Does Orthodontics Affect The Shape Of The Face? By Prof John Mew

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  • Does Orthodontics Affect The Shape Of The Face? By Prof John Mew
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 154

  • @blahblahblahblahblah
    @blahblahblahblahblah 7 років тому +158

    What happened to you is a disgrace to the science of dentistry. I retired from dentistry after 3 years of practice because I could not align the archaic style of dentistry with my morals. I knew something was amiss during my training when I found that my dental professors were using the same lectures over decades of teaching. The institutions of dentistry are so resistant to change and seem only concerned with making as much as money as humanly possible at the cost of human health. It really is a shame as the demand from patients is changing and they don't want what conventional dentists are selling. Dr. Mew, please know that you stand on the right side of history.

    • @kraftpunk1712
      @kraftpunk1712 6 років тому +5

      Sherry I want to study dentistry, if I want to follow spread info about orthothropics what should I do?

    • @holistic.health
      @holistic.health Рік тому

      Thank you for being brave enough to say that

  • @yvonnemariane2265
    @yvonnemariane2265 7 років тому +60

    OH MY GOD. IT IS OVER, ORTHODONTICS, REMOVING TEETH, FORCING EXTERNAL MACHINERY ON THE BODY, CUTTING THE JAW, MUST END. THAT BEFORE AND AFTER IS HEARTBREAKING.

  • @GoldenGlacier
    @GoldenGlacier 7 років тому +44

    Truly a gift to the world Prof John Mew

  • @BoltzmannX
    @BoltzmannX 5 років тому +23

    This is blowing up trust me you hard work will get some recognition

  • @bellam31
    @bellam31 5 років тому +15

    John Mew is a hero.
    It is criminal what the orthodontist are doing to people and what they did to John.
    My Orthodontist ruined my face.

    • @manuelrosales1798
      @manuelrosales1798 5 років тому +3

      How did he ruin your face? I'm thinking the same about my dentist. I notice adverse changed in my face. Please share your experience.

    • @bellam31
      @bellam31 5 років тому +6

      Manuel Rosales Basically everything that John Mew said in this video is accurate about how Orthodontists can ruin your face.
      I had a small jaw so my Orthodontist pulled my upper jaw back to match it, this required extractions. This gave me a longer face with a dorsal hump nose. The gum on one of my teeth recessed while I was still in braces so my smile looks uneven.
      The best solution would have been to have Orthotropics as a child, but I didn’t know about that treatment back then, so the next best solution would have been to have jaw surgery to make my lower jaw bigger. I know surgery sounds extreme but it would have been a better solution because Im very unhappy with how my face looks.

    • @indethbed2546
      @indethbed2546 Рік тому +1

      @@bellam31 in the same shoes as you were. did you go for the surgery? ps: i am researching my options and everything seems very scary to me

  • @meljude228
    @meljude228 7 років тому +34

    Thank you for telling the truth. You are so knowledgeable and I can't believe the British Dental society would treat you so terrible. Shame on them!! Appreciate your presence on UA-cam.

  • @Demonstrably
    @Demonstrably 6 років тому +15

    Very commendable Professor Dew. This is a disgracefully hidden side effect of orthodontics they don't want people to know about. Well done.

  • @MoppieDun
    @MoppieDun 7 років тому +41

    I am so glad I found this before deciding on treatment. Thank you so much

    • @gingteng9803
      @gingteng9803 4 роки тому

      Any update?

    • @superpizza8515
      @superpizza8515 3 роки тому

      any update?

    • @AnAdorableWombat
      @AnAdorableWombat 3 роки тому +5

      Dude, just get braces. You can have straight teeth as that is important as well. You can also mew with braces.

    • @99waterblade
      @99waterblade 2 роки тому

      @@AnAdorableWombat no you can't

    • @AnAdorableWombat
      @AnAdorableWombat 2 роки тому +8

      @@99waterblade well I have braces and my face has gotten better looking and my teeth are straight. Yall can mew all day but keep crooked teeth if you want lmaooooo

  • @Gabriel21733
    @Gabriel21733 7 років тому +19

    Brilliant. And heroic on your part.

