daily exercise.
The key to having naturally straight teeth is to correct breathing, swallowing and posture.
This resolves the root cause of crowding.
Myobrace is a modern Orthotropic treatment accessible in most countries in 2024.
In my next thread, I provide a guide for those seeking Myobrace as an alternative to braces and jaw surgery.
This 21-year-old patient was concerned about her crooked teeth,
And worried traditional orthodontics would result in relapse.
She chose Myobrace, and after 23 months, including braces, her teeth were straightened.
She hasn't needed a permanent retainer to maintain alignment.
I visited Kenya last month…
The Maasai people have incredible facial structure.
Unlike most of the world, they live an ancestral lifestyle.
Their jaws develop to their full genetic potential because they stand up straight, chew tough meat and never mouth breathe.
What is Orthotropics?
It derives its name from the Greek:
Ortho: meaning Straight/Correct
Trópos: meaning Growth
The aim is to correct facial growth, which naturally aligns the teeth and improves the jawline and cheekbones.
Here is what I mean by revolutionary:
Professor Mew experimented on identical twins.
One twin was treated with traditional braces, and the other, with Orthotropics.
And it's astonishing how different their face became.
What makes Orthotropics so much healthier?
It solves the root cause of crooked teeth.
Based on Mew's discovery that crooked teeth are not genetic, but instead a result of poor oral posture:
Mouth breathing impacts our facial growth, causing abnormalities.
Dr Mew (
@Orthotropics
), inventor of viral 'Mewing' was one of the first scientists to publish on this phenomenon.
He termed it Craniofacial Dystrophy and described it as one of the most common syndromes today.
People will sincerely tell me they are nose breathers and always have been.
But if you look back at your childhood photos you’ll be surprised how often your lips were really apart.
In 2024, most children leave their mouths open most of the time which is why 80-90% of school
An increasing number of children are swallowing incorrectly
Yet few parents realize this can restrict jaw development and lead to crowded teeth.
We swallow around 700 times a day, each time exerting up to 4 pounds of force...
An incorrect swallow occurs when the tongue pushes
Pay close attention to your child's sleeping position.
Their health and development depend on it.
When your child's mouth is open during sleep, their tongue can obstruct the airway, stopping their breathing.
These nightly choking episodes deprive the brain of oxygen and
🏆WHY ARE ELITE ATHELETES TAPING THEIR MOUTHS SHUT?
Here are 5 scientific reasons:
1. Nitric Oxide Production: Nasal breathing stimulates the production of Nitric Oxide (NO) in the nasal passages.
This gas is a potent vasodilator...🧵
The most important thing you can do to prevent your child from developing crooked teeth is:
Make sure your child is nasal breathing instead of mouth breathing.
Here are the signs to look out for and why it matters:🧵
What's Mew's method of Orthotropics?
I was a student of John's and his treatment consists of two main phases:
1) Expanding the upper jaw.
2) Training to correct oral posture.
Their faces changed shape after Myofunctional therapy.
This therapy involves retraining poor oral habits, such as incorrect swallowing patterns and resting jaw position.
It works because children's jaw growth is influenced by the activity of the surrounding oral muscles.
Phase 1: The Expansion phase.
Mew invented one of the most sophisticated upper-jaw expanders in the world.
He named it the Biobloc because he designed it to mimic our biological jaw growth.
In fact, it widens by less than the width of a human hair each day.
Impressively, the facial enhancement was a complete accident!
Only once parents began commenting how much better their child looked,
Did John Mew realise that Orthotropics was correcting far more than the teeth...
@Matty_McCann_
I'm retired, but the traditional orthodontic community is uninterested in our treatment.
It might be because we are their biggest competitors.
Fortunately, Myobrace is global now, so there is a substantial minority of doctors and clinics who appreciate the work I've done.
This 11-year-old girl developed an 'open bite' by pushing her tongue between her teeth when resting and swallowing.
In just 7 months her teeth aligned using a Myobrace to correct her tongue posture and swallowing pattern.
Why does the face improve with Myobrace treatment?
Because Myobrace aims not just to correct crooked teeth, but to correct the poor oral posture that stunts jaw growth.
This is the root cause of crooked teeth.
When the posture is corrected, the jaws can naturally grow to their
3. Every child has the genetic potential to grow jaws that match the size of their teeth.
The sooner you address your child's crooked teeth, the easier it is to correct their jaw growth.
People with a 'gummy smile' often have distorted jaws.
Our gums are forced down when the Maxilla (upper jaw) undergoes too much vertical growth.
This is caused in childhood when the mouth is left open at rest, preventing the Maxilla from growing horizontally.
Orthodontist experts admit they don't know the cause of crooked teeth (malocclusion).
