I'm more inclined to trust this guy because what he's proposing is free. Not trying to sell you a surgery or some sort of treatment plan. probably why orthodontists subconsciously (or consciously) don't like him, because he goes against everything that they've learned and is potentially threatening their livelihoods. That's a far more reasonable and human explanation than the possibility that they're purely interested in the science of it.
@@MrVirgin what do you mean, what the hell is yinked. Do you hard mew to fix your imbalance tmj, or did you ruin your muscle balance tmj by hard mewing
@@MrVirgin oof, heard that dr mike mew himself said to not hard mew if you have tmj problem in the first place, your problem also might caused by asymmetrical mewing(ur mewing 1 side only)
You and your father are certainly contributing to making the world a better place, Dr. Mew. Me and my peers who have walked those paths that lead to you and your work deeply appreciate it.
Hello Dr. Mew, this video was the first one I watched and it has changed everything for me! I am 30 years old and have suffered for years from grinding my teeth. Despite following the advice from many orthodontists, dentists, ENT's, physical therapists, and chiropractors, I was never able to relax my jaw and was constantly feeling sore from my right jaw joint down my right shoulder, all the way down my right calf (often having cramps) and constantly having to stretch or have someone massage me. YOU were the first person who EVER told me it was ok to close my mouth (teeth lightly touching) and that my tongue should be up! Immediately I felt better and over the last 2 weeks as I've gotten better at tucking my chin, and keeping my tongue up, swallowing without moving any face muscles (as per your other videos), etc. I am like a new person! The results are surprising to me! I have been taking pictures every 3 to 4 days, and in only 14 days my chin (which had been pushed to the right and was pointing to the right) is now really close to being centered! My asymmetrical face is almost gone... My discomfort is also almost completely gone... THANK YOU!
No worries, it's just the truth, it needs to come out. What you could do for me is to share this information. Go on to web sites where people are really suffering and share your experience. Unfortunately many people will have gain secondary damage to the point where they will struggle to change but many will not yet. In the same way that I have to share this for the benefit of the world, it is other people's duty to share what I am saying. There are millions out there who could really benefit from this information. Be polite and sincere, but engage and make a difference. Thanks #mikemew
@@Orthotropics I have had Invisalign, and my entire facial structure has changed. I have been trying to do facial yoga, I feel my cheeks have sunken in..would greatly appreciate any kind of solution. I am about to cancel the last few "trays" and speak to the Ortho about it.. I am 32 and had to get them because of a violent partner 2 years ago
Amazing a dr that actually comes up with theories, I thought all drs these days were robots only programmed to repeat what they read in text books and not have any personal opinions/theories or think outside of any boxes. Very refreshing.
I went to a dermatologist asked him a question about some research I read online his exact response verbatim was "Oh I'm not sure... I only know what's in my textbook"
@LightNessITA No, *you* are the one living in a "little bubble", incapable of thinking for yourself. Your mind is so controlled and restricted, that you are not willing to even consider any alternative viewpoint; they have you right where they want you.
Waa Ey still though, you should always take non tested theories with a grain of salt. It’s good for doctors to post opinions and theories, but not strictly enforce them. Either way it’s safer for the public to have their medication based on the books
As an economist, I am delighted that you are theorising and trying to developing your discipline. I wish your professional colleagues would join in the adventure in a productive and polite manner - this is how humanity progresses. Thank you and keep it up!
I am not sure if I will be able to respond to all the comments or always be this active. It is important to have some work/life balance and I am dangerously close to working too hard. However do not underestimate how much I learn from some of the questions that you raise and the comments that you make. Best wishes Mike
Orthotropics please let me know how to get an appointment/ assessment with yourself . Would you try to use a layman’s terminology I.e some of us don’t know what’s the pattern dentists count the teeth even after regular visits , many thx
Orthotropics how does our face shape changes or sometimes gets worse due to we exercise(gym)..?is there any cure like posture of face while exercising..!
I think that its the contrary, going to the gym and doin proper form exercises helps a lot to correct the posture of the body, and that in turn makes your face look better, for my personal experience this is the case, I started going to the gym 3 years ago and at the moment I didn't noticed but my posture and the shape of my face improved dramatically, but after going to the gym for 8 months I dropped, now I live a sedentary life, and I can clearly see a change in my posture and the shape of my face in a bad way. Luckily I discovered orthotropics a few months ago and I am doing the tongue exercises, plus this summer I am going back to the gym, wish me good luck¡¡
Hi where is Durban south africa can I find an orthotropics doctor. Also I repositioned my tongue as you said. It feels very uncomfortable thou. Is that normal?
This isn't a theory, I have overcome my bruxism by mewing. It didn't take me that long to achieve this. Thank you Mike and John for sharing this information on this channel.
two paths I also think it’s working for me too. How much during the day did you try to push the posterior third of the tongue up? Did you do it a lot or just focus on laying it up there?
Thank you sir. Can’t believe my whole 26 years I’ve had my tongue resting in the wrong position . I’ve been in the dental field for almost 10 years now and this is something they don’t teach you! (RDA) . I was lucky to go 25 years without any jaw issues but this last year has become really tough and a rude awakening . This will be a journey but this 1st step learning tongue position has really helped. Thank you
I love your breakdown of the mechanical engineering of the human body. It is truly magnificent how well constructed and balanced the human form is. Your lectures have improved my posture, breathing and my overall quality of life, Thank you so much Dr. Mew!
What's Even More Incredible Is How Utterly Deconstructed The Human Form Has Become In Such An Advanced/Civilized Society. I Think Our Food Has No, Or Incomplete Nutrients. We Eat Foods Out Of Season, And Pollute Our Bodies.
I had to add, I love that ever so slight rebellious streak I'm picking up at the end. These health issues need addressing and the current authorities in place aren't even trying, so it needs people like yourself that think outside the box to effect the change that needs to be done. Very rock n roll Doctor Mew, rock on.
Thanks, it is nice to hear especially given all the flack that I receive. I have my very own trol and you should see his comments on this hear; facebook.com/groups/Orthodont/permalink/1628237630528494/ unfortunatley the site is for professionals so you cannot comment but it is open to be read and speak volumes.
Orthotropics Hi Mike, Sorry to hear that you feel questioning your opinion on a private forum is "trolling" I'm happy to detail publicly the aspects of this video that i feel are offensive to the profession and misleading for patients if you would like?
