I'm Dr Mike Mew and here is my Ultimate Mewing Guide: the technique to improve your face and teeth naturally:🧵
Mewing is a technique that focuses on optimizing oral and facial posture to promote health and aesthetic improvements.
The goal of Mewing is to maintain this optimal posture consistently throughout the day and even during sleep.
Ideally, it should be performed constantly, aiming for a minimum of eight hours each day to see noticeable changes.
Think of Mewing not as an exercise but as the normal posture you should maintain throughout your life.
The method is built around four core objectives:
Nose Breathing: Ensures that breathing is done through the nose, not the mouth, to improve oxygen intake and overall health.
Proper Swallowing: Encourages the correct position of the tongue during swallowing, which is crucial for maintaining proper jaw alignment.
Perfect Body Posture: Aligns the body to support changes in facial structure.
The Tropic Premise + Suction Hold: Advocates maintaining the lips together, teeth together, and tongue on the roof of the mouth, enhanced by a suction hold to keep the tongue positioned properly throughout the day and night.
Step-by-Step Guide to Mewing:
Step 1: N-Spot
• Place your tongue on the roof of your mouth,
specifically on the rugae (the ridged area directly behind your upper front teeth).
• This position can be found by saying the letter "N".
Step 2: Cheesy Swallow
• This exercise helps engage the entire tongue, including the crucial back third.
• To perform it, raise your eyebrows as high as possible, smile widely, and then swallow. You may need to use a glass of water initially.
• This action should make you feel the back of the tongue rise prominently.
Step 3: Mona Lisa Swallow
• Named after the famously enigmatic smile of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, this swallow is performed with a still neutral facial expression.
• This technique focuses on using only the tongue and internal muscles essential for swallowing, without engaging the facial muscles.
Step 4: Suction Hold
• After the Mona Lisa Swallow, repeat the swallow a few times to create a vacuum that 'glues' your tongue to the roof of the mouth.
• This is key for maintaining tongue position subconsciously, especially helpful for overnight Mewing and achieving the recommended 8 hours.
• A visible sign that you’re doing it correctly is a raised and tightened area under the chin, indicating a more defined jawline.
Step 5: McKenzie Chin Tuck
• Correct your overall posture by performing the McKenzie chin tuck.
• This involves pulling your chin straight back to align your head with your spine, reducing forward head posture.
• This adjustment will naturally help press the back of your tongue more firmly against the roof of your mouth, reinforcing the Mewing technique.
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If you want straight teeth without facial damage or wearing lifelong retainers...
Here are 3 healthier alternatives to braces and clear aligners:
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Foreword:
The objective is to expand the jaws to make room for the teeth - rather than pulling teeth out or shaving them down.
For this form of treatment to work, we need to address the root cause of the problem:
Patients must learn to change their oral posture and habits, which your provider will assist you with.
This allows for the teeth to remain straight naturally without a retainer.
Note: These methods result in straight teeth but don't strive to reach the orthodontic ideal, for health reasons.
1) Biobloc
Biobloc is the flagship treatment of Orthotropics (growth guidance orthodontics).
Biobloc is infamous for yielding some of the most impressive non-surgical facial transformations.
Recently biobloc use has exploded in Poland and other countries but remains a relatively niche treatment in most of the world.
See the map.
Upsides:
✔ The primary aim is to grow the jaws forward
✔ It makes room for all the teeth
✔It can resolve the need for surgery in children, where parents were told surgery was the only option.
Downsides:
- Requires high compliance and commitment from patients and parents
- Treatment lasts multiple years
- Many providers modify the original treatment or appliances - please research your providerorthotropics.com
Here are 5 permanent harms of braces that everybody needs to be aware of:
1) ROOT DAMAGE - 100% of patients
Research has now proven that orthodontic movement of teeth through the constant force of fixed braces will cause root damage in nearly 100% of patients.
This means part of the roots are dissolved away by the orthodontic treatment and some teeth can be lost over time as a result.
"100% of cases can expect root resorption of up to 4mm."
- American Journal of Orthodontics
If you're looking for safer alternatives,
The use of intermittent forces and removable appliances has been proven to cause little or no root damage.
2) ENAMEL DAMAGE
When braces are fitted, they are bonded to the teeth through a chemical process. The enamel surface of the tooth is etched to allow for better bonding strength.
When the braces are removed, the enamel on the surface of the teeth can be permanently damaged in the process.
White spots and stains may appear as a result of decay if you're unable to brush between your braces properly.