  • @sibinsibz7699
    @sibinsibz7699 7 років тому +163

    i would like to die and get a new life and start mewing LMAO

    • @jesper9622
      @jesper9622 6 років тому +3

      LOL and chew alot of hard gum

    • @igniii3348
      @igniii3348 6 років тому +12

      keep this forever in your memory when you are reborn as a baby you know what to do ;)

    • @Spyro-
      @Spyro- 5 років тому +1

      Same

    • @Sariine436
      @Sariine436 5 років тому

      Same 👀

    • @JupiMeow
      @JupiMeow 4 роки тому +2

      Same :'( I don't plan to have kids so no living vicariously either. Guess I'll just have to live like this.

  • @virvt3819
    @virvt3819 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you so much for sharing all this Prof. Mew. I also had a bad treatment with orthodontics. When I was a child I had a very narrow palate (I still have it). I started wearing braces at around 9 years old and when I was like 11 two of my premolars were taken out because there were no space for all my teeth. I always hated that because since I was very little my child teeth didn't fall so they were almost all extracted.
    Anyway now I know that instead of extracting my premolars, my palatal should have had been expanded and also I should have worked very hard with my tongue posture, swallow, nasal breathing, etc. I know that is not that easy but I think it would have solve lots of problems. Now I do have almost the same face as this girl 🥺 and pain in my shoulders because of my bad posture.
    I've been following your content and working very hard with mewing, nasal breathing, lips closed, posture, swallow and more, for many months. I'm 23 and I hope one day I could solve all this.
    Thank you so much for all your hard work and videos!!

    • @holistic.health
      @holistic.health Рік тому +1

      You can of you keep going.. im 3 times your age and im getting improvements. 👍🏻

  • @davidgaveston654
    @davidgaveston654 5 років тому +21

    I'm crying now. I still have my braces on my lower teeth to correct an underbite but I saw my face grew longer within just two years

  • @holistic.health
    @holistic.health Рік тому +1

    Thank you Dr. MEW for putting this out there... Im working hard to key my tongue up teeth together and good posture... keep strong

  • @onur3395
    @onur3395 4 роки тому +5

    Although the risk is always present, if you are desperate, self-ligating braces, without ANY tooth extraction, hardly damages the face aesthetics.

  • @Juanaaaa
    @Juanaaaa 3 роки тому +9

    Braces messed up my face shape. I looked more attractive before I had them.

    • @hamtzy6303
      @hamtzy6303 3 роки тому

      How so?

    • @Juanaaaa
      @Juanaaaa 3 роки тому +4

      @@hamtzy6303 my lips were more pouty buy my teeth were pushed back too much and they weren't pouty anymore. I put them back on to move them forward a bit more.

    • @Gautam-ps8iy
      @Gautam-ps8iy 2 роки тому

      u look good

  • @mariosoler5350
    @mariosoler5350 5 років тому +2

    i feel it's good to stay away from xtraction & removement of precious body parts but look for a solution more friendly w/ human's bodies, regardless of the circumstances, specially when improvement is a must🙏

  • @tarniaevans2476
    @tarniaevans2476 6 років тому +3

    many thanks for sound ethical and honest advice in an industry which clearly does not.

  • @imogenPsychic
    @imogenPsychic 5 років тому +7

    I do noticed this damn I regret getting my treatment. After 4 years of braces. I noticed that my face did changed to really weird long position. Now I decided to stop wearing my retainer. And dump all that. It's been at least 2 days now but I feel the affects come faster than I thought. My face slightly look different.

  • @MylesDunne
    @MylesDunne 5 років тому +8

    You may be ignoring that pulling the lower jaw forward is also used in Orthodontics, that's the treatment I received.

    • @Mo-fd7qd
      @Mo-fd7qd 5 років тому +1

      Myles Dunne thats my case too, how is your face now?