Thank you but I've already heard them and feel that much of what you say is "offensive to the profession [dentistry as a whole] and misleading for patients". You add little of real value to the conversation except sound bites aimed at validating the conventional orthodontic evidence base which is a house of cards waiting to fall. You twist your words and the conversation, avoid answering what you don't want to respond to and range from being wrong to rude. All these forums are open for you to say what you want. I am just tired of responding as I mention in the text from the link quited; This does come across a little like what you would hear from a religious zealous, not sure how you belittle a science but I did think that criticism was usually welcomed in most scientific arenas. And probably best not to go into the economics of “selling” exercises which I post on-line for free. Or the fact that no one seems to know the cause or cure of Bruxing. Your spot on I have zero experiment basis for these exercises, but then I don’t see any good evidence for much in this area. Which is where your comments are starting to tire me. It seems that you are intent on turning up on everything that I do or say to make troll like comments. To all intents and purposes, you are a troll. You seem to fulfil the definition perfectly. In all the, at times, lengthy conversations that we have had you’ve never once come close to falsifying any of points that I’ve made. The best example was when you found a few isolated examples of malocclusion in mammals in Anthropocene Europe, in an attempt to falsify the statement that malocclusion is negligible in wild mammals? Talk to a few vets, rangers, farmer or even anthropologists, it was, is and always has been negligible. Hunting for odd examples without contemplating the obvious suggests that you a going to go to extreme to protect your view point. I’m clearly never going to persuade you and it hardly makes for good debate, sorry but it bores me. We seem to have exhausted our mutual topics of interest and I’m a busy body especially recently. This is a shame as if you were to explore some of these arguments with an open mind and possibly a little more balance you might even find new bodies of knowledge. Over 100 years orthodontics has come up with little more it is possible to move teeth and affect growth a little. Stability still seems a bit of an issue. Personally I feel that not knowing the aetiology of what you treat and not being interested in finding out is a poor philosophical position from which to cast scorn on others. Some of your responses border on being rude, I don't like that, it's not called for. It's just baiting for an irrational response, for which you will call someone in and force an unnecessary and some what ridiculous apology. These are real people with real problem and many are suffering badly. Rather than trying to find answer for this and other problems you seem have taken up a point scoring trolling carrera. Maybe we should just avoid each other. Can I just make an emoji when I am forced to respond or refer back to this conversation? Best wishes, Mike Mew
Trolls happen, this is the internet after all and past a certain point it's best for all parties involved to just not engage in conversation with them. Nothing constructive comes from it unfortunately. You have my sympathy in having to sort through the flack you're getting. I for one am completely convinced by the changes I've seen in my own mouth (however small,) from nothing more than using these exercises that have been given out for free. According the the theories of most dentists, that shouldn't be possible, and there is something seriously wrong with the system in place if just a year and a half of attempting by myself to address my poor facial growth is resulting in more gains than most professionals on the subject can hope to offer me. I would love to see constructive debate between professionals with different opinions on this subject because we could all benefit from it, but like most disagreements I've seen, it seems to just come down to one side offering theories that seem to have validity and are worth exploring, and the other just screaming "genetics!" or some similar reason that is supposed to excuse a lack of knowledge, something I have seen in every area of health I as a layman have looked at, and I find it tiresome beyond belief, because it's the most lazy, cop out excuse for poor knowledge on a subject I can possibly imagine, and it is even more tiresome when coming from professionals who lord over their authority (to whatever degree,) and are supposed to be experts on the given subject. Not to mention it's the people with poor health that suffer the most from this, which is unacceptable. Most doctors in my opinion need to get their act together, stop making excuses and do their job properly. If they are claiming this authority to dictate to us why something is the way it is, they had better have their ducks in a row, and I am thrilled to see the field of Orthotropics actually looking for the underlying causes of health problems in their field. It's very refreshing and inspiring to see professionals going beyond the surface level and actually looking for answers, and you're giving this info out for free. Anyway, I think I've wandered off topic a bit. It's just a shame that genuine debate between groups at the professional level with different opinions seems so hard to come by. Keep at it Dr Mew. Your work is incredible and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes from it the more it gets out there. It has the potential to help many lives in a way that just isn't possible for most at the moment, and any negativity that you face has got to be worth that. Also, I was very pleased you referenced my comment on the facebook page, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Made my day that did, lol.
Gray, The very fact that you are able to understand and use the methods that we are working on is an inspiration to me. You could not have put the situation better. I cannot be certain if Nicky Stanford is being paid specifically to Trol on the internet, I presume not and that he does this out of some personal vindication, and for the adoration from the profession for his efforts. He feels that I am misleading patients, while personally I think that it is the other way around. I think that I've said enough already. Do contact me personally, Best wishes, Mike
I had been clenching my jaw overnight for the past year. As soon as I started strengthening my tongue and resting it on the top of my mouth I clenched less and less each night until after 2 weeks when I stopped clenching all together. Thank you for this information!
The Number One Thing He Says According To My Opinion, Is That For These Behaviors To Be Improved, You Must Have Tongue Space... I Have Teeth That Are Falling Inward Slowly, And I Am Losing Tongue Space. But I Haven't Given Up.
@@StarfireReborn do you have bruxism, because i originally was a mouth breather who had their tongue on the lower part of the mouth, as soon as i start mewing, i developed tmj and bruxism symptoms to compenstate for the narrow palate so my tongue could actually fit in between and so i could breath. Is bruxism not a response to this? Although its been years i have yet to master mewing completely and nose breathing especially when im sleeping, which is also when i have my bruxism, wierd huh.
This actually makes me really mad that we’re “fixing” crooked teeth with braces when it all starts with raising out kids more like our ancestors and going from tit to food, instead of a soft in between like we do now. I like this guy trying to get a real fix and information out instead of just taking peoples money on a fix that is wrong. That’s the real problem in this world is greed for money instead of bettering man kinds health and wellness. Aka “I’ll give you this drug to fix your problem, oh that gave you another problem? Here’s another drug” “got crooked teeth? Here’s braces, oh they moved back? Here’s a retainer!” Instead of asking why and coaching to fix a problem because that probably won’t net you millions.
I'm just now trying this mewing stuff. You mentioned discomfort in the airway. I've found quite the opposite just within minutes. My airway is free and for the first time breathing through my nose isn't a chore! Will definitely pursue this. Also looking forward to the facial/dental improvements and no more clenching/bruxing pain
This is one of those things that, once you really think about it, it makes perfect sense, but somehow people have a mental block and they’re so convinced that these issues are out of their control that they won’t even consider alternative, outside the box hypotheses. Thank you for you work sir!
dude try meditating on it as you fall asleep. telling yourself over and over to relax and don't clench. It worked so well for me that even in my dreams i was reminding myself not to clench. Also consider the way you rest your head on your pillow. Changing the way i supported my head helped a lot. I think this will work for most people.
@@andrewdavis438 I had physical therapy to help with bruxism and discussed this. Mainly two sleeping positions are recommended, one is you lay on your back with a good supportive pillow under your head/supporting your neck, and place a smaller pillow under your knees (avoid locked knees during sleep). The other is on your side, again good supportive pillow giving you a good posture (not chin up but not too far down either), and a small pillow between your knees (depends on body but for me this works as I'm quite skinny and otherwise my knees would be kinda "inwards"), a third pillow can be placed against your chest (hugging position) or between the arm that rests on your torso and your torso - so the shoulder does not fall forward, if that makes sense. You should avoid sleeping on your stomach/face, as it can cause neck, teeth and breathing problems, and it forces you to turn your head to one side (or at least it's not common to sleep with your head actually straight into a pillow). I think I've always mostly fallen asleep in the correct positions, but I often wake up on my stomach. You can avoid this by placing pillows around you in hopes of not turning around in your sleep.
@@RebeccaEd thanks for the tips. So in both position, on the back or the sided, we need to keep pillow under or between the knees. I'm just curious to know what the position of knees has to do with teeth grinding?!!
Mr Mew, since I found you (6 months ago?) and started working on my posture, tongue posture etc, I can now chew with my two back teeth again! No need to smoothie everything I eat, which has been neccessary as my teeth don't come in contact with each other anymore. Thank you for your hard work! I have also forwarded your videos to my ortodontist, who's of the conventional kind, but who got very interested when I told her about mewing. ^^ She was amazed by the fact that I could chew solids again, without ever having had the braces they''ve tried making me get. Thank you!
Don't you just love how Orthodontists advertise "get the natural straight smile you've always wanted". It's funny they say "natural" because it's very easy to see who has had straight teeth from birth and who has got it from braces, simply looking at their profile. What's so natural about that?
A significant concern of mine is the damage done to teeth that are held permanently out of the position that they wish to return to, #mikemewpersonalresponse
a guard just made me grind harder. the only thing that worked was repeatedly telling myself "relax dont grind" as i was falling alseep. i also changed the way i used pillows. straightening my spine helped.