Mike Mew pushed for debate for over 10 years, explaining it was not genetic, but environmental.
Then, they launched a court case against him, lasting over 7 years.
There's a reason why Mike's
Phase 2: The Training Phase.
Unlike braces, you don't need to wear retainers for life after this treatment.
Patients are trained to correct their oral posture which keeps their results stable for life.
20 years later, her teeth have remained naturally straight ↓
Why is the air from your Nose healthier?
Award-winning science journalist behind bestseller 'Breathe' explains:
Behind your nose lies a massive 'underground network' of air treatment bio machinery!
If your dentist tells you that your child doesn't have enough room for all their teeth,
Don't wait until they are 13 for braces.
Early interventions like Myobrace are easier the younger they are.
Unlike braces, your child won't have to wear retainers for life.
This 7-year-old presented with an underbite so severe, her parents were told:
"Jaw surgery at 18 is the only option."
They found out Myobrace can grow jaws by improving oral posture.
After just 3 months of Myobrace, she was spared almost certain surgery later in life.
2. What is the correct oral posture for optimal jaw growth?
1. Breathe through your nose
2. Keep your lips and teeth gently together
3. Keep your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
This should become automatic whenever you're not speaking or eating.
We grew this boy's jaws without surgery in 18 months.
He came to us with severe crooked teeth, a weak chin and incompetent lips.
So we trained him to correct his oral posture using the Myobrace system.
As a result, his teeth naturally aligned and his facial structure improved.
Why do some children develop buck teeth?
It's not genetic, but rather a result of poor oral habits affecting the development of the teeth and jaws.
This girl has a 'reverse swallow', where her tongue thrusts forward between the teeth, pushing her teeth forward over time.
1. The function of a Myobrace is to remind you to maintain correct oral posture at rest.
It uses tactile feedback, making it uncomfortable when you have poor posture or swallow incorrectly.
Children's faces are compromised by mouth-breathing, altering the growth and shape of their jaws.
The prevalence of mouth-breathing has snowballed into a surge of crooked teeth and sleep-breathing disorders:
With approximately 80% of children having some degree of malocclusion.
During the training phase, the lower jaw naturally grows to catch up to the upper jaw.
The teeth then realign themselves in the extra room created by the expansion.
The parents of this 15-year-old patient were concerned about their son's crowded teeth and were looking for alternative treatment options to braces and extractions.
After hearing about the Myobrace 'no braces approach' to straightening teeth they booked in for a consultation.
It's common psychology that body posture shapes the way people see us
Yet everybody forgets that correct Oral Posture upholds the structure of our faces.
Simply 1) close your mouth 2) keep your teeth in gentle contact 3) and your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
'What 7 Months of Mewing Did To My Teeth.'
This 18-year-old improved the alignment of his teeth without braces, simply by correcting his oral posture.
Correct your oral posture by keeping your:
1. Lips together
2. Teeth gently together
3. And tongue on the roof of your mouth
Do you notice her facial improvement?
This girl presented at age 14 with significant crowding.
After we expanded her upper jaw and she corrected her poor oral habits,
She gained broad smile and more harmonious facial form.
No retainers needed.
We swallow 600 times a day exerting up to 4 pounds with each swallow.
Here's how our faces grow recessed when we swallow incorrectly, sucking back on our jaws.
Why do some children develop buck teeth?
It's not genetic, but rather a result of poor oral habits affecting the development of the teeth and jaws.
This girl has a 'reverse swallow', where her tongue thrusts forward between the teeth, pushing her teeth forward over time.
Thank you for reading to the end.
If you want to correct crooked teeth and avoid these problems,
There are alternative treatments recognised in orthodontics that I will guide you through in my next thread.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Is there a healthier alternative to braces?
Traditional braces cause permanent tooth root damage in nearly 100% of patients.
This likely reduces the lifespan of the teeth.
To avoid root damage, choose removable braces like Myobrace.
They are capable of correcting even severe
A recessed chin can be corrected non-surgically in children using systems like Myobrace or Orthotropics.
This naturally corrects crowded teeth by making more room in the jaws.
Test for Receding Chin:
Put your finger on this line and if it touches your lips, you have a receding chin and an increased risk of sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is when your airway closes during sleep and may reduce lifespan by 15 years.
Meet the experts improving faces at MewCon.
If you've been told your child needs to wait until they're 13 for braces, that's not the case in 2024.
We treated this 6-year-old with just 12 months of Myobrace to correct his oral posture, allowing him to grow up with straight teeth and no retainers for life.
Imagine if you could straighten your teeth without braces...
This lady wore a 'Myobrace' for just 2 hours a day and left it in at night.
After 1 year of this habit, her teeth drastically aligned.
Here's what you need to know about this natural alternative to braces:🧵
Many children breathe through their mouths, especially while playing.