    • @nikku-qq2ue
      @nikku-qq2ue 4 роки тому +3

      @@Mo-fd7qd this is my case too. Now I look horrible. I mean it. I used to look beautiful. I had a beautiful face structure but after putting this bloody braces on.. It has literally changed my life. It sucks.

    • @Mo-fd7qd
      @Mo-fd7qd 4 роки тому +1

      mariya nodo Hey, i’m still in braces treatment I dont exactly look horrible because ive been mewing the whole time, i gotta say my cheekbones did go down but my cheeks hollowed and my jaw is sharp with slight aaaymetry

    • @nikku-qq2ue
      @nikku-qq2ue 4 роки тому

      @@Mo-fd7qd does it work?? Can you explain how mewing works

    • @xdeepakx1826
      @xdeepakx1826 4 роки тому

      @@Mo-fd7qd mewing with braces?

  • @WelcomeToTiffineys
    @WelcomeToTiffineys 2 роки тому +4

    I wish my orthodontist would have told me before I got my braces! That should be required.

    • @Peckz1949
      @Peckz1949 2 роки тому

      Did you get extractions Tiffiney?

  • @davidgaveston654
    @davidgaveston654 5 років тому +2

    Angelina Jolie, Whitney Houston, Calista Flockhart are the few women who had the widest pallette making them outstand others in the room!

  • @thhoby
    @thhoby 5 років тому +11

    I wore braces for more than 2 years to correct the overcrowding of lower set. After removing the braces I noticed visible Asymmetry of my face, and while smiling both halves of lips looks different. I regret going to that specific doctor who was least bothered about even correcting the overcrowding properly.

    • @wb4529
      @wb4529 5 років тому +2

      Did you fix it?

    • @downbad7987
      @downbad7987 3 роки тому +1

      I feel sorry for you man but keep your head up king

    • @thhoby
      @thhoby 3 роки тому

      @@wb4529 No, had thought of fixing. But never got a chance.

    • @thhoby
      @thhoby 3 роки тому

      @@downbad7987 Sure. It has created insecurities, but dealing with it.
      P. S:I'm a girl😅

    • @wb4529
      @wb4529 3 роки тому

      @@thhoby That was a quick reply lol

  • @IzzyM486
    @IzzyM486 5 років тому +13

    Does anyone know if this can be reversed? I just got my braces off and am now horrified with my face when I was younger people would always comment on how pretty I was and how I had a great smile... now my moms friends don’t even recognize me and my chin is weak, my nose has a lump my palate is narrow and my two front teeth are HUGE is there anyway I can reverse this before it’s too late? Please HELP!

    • @19furkan96
      @19furkan96 4 роки тому +1

      Start mewing and also no more retainers, but only if you can keep mewing

    • @melioras_pheonoraptor8936
      @melioras_pheonoraptor8936 4 роки тому +2

      If your nose has a lump it had a lump before dude there’s no way braces suddenly changed the bone structure in your nose lmao

    • @IzzyM486
      @IzzyM486 4 роки тому +1

      Killua i beg to differ lol i literally used to model when i was a kid *no nasal hump*, anyways i got a rhinoplasty, (which the doctor said was caused from the top of the mouth turning into into a weird shape and pushed the nasal hump up) started modeling again and got invisalign so i’m good now btw the first comment was 16 yo me and my self conscious self lmao i’m much more confident now i was pretty over dramatic the only thing that was really a problem was my short palate and my nose as a product of it😂 (also braces literally change your bone structure and the palate is the base of the face bc everything rests on it so it can change the face and nose by changing angles so basically my mouth made a rlly weird angle and pushed my nose out weird😳 *learned that from new orthodontist so it’s actual facts*)

    • @kobejva
      @kobejva 4 роки тому +1

      Isabella Marino girl hey I’m literally in your boat I noticed a hump on my nose from braces and literally how smooshed in my upper jaw is now I’m 22 and not attractive at all but I took my braces off in hopes to keep and reverse the damage the thing is I have a gap in between my two front teeth but I feel like forward growth is much more important than a gap what should I do? Should I continue with braces treatment or mew??