GUYS I FINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION TO WHY I WAS CLENCHING MY TEETH WHILE SLEEPING! It was revealed to me that the style of pillow I was sleeping on had a curve on the edge, so when that curve was putting a little pressure on my Jaws I was clenching my teeth while sleeping it was so bad! So what I did was to sleep on a flat pillow instead and now no more teeth clenching while sleeping! Glory to Jesus for revealing this to me while I was praying 🙏 Hope this helps someone
Summary: What mike was saying is that to everyone muscle action there is always a antagonist muscle action. The antagonist muscles for jaw muscles are Tongue and Neck muscles. If you overwork jaw muscles and underwork the antagonist muscles then jaw tend to be overactive. So you clench and grind your teeth.
Yeah this is exactly what happened to me when I started mewing again. When I mew I do it while practicing good body posture, being backed up to a wall and mew 20 times over, my jaw feels strong and firm everytime I practice this. Over time my tongue posture felt more natural so I began to abandon the posture exercises and mew while I was doing literally anything, even relaxing in bed, and after a while I started getting minor muscle spasms in my jaw joints and boy that was terrifying. So yeah, engage your body when mewing, not just your jaw. Edit: I should also add, DO NOT CLENCH YOUR TEETH, that will cause the jaw pain, just lightly touch your teeth when mewing
dr mike, that was wonderfully explained. the additional details related to physics and mechanical engineering was very nicely blended with the physiology. together they were helpful to not only explain the issue i have suffered from for years, but also a simple and elegant solution. i have suffered from stress for decades, so not only does this solution of tongue placement helpful, it reinforces my attempts to stay more present in the moment. concentration on tongue placement and relaxing my jaw and facial muscles kills two stones with one bird.... it must have taken years to reach this level of knowledge, and i thank you. may your children have children....... if you ever need any soccer/football coaching suggestions for any age group, or a metallurgical explanation of how shape memory alloys function, i am your guy.
I had a clicking jaw for two years, and the plastic device they made for my bruxism actually made it worse so I stopped using it. I started mewing about three weeks ago and the synthomps have improved GREATLY. Also, i used to have to adjust my jaw every morning because it would be super tense after my sleep, so it would damage my joints and it would hurt the first time of the day that opened my mouth. However, about three days ago, i discovered that instead of painfully opening my mouth, I could just push the roof of my mouth with my mouth (like a more active and stronger mewing) and it would ADJUST ITSELF. I honestly believe you are a genius. Thank you very very much.
Beautiful video. I really enjoy these longer ones, they're very enlightening, and I love hearing you explain the reasons behind the Tropic Premise. Also, I'm really looking forward to seeing you debate more with the comments section. It can only be helpful for this community that's growing if you lend your expertise out on this platform in a more direct way. Obviously you're a professional and your time is precious, but I think it would be really helpful to those of us that are struggling slightly with putting these concepts you talk about into practise.
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This video got me so much more in touch with what's actually going on with my jaw tongue and teeth. I'm aware of my bite now and adjusting like you suggested and immediate relief. The positive reinforcement of no pain has made me not forget in 15 minutes. Wow! Game changer!! Thank you so much, hopefully it helps long term
Thank you Dr Mike!!!! My clenching and jaw pain dissappeared overnight after I started Mewing! I am an opera singer and had trouble with my jaw tension for years. Now I chew hard and mew the whole time. 😊
@@vdj18.64 I think it is talking about your tongue. Use your clean finger to touch the back of your tongue and then press it against you palate. Beware the oral reflex.
I have had Migraine Aura for 10 years. It started with crazy migraine symptoms, blindness, nausea, facial pain. I was at a friends house, and after i eat something, i got a huge explosion of colors in my vision. After hospital visits, which they found nothing, i had panic attacks, i had no idea it was migraines, i don't get the head pain, just the migraine aura. 2 weeks later i developed Fibromyalgia, which i only realised now that i have had since i was a teenager. I ignored migraine aura for 10 years, lines around shadows in my vision, blindness, the glowy colors wasn't that bad after i conquered the panic attacks. Every day for ten years, just ignoring it. Now ten years later, i developed Gastritis. I went on a Keto diet, which is mostly steak. I realised my Fibromyalgia was better, but my migraines turned into tension headaches. Pressure on both sides of jaw and head, vision problems got worse, glowy colors symptom was all day, sensitive to sound, ringing in ears, pressure on facial cheeks. i noticed after all this time i have been clenching my teeth. I clench the back of my teeth when i sleep. I must have been doing this since my teens. I always wondered why i felt better when i had the flu, because my nose would be blocked, which i had to breath through my mouth when sleeping, resulting in me resting my jaw. I worked all this out when i was chewing steak, i stopped half way through, and then rested my jaw, all the symptoms popped up, vision, hearing, pressure on face etc. Now i am trying to stop it. I have blocked my nose with tissues to make me breath through my mouth, hoping it would rest my jaw. Wake up with the tissues out of my nose, so that doesn't work. I got some night guards from the chemist, but i think they make it worse. I'm getting a custom made night guard coming, hoping it will help. Sometimes the migraines or tension headaches can get pretty bad, i can have glowy vision all day, or pressure on the sides of my jaw and head, sensitive to sound, it has kept me inside the house for months. I think the jaw clenching is a way some ppl deal with stress, i'm not a angry person, i never get into arguments. The stress is pushed deep down into the subconscious, and then comes out through the jaw while sleeping. I also think this is the cause of conditions like Fibromyalgia. The clenching is hidden, it can't bee seen because the person is sleeping. Dentist miss it, because it's a slight clench, but a long clench, from falling asleep to waking up. Fibromyalgia and conditions like it, have been known to be from not getting REM sleep. I only dream maybe once a year, mostly when i have the flu. The body is not getting the full REM sleep, because it's constantly clenching the jaw. The hardest part is how to stop this clenching. Lowering stress can help, but having no stress is impossible. Life is stressful, which means the clenching will always be there. There must be a way to stop the clenching. My next method is trying CBD oil trying to push the body into that REM sleep. I have been through Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression, it was just a year of fear. All because of Jaw Clenching. I was diagnosed with Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia and Fibromalgia. I think both of these conditions are cause by years of hidden jaw clenching. Migraine aura and fibro fog, was like walking around with the feeling of just about to pass out, but ignoring it. No matter how bad it got, i never gave up. I will never give up trying to find a way to Stop The Clench.
I have synesthesia so when I have migraine auras, they are WILD. I have noticed that I have a similar problem - jaw clenching. I tried a mouth guard but I would grind my teeth even more & it made it difficult to sleep (I normally breathe through my nose). I started meditating before bed, using active meditation (yoga/qi gong) & passive yoga (no moving, just mindful breathing) & I have noticed that I do not clench/grind my teeth while sleeping. I also got an orthotic pillow which keeps my spine aligned while I sleep & that has also made a huge difference. I have not had as many migraines/migraine auras as I used to. Plus, I learned from my neurologist that it is common for migraine sufferers to be deficient in Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) & Magnesium (Mg). I take the Mg at night, since it helps the muscles to relax. It does wonders! Hopefully, some of this info can help you. I manage to get to a Chiropractor at least once per month, which also helps.