It's so common, we even see it as normal.
But what effect is this having on the development of children's still-growing brains?
Mouth breathing is affecting your brain.
This image shows fMRI brain activity of nasal breathers (left) and mouth breathers.
Functions related to working memory were significant decreased in those who breathed through their mouth.
Breathe through your nose.
Children are losing brain volume from choking episodes that last a few seconds or minutes in their sleep.
It's called Sleep Apnea, it goes underdiagnosed and is often mistaken for snoring, but it's preventable and treatable, particularly in children.
The researchers commented:
1. Permanently Shrunken Roots
The orthodontic forces used to move teeth damage the tooth root.
When a root is damaged, it permanently shrinks in length, known as root resorption.
Shorter roots mean a shorter lifespan of the teeth. 100% of patients are expected to
If you have poor oral posture, you will not have straight teeth.
Your tongue should rest in the roof of your mouth when not eating or speaking, supporting the dental arches.
This is why patients of
@Orthotropics
and Myobrace maintain straight teeth without needing retainers.
About 80% of children are growing up with crooked teeth today.
But two or three hundred years ago, almost nobody had crooked teeth.
Despite claims that crooked teeth are an unfortunate genetic outcome,
The rate of this change indicates that environmental factors are at play.
What is a deep bite?
It's where your upper teeth overlap your lower teeth too much when you bite down.
How common is a deep bite?
1 in 5 Americans have this condition.
How can it be fixed?
We corrected this 9-year-old girl in 6 months using a Myobrace to train her muscles.
Professor Mew, now age 95, recorded cases of children whose faces were damaged by braces and extractions.
He warned British Orthodontic bodies that mainstream treatment was flattening children’s faces.
Urging his colleagues to start taking facial photos of their patients, they
This is what a thumbsucking habit can lead to.
What's more concerning than the teeth, is that the upper and lower jaw bones have grown around the shape of the thumb.
Prevent aberrant jaw growth by addressing thumbsucking as soon as you see it.
By retraining and correcting oral posture (lips togehter tongue in the roof of the mouth and breathing through the nose) you can and will alter jaw relationship. ie reduce overbite. This can occur at any age but easier in growing children. The key is compliance. The Myobrace
Stanford Professors coined this 'The hidden jaw epidemic':
This child developed an allergy to his pet gerbil and began to mouth breathe, causing his face to change.
Children who mouth-breathe tend to develop elongated faces, weak chins and crooked teeth.
Mouth breathing not
4. Wearing Retainers for the rest of your life...
Since traditional braces do not address the underlying causes of crooked teeth,
A permanent retainer is necessary to hold the teeth straight.
Clear aligners face the same issue of requiring retainers for life.
Here is a case of double jaw surgery, repositioning the jaws forward to correct recession.
Interestingly, the purpose of this surgery is not cosmetic, but to enlarge the airway and fix bite problems.
This speaks to how health and beauty are connected.
The parents of a 6-year-old were rightly concerned when told to wait until her teenage years to address her severe overjet.
Upon learning that Myobrace can treat children as young as three, they decided to try it.
Unlike traditional braces, Myobrace corrects the underlying
3. Relapse. Was it all for nothing?
Long-term stability is a major problem with traditional orthodontics.
Research suggests a 90% chance that the teeth will shift back to their original crooked position after braces are removed,
Unless a retainer is worn indefinitely.
In my 40+ years of providing orthodontic diagnosis and treatment,
I've reliably seen that children who breathe through their mouths develop smaller jaws and crooked teeth.
4. How can I get my child to stop mouth breathing?
Unconscious habits are tricky to break, especially when issues like blocked noses hinder nasal breathing.
In Part 2 of this thread, I'll walk you through effective methods to establish nasal breathing.
Children with this posture have severe malocclusions and distorted cranial bones.
It’s not something children grow out of and should be addressed early by parents.
How does the Myobrace correct your teeth and jaws?
It uses tactile feedback to remind you when your oral posture becomes incorrect until it becomes a habit.
For example, if unconsciously separate your lips, they will rub against the lip bumper reminding you to keep your lips
Mouth breathing leads to a dry mouth, a breeding ground for bad bacteria.
I recommend lip taping at night to facilitate nasal breathing.
You might find it’s the best sleep you’ve had.
@EntorphyK
He needs help and training to learn to keep his lips together while awake and the tongue in the roof of the mouth. He will have reduced nasal passages and pharyngeal airway. Braces wont help. Arch development and Lip and tongue training is needed. This is the basis of
1 in 5 children have a deep bite😬
It's common malocclusion often left untreated.
This girl's parents were concerned about the severity of her deep bite but after just 12 months of Myobrace, she achieved this:
She will never need retainers because of her natural correction.