    • @gabriellameattray9778
      @gabriellameattray9778 3 роки тому

      @@melioras_pheonoraptor8936 my nose hump has lessened after mewing for a little over a month

  • @nordikax
    @nordikax 5 років тому +1

    Great information & thanks for sharing! I wish I would've known this earlier.

  • @sponsponm1
    @sponsponm1 6 років тому +12

    So would expanding the dental arch with no extractions lead to a better lower profile

    • @sakalover1371
      @sakalover1371 3 роки тому +1

      Expanding the Maxilla will let your mandible grow forward

    • @pv650
      @pv650 2 роки тому

      @@sakalover1371 is that a bad thing?

    • @RREuro
      @RREuro 10 місяців тому

      @@pv650good thing

  • @lillyslone5474
    @lillyslone5474 5 років тому +9

    I am so incredibly relieved that I didn't get any teeth extracted when I was presented with that decision while I had braces

    • @op8527
      @op8527 4 роки тому +3

      Lilly Slone did braces affect the shape of your face?

    • @justindonaldson3856
      @justindonaldson3856 4 роки тому

      @@op8527 mine did

    • @op8527
      @op8527 4 роки тому +2

      @@justindonaldson3856 how did it change?

    • @Noname-ii6co
      @Noname-ii6co 3 роки тому +2

      @@op8527 my face is very flat when you look at it from the side and my face is also long and thin. I wish i never wore braces i feel like my life is over

    • @RREuro
      @RREuro 10 місяців тому

      @@Noname-ii6coCan I maybe get in contact with you? Like instagram perhaps, I am also Muslim too, but I’m wondering? Where are you from? And how was your face flatten?

  • @Limpass610
    @Limpass610 7 років тому +3

    hey doctor
    i have a question
    i notice on a digram u shared on one of your videos
    about the growth of the jaws
    whether horizontally or vertically
    i noticed on the vertical growth
    your body produce some layer of bones on your chin, making it longer, and at the lower back of your lower jaw
    it happened to mine and my jawline is not straight
    is there a way to get rid of those bones without surgery

  • @aneesmanzoor1662
    @aneesmanzoor1662 4 роки тому +3

    So is there any way for me to prevent this bxz my upper teeth were very protruding and my treatment just started toady and i have extractions week later.

  • @thanhnguyen5080
    @thanhnguyen5080 7 років тому +11

    i don't know about any other group stand up against prof john mew but i do believe in natural growth. i've been wearing brace the whole time, i agree they do make me less uglier, but that just all about it. i just got to know and practice this method for a few month, it sooner became my resting posture even in my sleep. i can feel my face is changing with every small effort i put into it, i do take myself timelapse picture to suport the theory, peope who used to call me ugly now do the opposite. so i guess there's pretty much something is happening here.

    • @Aisha-ft2qy
      @Aisha-ft2qy 7 років тому +1

      thanh nguyen are you wearing retainers after taking off your braces? as I'm wondering whether retainers will stop change in the face from mewing

    • @kraftpunk1712
      @kraftpunk1712 6 років тому

      ishy yes retainer's can stop any progress from tongue posture

    • @kittendivine1
      @kittendivine1 6 років тому +2

      Kraft Punk, where do you base that assumption on?

    • @hamtzy6303
      @hamtzy6303 3 роки тому

      Update

  • @conradgahjwkje8447
    @conradgahjwkje8447 5 років тому +5

    How does Invisalign change your face shape?

  • @linnyhealing
    @linnyhealing 7 років тому +14

    Thanks professor for sharing this. I'm 27 and had been wearing braces for two years and recently got them removed. Now my dentist asked me to wear retainers for at least 5 years. I'm just wondering if wearing retainers also has an effect on the shape of the face?