I haven't been to the dentist since I was in the army (2014). I've been fairly good with cleaning my own teeth with a proper set of dental tools, while keeping them sanitized. Flossing, brushing regularly when I can (I had a 6 month period where I was homeless in 2016-2017). One thing though that I have been wondering for years was what was causing my teeth to slightly wear down. I hardly ate anything sugary because I can't afford it, my diet was ok, just calorically low. I never had issues grinding my teeth as a child, so I tossed it up to malnutrition. But now I realized that since I've dealt with rather intense mental trauma I probably had a short bit of Bruxism. I recall that I had over a two year period where I was suffering with symptoms of PTSD during and after I got out of the army. I would have panic attacks where I would clench my teeth and have night terrors where I'm sure I was grinding my teeth in my sleep. Luckily I'm in a much more healthy mental state, with a roof over my head and a solid support group of friends. However I still cannot afford to go to a dentist. I probably wont be back to one any time soon, being that I genuinely haven't had any tooth aches, periodontal issues, cavities, or witnessed any further wear in the last 3 years. At least I know now what caused my wear.
Thank you for your service to our country (I'm assuming US?). No service member, veteran etc. should ever be homeless or lack medical care EVER. I hope your bruxism, physical and mental health and financial situation has improved. I have no supportive family either.
NO Dr. Mike, who can debate you on this? Who can provide any better explanation and better theory as an alternative to you? Oh c'mon, you are the champion and thank you for all the information you are putting out here..... P.S : In my opinion, may be psychological aspects of life like chronic stress and depression may also lead to bruxism and they may be the missing piece of puzzle in your iron-clad rock solid theory.
I'm so annoyed because I'm 100% sure that my braces has caused me to have mild TMJ problems which is really frustrating since I was never knew there were side effects from braces when I was a teenager, noone taught me that. I had a mild underbite that was treated with elastics and braces and since expanders aren't free in the NHS, I've been left with a narrow pallet now :(
Sorry in advance for the long comment. I'm pretty passionate about this subject and I can't help myself, lol. Last time I checked orthodontics weren't free on the NHS above the age of 18. Something needs to be done about the lack of options available for people suffering from poor facial development as adults, because it's criminal in my opinion that there is no help for the sometimes debilitating issues that come about as a result of poor facial development. I suffer from tinnitus and I know that my asymmetric jaw and poor facial development is a factor in causing the stress to my nervous system to create the ringing. When I was really suffering with it I contacted my local MP asking if there was any way I could either borrow the money for, or be allowed a consultation with an orthotropist paid for by the NHS (because I genuinely don't have the money for it,) to help address the imbalance in my face in hopes of reducing my tinnitus. I voiced my issue with traditional orthodontics, as the odds are that type of treatment not only wouldn't help, but would make my health issue worse over the long term. I couldn't give a damn about having cosmetically pleasing teeth, which is the main focus of orthodontics, it's purely the effects on my health that I'm interested in with addressing my facial development, and orthodontics in no way helps with that goal. The MP contacted the NHS on my behalf, which was very nice of him and I wasn't expecting much help at all, but what I got back was a suggestion to try jaw surgery, which made me laugh, cause not only would the physical stress from such a traumatic procedure likely make my situation much worse, but they tend to relapse after 5 years anyway, and don't get me started on the risks and the side effects. At that point I stopped bothering with it and chose to treat myself as best as I could, cause there just isn't the awareness of these types of issues to make debating worth the effort. Even orthodontics isn't free for adults on the NHS, so what chance do we stand at getting Orthotropic help if we can't afford it. Forgive me for the long story, but my point was that without going into the depressing details, I was really suffering at least partly due to the poor growth of my face, and even with that I wasn't eligible for help outside of treatment that would most likely worsen the problem. We as a community really need to start raising awareness of this stuff, cause it's an epidemic and it really affects people's quality of life. There's very little help available at the moment, but Dr Mew's work seems to be starting to change that. That's admirable, and good luck to him. We'll all benefit from it the more his message and his work gets out there, and personally I will support it in any way that I can.
Oh my god... And people still say that the cause of bruxism is unknown. There's no way to treat anything without knowing the reason... Thank you so much.
im just a layman studying ecology in manchester but i still found this extremely intresting well done. also you have a way of connecting to your audience!
i think i had this when i was in middle school. I had headache and jaw problems, also seldom fainting. I thought it could also be due to dehydration. I tried Dr. Mike's method of tongue placement and nose breathing really helped me. Better than going back to being frustrated and doing nothing. It helped me a lot to control my anxiety and give proper feedback to maintain posture breathing proper placement and vice versa. It also helped me a lot ot address my eating disorder.
Cured my teeth clenching and bruxism litterally the same day I started using correct tongue posture. Thank you so much. I was using a night guard that always fit too big in my mouth and that made me bite harder. My teeth were sore all the time. I have so much relief now and have been doing this for only three days. I am also taping my mouth closed at night which keeps my tongue in place. Also doing the back exercises, meal time exercise, etc. Thank you!
@@I_am_DelivererJeez laweez man, damn, you deal with this every night? I don’t grind my teeth because my tongue posture is good and I sleep with my mouth closed but wow, I just want to take your pain away somehow someway
me too I saw results the first day! I'm on day 4 and I NO longer clench my jaw in the day. Night clenching has significantly reduced and I wake up with much less neck tension in the morning. I'm so excited to see where this leads. Obviously my tongue was just waiting to find its place!
@@Rosie-es8bz My friend thinks people like you are bots. Makes sense to me, bruxism is fundamentally a muscular imbalance. Too strong jaw muscles, too weak tongue muscle.
I have been clenching on and off for almost 15 years now. I gave up already until I saw this video and it all make sense now! Thank you so much for your incredible work ❤️
Dr, thank you for this video. I noticed that merely by assuming proper head posture head (extension of the cervical spine, subtle head tilt down, hyoid process up and locked) EVENTUALLY, the nasal passages cleared up and breathing through the nose became feasible. Our physiology contains multiple pressure systems (intra-abdominal, -ocular, vascular, etc) so why not one within the mouth, possibly intra-maxillofacial? I agree about the concept of recriprocal inhibition and how that dominates the interaction of our musculoskeletal systems (what other way could it be?) On your point of researchers and theorists, I personally believe not much original creative thought goes into research, but repetition of the existing body of literature and tremendous confirmation bias. Anyhow, thank you for having the courage and the creative, pioneering Spirit to produce these fascinating videos.
I have Bruxism so bad my jaw locks during the day. My molars don't touch anymore when I place my incisors together. Forcing me to chew with an overbite. :( Thank you for the video
i am having same issues with molars not touching. I have gone into root canal therapy for my lower first molar and had both sides lower secondary molar removed due to decay. Now after this recent root canal i feel my molars are not touching and my jaw is resting on my first premolars and front teeth
Thank you so much for this video! You provide a lot of insight into this problem that I've only the past few months noticed for myself, and I realise I've been doing it for years. I will use your guidance to help me deal with bruxism :) A few pointers for your future videos (which I hope you make more as you seem open minded and that is always welcome!): 1. Getting a better microphone would help people to learn from you more easily, as the breathing comes through very loud on those lav mics currently being used. I recommend either an external mic (the rode NT1-A is brilliant), or simply your smartphone mic. As long as the breathing volume is lowered 2. You seem to go off topic a bit, or as I experience it, there is too much information that takes a while to come back to the main point for one video. I suggest either separating the information into different videos - maybe a two parter or more - or simply trimming the points that are not so necessary to understanding the main point and cure of bruxism, which is the main problem people come here to solve. These are suggestions from a viewer and you may feel differently about how you want to do things. Either way, you've helped myself and from the looks of the comments loads more people. Thank you again :)
If I knew them what I know now I never would have taken teeth out for braces. I am convinced that my grinding and clenching is from my narrowed airways caused by my lower jaw being pushed back . Now the only solution is for me to open the spaces again and get implants or get jaw surgery . Both of which sound very painful to me. I hate anything to do with breaking or drilling into bone.
This is extremely helpful information more people need to know about. I have suffered from bruxism and tmj that was especially bad in my teens. Braces proceeded and followed by use of a night guard have helped, but not really solved the problem; in fact I stopped using the night guard often or I would just clench on it. Only having less stress in my life as I get older helps with the clenching. However, I have continued to be a frequent mouth breather because of my allergies, and now I am not happy with the way my face is aging. My neck is already starting to sag and I'm only 49! This will not do at all. Until I stumbled across Dr. Mews videos I had no clue this and other problems could possibly be due to habitual tongue position. As I write this I have only known about the importance of tongue position for two days and I'm already very hopeful it will make a difference. It seems to improve my posture and somehow actually helps to keep my sinuses clear.
Im prety amazed with all this,great job. When you mention sitting I think this might be the real cause of everithing.Sitting cause pelvic rotation ,this cause hiperlordotic posture with hipercifotic compesation witch is a known cause of bad maxillar grouth. Thank you for all the information, its going to be prety valuable for my kids.
I started having problems like this when I moved to Washington. Grinding/clenching and I also had fatigue during the day. Went to the doctor and got my blood drawn. I was very low in vitamin D. Got prescribed 50,000mg horse pills to take. I bought some k2 and magnesium to take with it. I've been doing MUCH better. My jaw no longer hurts/ is locked in the morning. Get a blood test and see if your deficient, it helped me!
Many thanks for this video. As a long term grinder who lives on amitriptyline with bad occipital spasms and pain in jaw and shoulders and neck, I know that some of the problem occurred after a period of years when my nasal passages were blocked after an accident and nose surgery. Only a cranial osteopath helped me breathe through my nose again. Additional stress combined with, anxiety and intense computer usage and poor body posture ( post-viral muscle wastage) has left me with years of pain. Interestingly working with Clinical Pilates on my core and walking uphill helps. I can release some of the spasms with tongue exercises i just made up myself (instinctual desperation for relief). Thank you for a holistic approach as well. You sell nothing but some sense. I am considering have a mouthguard made for me but also came across orofacial myotherapy exercises on You tube. Some of these are, once more, exercises I have been intuitively doing anyway - using my tongue.
We need more people like you in this world!! Thank you for this video there’s lot of people who needs help please continue with making more videos like this TMJ.
The only thing that you can improve on is that you need to talk at your normal pace. I know you are slowing down on purpose so it’s easier for people to understand but your normal talking pace is just fine. Other than that everything else is perfect! Thankyou for this content!
i clench my teeth at night, and I often have so much pain during the day. Just without doing anything, also when eating, hot and cold food... I now got a custom hard night guard. I take painkillers sometimes daily even tho I dont want to. But I cant sleep with pain. I hope it will help. I also sleepwalk and sleeptalk so I think I have sleep issues. Also often very intense dreams. Dont think there is a cure for me tbh. UPDATE: I had an inflammed tooth nerve, had a root canal and had no pain ever since :) bless all dentists
My tongue is against the roof of my mouth and my mouth is always closed and I breath through my nose. Altho during the night my mouth oftne falls open. Altho my tongue also pushes against my front teeth as well. I mean my tongue fills up my entire mouth lol
Hi Dr. Mew, thank you for this fantastic video. Before my question, I want to say you honestly bring back a little hope for me that there are people (although very few) in the medical profession who are THINKING and not just regurgitating (basically what you talked about at the end) and there is hope for actually getting the help we need beyond treating the symptoms. Could you post or share an example of the teeth together posture/butterfly bite? Should there be any force at all when the teeth are together? I've really nailed it into my brain to keep my teeth a part to avoid clenching, and it's hard and scary to intentionally put my teeth together. Thanks so much again, if I believed in god, I would say god bless you. :-)
at 12 yrs old the orthodontists did surgery to remove 4 of my teeth , 2 teeth from the top and 2 teeth from the bottom of my jaw.. apparently to prepare for braces.. they fucked up my jaw for life. not only the appearance, horrible smile, crooked teeth (despite wearing braces for years), but insane painful migraines for 15 years+ no quality of life, pain in neck and shoulders, feeling debilitated, dizzy, missed out on social events, had to avoid people cause hurt to talk, eat and even smile. Couldn't sleep, woke up in pain everyday. for year and years and years. Robbed me of what could have been a beautiful face. Now finally i have found a good dentist and osteopath (both women who understand the holistic impacts and my dentist had the same thing I had had - the teeth removal) i have a splint now specially made and see my osteo every week. I finally am not in daily debilitating pain. I still have issues, and i'll never have a perfect beautiful smile or strong jawline. but at least I'm not afraid to go to sleep and wake up in pain, and I can go out and not have to worry about who I will be talking to and for how long.
I am 53 years old and have been clenching my teeth for as long as I can remember. Mostly in my sleep, but when I was very young, it was constant--day and night. When I was a teenager, it was so bad, I had my dentist make me a bite-plate to wear while sleeping. I used it for about a year. About a year ago, an orthodontist made me two more bite plates--one for sleeping and one for daytime use. In my experience, these things do not work. All they do is redistribute the pressure evenly over all the teeth. This reduces the pain, but also makes it possible to bite down even harder. I have long suspected that what's really needed is an apparatus which will concentrate the pressure in a very small area, rather than diffusing it. Dr. Mew confirmed my thinking with his discussion of the steam engine governor and what happens if you bite down accidentally on a piece of buck shot. To make matters worse, my orthodontist adjusts the bite plate monthly, using carbon paper to locate the high spots. What I really need, I am sure, is some sort of bite plate with spikes, or some other mechanism to concentrate the pressure and activate my jaw's governor.
Mort Snerd My Orthodontist placed bite blocks behind my front teeth. No more grinding. It’s been wonderful. I had a serious clenching and grinding issue and had damaged my teeth badly. I like not having to use a nightguard anymore. It’s great.
I discovered I was tongue tied and was lacking space for my tongue two years ago when I learned about proper tongue posture from Mike Mew. When I placed my tongue on the roof of my mouth, it was really difficult and made my jaw hurt-that’s how I knew something was off about my physiology. If I had gone to a traditional dentist or orthodontist, which is what I did my whole life up until two years ago, I never would have figured out what I have and never would have gotten true relief. Thanks in part to Dr. Mew’s independent thinking and big picture approach, I was able to start my journey toward better breathing, better sleeping, easier speaking and eating, and diminished anxiety. I’ve gone through orofacial myofunctional therapy, had my tongue tie released by a functional dentist, and now I’m having my palate expanded with an MSE by a forward-thinking orthodontist to make room for my tongue. Thank you for being bold and for theorizing. The fact that you get flack shows that you’re onto something, IMO. If you went along with the mainstream, there would be nothing to argue against. You’re going against the grain. Keep going.
P.S. I realize this video is several years old and that you haven’t let the haters stop you. For what it’s worth, I still wanted to say I support what you’re doing and encourage you to never quit.
@@SiddharthSingh-hv7ub They do not touch. I do still catch myself clenching my jaw like I used to, before the tongue tie release and palatal expansion, and I have to remind myself to release my jaw muscles.
Please watch my video th-cam.com/video/Gmr1fieKt-g/w-d-xo.html I discovered that the silver fillings were releasing mercury poison in my system also check to see if you have ever had a root canal too.
I clench all the time. My back teeth are deformed from it, though a regular person probably couldn't tell from looking at it. I wonder if this will stop My teeth feel fake, sore and as if they were made of rubber when i eat. I'm afraid I might lose my teeth.