    • @Grays_Plays
      @Grays_Plays 7 років тому +6

      Retainers will keep your face in the shape it has been pushed into by the braces. It's also logical to conclude that wearing retainers will work against any efforts you make to change your face for the better using oral posture changes. I'm no doctor, but that's how it looks to me.

    • @emil_king8237
      @emil_king8237 7 років тому

      +Gray I new to this but what do you mean by changing face with "oral posture changes"?

    • @Grays_Plays
      @Grays_Plays 7 років тому +17

      Your jaw bones are affected by the posture of your tongue, teeth and lips. The whole idea of orthotropics is that your jaw bones will change shape over time depending on the forces acting on them, and in faces that are well grown, the tongue, teeth and lips are in an ideal position which is what causes the face to grow so well.
      The tongue should be on the roof of the mouth, the lips firmly shut but not strained, and the teeth in very light contact. Having braces or retainers will affect the growth of the face, but not in a good way because they will literally pull the jaws back and down, which is not a good direction for the jaws to grow in. That's what orthotropics claims anyway, but it seems logical enough if you read through their research.
      I hope this helps.

    • @emil_king8237
      @emil_king8237 7 років тому +1

      +Gray Since braces affect negatively what other alternative does orthotropics suggest for fixing messed up teeth?

    • @Grays_Plays
      @Grays_Plays 7 років тому +8

      Depends on how the teeth are messed up, but from what I can see of it, orthotropics recommends expansion devices to expand the pallate to make room for all of the teeth. If your teeth are crooked, it's because the jaws aren't big enough to fit them all, and once they've been expanded they will naturally sort themselves.
      Orthotropics is very big on oral posture affecting the position of the teeth, and mine have moved a small but significant amount since I started working on my tongue position. In theory we don't need any device to fix our teeth and jaw issues, just posture changes and chewing more to strengthen the jaw muscles, but it will take a long time and a lot of consistent effort to change our faces that much with this approach.

  • @lackadaisicallacisiadakcal9326
    @lackadaisicallacisiadakcal9326 6 років тому +3

    What about damon braces?

  • @J1283-s1k
    @J1283-s1k 3 роки тому +1

    Based Doctor John.

  • @andiplus7960
    @andiplus7960 7 років тому +3

    how can i do to stop mouth breathing at night? i only mouth breath at night due to having my teeth pulled, i only developed a narrow arch after having extractions, i never had overcrowding, but still had extractions because my older sister had extractions

    • @Grays_Plays
      @Grays_Plays 7 років тому +4

      It's a long process of recovery based on how affected your face is, but the basic idea is the longer you can hold the correct posture with your tongue, teeth and lips during the day, and the more natural that becomes, the more chance you will have of your mouth breathing reducing at night. Overtime your face will change and it will become easier and more natural for you to hold the correct posture, and eventually it will become so natural that you'll do it even at rest while sleeping.
      Basically just keep up with the posture and over time you'll get good at it. I hope this helps.

    • @baddestxo7526
      @baddestxo7526 7 років тому

      andi plus was it the premolars extracted ? And how many teeth was extracted ? Also did u have an overbite before the Braces

    • @unestarinconnuejr
      @unestarinconnuejr 4 роки тому +2

      You could also try taping you mouth at night.

  • @BellicaTV
    @BellicaTV 7 років тому +2

    can i use the orthotropics appliance as a retainer when i get my braces off?, i'm a 16 year old female.

    • @MB-xy7wr
      @MB-xy7wr 5 років тому +1

      BellicaTV I think yes.
      I am not a doctor.
      But then I believe doctor do on us trial and error they actually do experiment on us they use us for their researcher.
      If your case is not of permanent retainer then you can go with these traditional thing,,,but it’s always your own personal choice and gut instinct

  • @Chob465
    @Chob465 Рік тому +1

    I got braces around the age of 16 along with four teeth extracted, two from the bottom and two from the top. Apparently i had a crowded overbite. Im now 20 and have noticed I have a recessed lower jaw which looks fine from the front but rather unaesthetic from the side, which in comparison to my father is night and day (his jaw is very prominent). Im very disappointed with my orthodontic clinic. Has anyone had this experience and took action? I would love to know what to do.