I used to suffer from bruxism. I was told I'd need to spend a lot of money on a night guard OR teach my jaw to relax throughout the day. I tried the latter and if worked. Most surprisingly, I stopped biting my nails as a side effect! Then I suffered an acoustic trauma that left me with tinnitus and Eustachian tube dysfunction. The constant ringing and feeling of head fullness made it literally impossible for me to consciously relax my jaw. I wasted $800 on a TMJ splint, hoping it would simultaneously treat my TMD and my bruxism. Then I discovered the Tropic premise, and even with my old retainer in, I felt that my bruxism was starting to relax. I can now use my tongue to consciously stop clenching, and I don't seem to suffer from bruxism anymore. I no longer wake up with sore temples. Actually I don't feel my temples straining at all when I clench, ever since 2 weeks after ditching my retainer. My teeth are a bit sore some mornings but in a GOOD way, from the roots being pushed outwards by my tongue. It's like a stretch. It is very, very clearly a different sensation than the one I used to wake up with from clenching. You could have saved me $800 if I'd listened to your ideas sooner. Thank you for all you're doing.
Wonder if anyone with similar history to mine, finding inspiration and a hopeful pathway in discovering Mike Mew? Am now in my 60s. When in my 20s, I'd had a dentist call in others to come and have a look at this. Wisdom teeth having grown on sides of my gums, I was chronically biting down on the sides of inner my cheeks.
My wisdom teeth were removed whilst being told my mouth was too small for my teeth. A couple of decades ago I'd noticed scalloped edging, a middle crease and swelling of my tongue; at the same time receiving a diagnosis of toxic multi-nodular goitre. (No, I did not have my thyroid removed - against the imperatives given to me at the time of diagnosis.) ... A friend who is a vet gave me a copy of an article on hyperthyroidism in cats with observations noted that these lovely felines had also visible scalloped tongues. I began to regard a scalloped and swollen tongue as somehow related to thyroid issues. (I don't know about other countries but thyroid issues and surgeries are common in Australian women.) Considering all that I can understand from these wonderful videos of Mike's, I'm considering how habit and function (and habitual emotion) can be contributing factors to chronic stress in head and thyroid that may have led to thyroid having walled up those decades ago. (Mike also refers to cranial movement and constant clenching as possible factor in skull tension ... ) On the one hand, it's a difficult situation when faced with shrugged shoulders from dental/medical professionals at the question of chronic endocrine problems. Yes, there are other contributing factors : it's a symphony of response and responding within our systems ... but it's so very enlightening when listening to the perspective of the Mews. Certainly not an overnight solution for someone like me but a hopeful journey when taking with me, what I understand from these videos. And then there's the question of facial aesthetics. I'd always regarded myself as thin lipped, pointy-jawed and an unattractive. Mike's narrative indicates genetics as a mere percentage influencing facial form. It would be so wonderful to have Orthotropics practitioners dotted around the globe; they could help guide someone such as me. It's been 3 or 4 years now since I"ve been begun chipping away at this, watching and re-listening to Mike's videos ... Many thanks, Mike Mew - all the strength to you good man!
Very thorough explanation, but I'd really like to see a picture of where the tongue should rest. I hope the doctor can help me or please someone point me in the right direction. Thank you
Dr, Mew, you are a class act. I really believe that you are right. I think that when in my clinical practice, I will begin to encourage breast feeding as a therapeutic norm for good facial development ..
Thank you for this potentially life saving information. It's funny how I've come across this information was because it bothered me to wonder what the "people of the land" - so to speak - did without modern dentistry. It always bothered me that we were expected to have dental problems and wisdom teeth removal and no one gave answers. Well, I hope people will give this information a serious consideration since it will affect the future.
since i found dr mew in tmj problem free!! thank u. i owe u a lot..i suffered it since kids.. and just proper mewing through his videos back 5yrs ago..my life change a lot possitively...discerving for millions subscriber, love from Philippines💕
Bro can you tell me how jaw rest cause I don't know my jaw rest position anyone say teeths touch while resting other teeths don't touch while resting what should I do? Help me
I’ve started to take singing seriously over the last couple of years. Found to have improper posture and weak facial muscles leading to constricted airways and crappy tone. All of this matters. More than we all realize.
Thank you for the information, it is great to see someone looking at this complex issue properly I have been doing a 15min hypnotherapy meditation before bed for a week now and it seems to be working relaxing the jaw - I have thrown out my mouth guards which i have been using for 15 years it was making it worse. I am trying to pick up the signs that trigger my jaw tightning and try to relax it during the day as well. It is such a difficult and expensive ordeal, thank you.
Thanks, I will put it in the list of videos to make but you need to gain more tongue space and that will often require some form of intervention. This then opens up space and a lots of problems. Mike
Floating Bottle, you should check this out. claimingpower.com/mandibular-expansion-adults/ This individual expanded their jaws and then had teeth implants put in. I believe they were ceramic and so the issue of toxic materials shouldn't be an issue, but you should check the site yourself to be sure. The before and after here is very interesting in my opinion. Obvious proof of expansion being possible in adults.
Gray are there any less invasive ways? I.e if the dental implants could be avoided ? I feel extraction has done enough damage to myself ... also what are your thought about dr Sam muslins ( in the us) veenlays?
As far as I'm aware, once the teeth have been removed there's very little that can be done to rectify that problem without implants. You can still expand your jaws and reap the health benefits obviously, but I'm really not familiar with the details of how that would go with the teeth missing. How many and which teeth did you have removed by the way? I'm guessing it's the back molars and the wisdom teeth, but I just want to check to be sure. At any rate, I'm looking forward to seeing Dr Mew's video on this problem, it should be very interesting. In regards to the venlay system, and please bear in mind I'm no professional in any way and my comments on it are just my personal opinion, but from what I can see it is cosmetic dentistry that bears in mind the importance of the relationship between the mandible and the jaw joint. That's a step up from most, but the big issue I can see is at no point do they mention the maxilla, which is a big deal in regards to treatment of facial problems and the jaw joint issues that this system claims to address. Some of the before and afters have less prominent nasolabial folds as well, which indicates to me that the maxilla is being negatively affected by the treatment (I could be wrong on this but that is what I correlate a developed maxilla with,) but that could just be down to how hard the patients are smiling in the pictures and I can't make that claim for sure. Some of them do appear to have longer faces in the after pictures though, (it could just be subtle differences in the way the pictures are taken,) which in terms of our health is not a good sign. My take on it is that any attempt at addressing these types of issues with this type of approach will be problematic if the oral posture and the maxilla aren't taken into account, but the results seem pretty good on the surface so you'll have to make you own judgement about it. I'd be very interested in hearing about how these patients health is 5-10 years after the treatment, because it's not always apparent right away what the effects might be. For me personally, I'd be incredibly hesitant to spend that much money on a treatment that doesn't seem to consider all of the factors involved in our health and our appearance. That's my thoughts on it, and I hope they help you.
wow, thank you for taking the time writing such response. I had 4 premolars extracted, two upper 4 and two lower 5, to treat an 'overbite' (thankfully my wisdom teeth are still here), however the end results of my orthodontics treatment were terrible, I was left with extremely narrow dental arch, little space for the tongue, terrible TMJ, also my lower mandible has been pushed further back, pretty much every side effect that's been mentioned ...and yes I also understand where you coming from for the veenlays, especially been put off by the cost around $80K.
I am a dentist who has been operating a private dental clinic in Korea for over 30 years. I try to express my thoughts that I have felt in the past. To grind the teeth, you have to bite hard. In order to bite hard, some teeth must make an early contact with the teeth.Those teeth are molars, not the anterior teeth. This is because you can not bite hard on your anterior teeth.The molar should fall forward to show premature contact. In order for the molars to slope forward, the adjacent faces of the teeth must wear out.In order for the proximal surfaces of the molars to wear out, the molars must move in the buccal and lingual directions with the molars and neighboring molars in close contact with each other. In other words, it is a state of group function.When the molars are tilted forward, the back of the tooth moves toward the occlusal plane, This part acts as a premature contact during central occlusion.When the adjacent surfaces of the teeth are worn, the teeth are inclined not only toward the forward slope but also toward the tongue, so that the distobuccal cusp of the tooth moves most to the occlusal surface.During chewing, the cusps induce the lateral movement of the mandible and the continuous isometric contraction of the muscular muscles due to the contact of the molars causes unreasonable occlusal forces on the teeth, increased flow of the teeth, and disruption of the muscles.When you sleep at night, the patient will clench without you knowing. This is due to the action of muscles to induce isometric contraction and restore normal VD. When sleep at night, the patient will grind the teeth. It is the act of grinding teeth to remove premature contact areas.If the muscle has the maximum contraction distance, it enters the resting phase without any abnormal activity, but if the maximum contraction distance can not be secured for any reason, the activity is started to eliminate the cause.There are many factors that prevent the maximal contraction distance of the masticatory muscle.The teeth are erupted in the mixed dentition and interrupted until the occlusion is complete. When the tooth is pulled out, the tooth behind it is inclined forward and disturbed.It also occurs in permanent dentition, the wisdom tooth erupts and the tooth interferes with the opposing teeth.When a piece of cookie sticks to a tooth, this piece of cake prevents the muscle from ensuring maximum contraction distance before falling.Only natural teeth do not interfere with occlusion.The amalgam is interfering, so is the inlay, and so is the crown.Premature contact caused by the prosthesis interferes with the maximum contraction distance of the muscles, which leads to persistent clenching and bruxism.Occlusal stabilizers can make bruxism and clenching disappear. If symptoms improve with the use of the device, you must find the cause and remove it, otherwise you will get another symptom.
What do you suggest is the best treatment? I have been getting botox which seems to reduce the clenching but does not eliminate the grinding problem. Also, do you offer treatment in Korea for bruxism?
I'm 62 and have been Suffering from Bruxism since I age 12, Now I Suffer from Constant Tinnitus, worn and broken Molars, Headaches and eating disorders, I have tried Everything under the Sun to No Avail.
Absolutely brilliant! Excellent information that I will put into practice. I have been doing physical therapy but your explanation of how the tongue and teeth should fit while at rest was super helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I have suffered from bruxism for years. In have clenched my teeth so hard that I have broken 3 of my back teeth. I wake up with severe tooth pain. I will definitely be trying this asap.
About 1 month ago I started Mewing and Wim Hof breathing and gum chewing. My sinus breathing opened immediately and improved in terms of smoothness, flow rate and expansion capacity immensely during this time. As a Medical Qigong Energy Therapist
I incorporated other body release methods as needed. It has taken breathing, meditation, energy flow and more to whole new level and I am beginning to incorporate Mewing into my work with clients. In qigong we teach in most cases to keep the tip of the tongue in the pocket behind the upper teeth. In retrospect I am seriously questioning if this ancient teaching needs to be updated given the diet and other issues you discuss. I am preparing to start a discussion around this topic in the near future and would like permission to with proper credit use some of your before and after photos to help me present the teaching. Also are there any cases where where mewing might be contraindicated? I am extremely interested in evolving your family teachings to incorporate this incredible facial posture concept into whole body healing and energy based posture work. I sense a synergy can be very effective to facilitate the embodied integration of Mewing.
I put up with bruxism for 30 years using only a night guard. I thought it was just my personality. I misplaced my night guard last week and my teeth got caught on my back up night guard so that I am in excruciating pain. I have to find another solution. Now I don’t believe it is just my personality and will be working to correct it. Thanks for the information.
It's very interesting, I think very few people have done research like that, and I will talk to my cranial osteopath, and my dentist of it... but, ... with my apologies, the microphone is placed too near the larynx and mouth and brings us all kinds of strange (not very pleasant) sounds of swallowing, breathing and nasal or percussive vowels, and that makes this long video difficult to listen to. It would have been necessary to put a filter in front of the microphone to avoid all these "explosive" sounds.
What a nice explanation. I totally agree with putting tongue on the top to cure bruxism as it acts as an antagonist plus it also gets the maxilla forward which also enhances forward growth of jaw and helps cure tmd. P.S. You seem to be working out both your jaw and your tongue out a lot. The results are great! Congrats for your lower face.
Simply amazing! I really hope you continue making videos like this. This kind of information is what actually convinces me there is hope for me getting over my clenching. When I understand the mechanics behind the problem, most, if not all, anxiety disappear surrounding it. Many thanks
Interesting point and one that I've been asked many times and one that I will try to make a video post on soon. I cannot advise you to do this as you could sue me if your alignment deteriorated after stopping, however if you have perfected your oral posture and function then in therapy yes. Mike
John Rambo I had the same question and assumed the answer was yes. I had permanent retainers on both arches but recently had the top arch removed and got temporary retainers instead
Bill Hang has a video suggesting that clenching for more than 4 hours a day leads to forward mandibular growth. It would be interesting if you could explain why this happens. I have an undeveloped maxilla but a jutting mandible, so this video gives me some helpful advice to rectify my issues. Many thanks.
I have just chipped my front tooth again after getting a bonding done on it a month ago (and another bonding job 5 months before that). Dentists, please do not take your frustrations out on your patient when you have on their record that they have PTSD as the cause of the problem. You only succeed and in aggravating their PTSD and increasing the likelihood of them seeing you again much sooner than before.
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You are the first person who had actually made sense of a problem that has plagued me for the last 20 years.
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*@matrox* By the way here's a great treatment for TMJ, Bruxism, or teeth grinding: www.NoGrind. club
Hey by bruxism did it made ur face longer in size
Hey by bruxism did it made ur face longer in size
@@nasreenakhuda it made it wider and shorter
I'm more inclined to trust this guy because what he's proposing is free. Not trying to sell you a surgery or some sort of treatment plan. probably why orthodontists subconsciously (or consciously) don't like him, because he goes against everything that they've learned and is potentially threatening their livelihoods. That's a far more reasonable and human explanation than the possibility that they're purely interested in the science of it.
Thanks to his father
He should make a whole vid about why we shouldn't hard mew for teens cause I hard mewed and I'm yinked now muscle imbalance tmj right ear clogged
@@MrVirgin what do you mean, what the hell is yinked. Do you hard mew to fix your imbalance tmj, or did you ruin your muscle balance tmj by hard mewing
@@kratomleaf8937 hard mewing gave me tmjd and etd and a assymetrical face currently I'm seeing a board certified dentist and a ENT doctor
@@MrVirgin oof, heard that dr mike mew himself said to not hard mew if you have tmj problem in the first place, your problem also might caused by asymmetrical mewing(ur mewing 1 side only)
Anyone treating the causes rather than the symptoms automatically goes to the top of my credibility list. Thumbs up. A big thank you🍀
You and your father are certainly contributing to making the world a better place, Dr. Mew. Me and my peers who have walked those paths that lead to you and your work deeply appreciate it.
5 years later, what's the update on your mewing?