    • @Yavor0971
      @Yavor0971 3 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/lRbtIbNV3DI/v-deo.htmlsi=sSUc7W_TdXNKAipl

  • @wiamkt3097
    @wiamkt3097 4 роки тому +2

    I have had braces for six years. I’m now mewing but have not taken them off. Should I only start mewing after taking them off (I will be taking them off monday)

    • @KFC-rl9wr
      @KFC-rl9wr 3 роки тому +1

      it’s been 1 year. any update since?

    • @hamtzy6303
      @hamtzy6303 3 роки тому

      Update

  • @yvonnemariane2265
    @yvonnemariane2265 7 років тому +3

    how is that poor girl now ??

  • @Kenny2100vn
    @Kenny2100vn 6 років тому +6

    So how do these kids got treated to get their jaw forward?

    • @alekvassinskiy1286
      @alekvassinskiy1286 5 років тому

      their upper teeth got moved forward, so the jaw can extend i believe. Either that or a surgery.

    • @Sariine436
      @Sariine436 5 років тому

      By posture and mewing their lower jaw catches

  • @eatmymeatmilfster1470
    @eatmymeatmilfster1470 6 років тому +1

    opinion on Damon system

  • @ayshamaayouf3196
    @ayshamaayouf3196 4 роки тому

    How much does it take🙂?

  • @ESLinsider
    @ESLinsider 5 років тому +1

    Did he do any mewing? Or have an appliance? He kinda has a long face.

    • @noraridell1470
      @noraridell1470 5 років тому +3

      lool he is very old, is very common to look that way when you are 70....

    • @wb4529
      @wb4529 5 років тому +2

      @@noraridell1470 I don't think so, not if he had a decent shape before

    • @binary964
      @binary964 2 роки тому

      i don't think he has the energy to do mewing anymore, but look at his son, clearly it works on him

    • @ESLinsider
      @ESLinsider 2 роки тому

      I didn't mean any disrespect. I also have a kinda long thin face.

  • @thechallenge293
    @thechallenge293 7 років тому +1

    How do you explain unilateral crossbite with your theory of low tongue posture?
    And how do you explain this case: ua-cam.com/video/2pb2QLQWQ-k/v-deo.html
    His upper jaw is small but his face does not look too long(downswing).

  • @david1k76
    @david1k76 Рік тому +1

    I don’t believe this to be entirely true, especially because most orthodontists have 3D technology that helps guide the process. At least for me I just had a minor overbite with some overcrowding and fixed it with Invisalign.

    • @prestige_man1531
      @prestige_man1531 Рік тому

      U must believe

    • @david1k76
      @david1k76 Рік тому +1

      @@prestige_man1531 Believe what? there is no real proof behind what these guys are saying. On top of that different people have different circumstances they are speaking based on what they’ve come across.

  • @pabloescabar7997
    @pabloescabar7997 4 роки тому +1

    Somebody plz change your teeth with me

  • @jessiedivincenzo5215
    @jessiedivincenzo5215 4 роки тому +3

    Orthodontics definitely improves the face. Maybe not as ideal as being born with perfect teeth. Case 1, the kid with buck teeth, after braces there is marked improvement. Or the bulldog (underbite). Thinking that the position of the tongue dictates everything in life and what food we are eating is hypothetical at best. We find ourselves with the chicken or egg principle. I say genetics is the predominant determinant of everything, but that doesn't mean environmental stresses don't have their part. Your camp thinks it is entirely environmental. IF that is the case then the mouth is the exception to almost everything geneticists have learned and found to be factual over the past 50 years.

  • @wb4529
    @wb4529 5 років тому

    Why haven't you fixed your face?

  • @traelonin
    @traelonin 5 років тому +3

    This is pseudoscience