Hello Dr. Mew, this video was the first one I watched and it has changed everything for me! I am 30 years old and have suffered for years from grinding my teeth. Despite following the advice from many orthodontists, dentists, ENT's, physical therapists, and chiropractors, I was never able to relax my jaw and was constantly feeling sore from my right jaw joint down my right shoulder, all the way down my right calf (often having cramps) and constantly having to stretch or have someone massage me. YOU were the first person who EVER told me it was ok to close my mouth (teeth lightly touching) and that my tongue should be up! Immediately I felt better and over the last 2 weeks as I've gotten better at tucking my chin, and keeping my tongue up, swallowing without moving any face muscles (as per your other videos), etc. I am like a new person! The results are surprising to me! I have been taking pictures every 3 to 4 days, and in only 14 days my chin (which had been pushed to the right and was pointing to the right) is now really close to being centered! My asymmetrical face is almost gone... My discomfort is also almost completely gone... THANK YOU!
No worries, it's just the truth, it needs to come out. What you could do for me is to share this information. Go on to web sites where people are really suffering and share your experience. Unfortunately many people will have gain secondary damage to the point where they will struggle to change but many will not yet. In the same way that I have to share this for the benefit of the world, it is other people's duty to share what I am saying. There are millions out there who could really benefit from this information. Be polite and sincere, but engage and make a difference. Thanks #mikemew
@@Orthotropics I'm from Morocco how can i meet you give me your clinic adress please
@@mohamedbenabderrahmane7273 mike mew is in britain
Hiii how are you doing? Any updates?
@@Orthotropics I have had Invisalign, and my entire facial structure has changed. I have been trying to do facial yoga, I feel my cheeks have sunken in..would greatly appreciate any kind of solution. I am about to cancel the last few "trays" and speak to the Ortho about it.. I am 32 and had to get them because of a violent partner 2 years ago
Amazing a dr that actually comes up with theories, I thought all drs these days were robots only programmed to repeat what they read in text books and not have any personal opinions/theories or think outside of any boxes. Very refreshing.
I went to a dermatologist asked him a question about some research I read online his exact response verbatim was "Oh I'm not sure... I only know what's in my textbook"
@LightNessITA My goodness, you are so deeply indoctrinated by the system...
@LightNessITA No, *you* are the one living in a "little bubble", incapable of thinking for yourself. Your mind is so controlled and restricted, that you are not willing to even consider any alternative viewpoint; they have you right where they want you.
Waa Ey still though, you should always take non tested theories with a grain of salt. It’s good for doctors to post opinions and theories, but not strictly enforce them. Either way it’s safer for the public to have their medication based on the books
@@noahzhuo6755 maybe learn the difference between a hypothesis and a theory before you lecture people on scientific matters. Thanks
As an economist, I am delighted that you are theorising and trying to developing your discipline. I wish your professional colleagues would join in the adventure in a productive and polite manner - this is how humanity progresses. Thank you and keep it up!
I am not sure if I will be able to respond to all the comments or always be this active. It is important to have some work/life balance and I am dangerously close to working too hard. However do not underestimate how much I learn from some of the questions that you raise and the comments that you make. Best wishes Mike
Orthotropics please let me know how to get an appointment/ assessment with yourself .
Would you try to use a layman’s terminology I.e some of us don’t know what’s the pattern dentists count the teeth even after regular visits , many thx
Orthotropics how does our face shape changes or sometimes gets worse due to we exercise(gym)..?is there any cure like posture of face while exercising..!
I think that its the contrary, going to the gym and doin proper form exercises helps a lot to correct the posture of the body, and that in turn makes your face look better, for my personal experience this is the case, I started going to the gym 3 years ago and at the moment I didn't noticed but my posture and the shape of my face improved dramatically, but after going to the gym for 8 months I dropped, now I live a sedentary life, and I can clearly see a change in my posture and the shape of my face in a bad way. Luckily I discovered orthotropics a few months ago and I am doing the tongue exercises, plus this summer I am going back to the gym, wish me good luck¡¡
Hi where is Durban south africa can I find an orthotropics doctor. Also I repositioned my tongue as you said. It feels very uncomfortable thou. Is that normal?
Just ignore the trolls, including me lol
This isn't a theory, I have overcome my bruxism by mewing. It didn't take me that long to achieve this. Thank you Mike and John for sharing this information on this channel.
How long did it take you
@@samirasamee609 two weeks mewing during the day and after that I slept without the night guard and I had no bruxism problem ever since.
two paths I also think it’s working for me too. How much during the day did you try to push the posterior third of the tongue up? Did you do it a lot or just focus on laying it up there?
@@carsonsmith3292 anytime I remembered I did it and soon it became natural, week or so.
Thanks for your feedback. I have bruxism since the last 9 years. I'm gonna try what u did
This was amazing! I wish youtube would throw such an explanation instead of a 2 minute video telling you 'don't stress, meditate and exercise'
Thank you sir. Can’t believe my whole 26 years I’ve had my tongue resting in the wrong position . I’ve been in the dental field for almost 10 years now and this is something they don’t teach you! (RDA) . I was lucky to go 25 years without any jaw issues but this last year has become really tough and a rude awakening . This will be a journey but this 1st step learning tongue position has really helped. Thank you
I love your breakdown of the mechanical engineering of the human body. It is truly magnificent how well constructed and balanced the human form is. Your lectures have improved my posture, breathing and my overall quality of life, Thank you so much Dr. Mew!
What's Even More Incredible Is How Utterly Deconstructed The Human Form Has Become In Such An Advanced/Civilized Society. I Think Our Food Has No, Or Incomplete Nutrients. We Eat Foods Out Of Season, And Pollute Our Bodies.
I had to add, I love that ever so slight rebellious streak I'm picking up at the end. These health issues need addressing and the current authorities in place aren't even trying, so it needs people like yourself that think outside the box to effect the change that needs to be done. Very rock n roll Doctor Mew, rock on.
Thanks, it is nice to hear especially given all the flack that I receive. I have my very own trol and you should see his comments on this hear; facebook.com/groups/Orthodont/permalink/1628237630528494/ unfortunatley the site is for professionals so you cannot comment but it is open to be read and speak volumes.
Orthotropics Hi Mike,
Sorry to hear that you feel questioning your opinion on a private forum is "trolling"
I'm happy to detail publicly the aspects of this video that i feel are offensive to the profession and misleading for patients if you would like?
Thank you but I've already heard them and feel that much of what you say is "offensive to the profession [dentistry as a whole] and misleading for patients". You add little of real value to the conversation except sound bites aimed at validating the conventional orthodontic evidence base which is a house of cards waiting to fall. You twist your words and the conversation, avoid answering what you don't want to respond to and range from being wrong to rude. All these forums are open for you to say what you want. I am just tired of responding as I mention in the text from the link quited;
This does come across a little like what you would hear from a religious zealous, not sure how you belittle a science but I did think that criticism was usually welcomed in most scientific arenas.
And probably best not to go into the economics of “selling” exercises which I post on-line for free. Or the fact that no one seems to know the cause or cure of Bruxing.
Your spot on I have zero experiment basis for these exercises, but then I don’t see any good evidence for much in this area. Which is where your comments are starting to tire me.
It seems that you are intent on turning up on everything that I do or say to make troll like comments. To all intents and purposes, you are a troll. You seem to fulfil the definition perfectly.
In all the, at times, lengthy conversations that we have had you’ve never once come close to falsifying any of points that I’ve made. The best example was when you found a few isolated examples of malocclusion in mammals in Anthropocene Europe, in an attempt to falsify the statement that malocclusion is negligible in wild mammals?
Talk to a few vets, rangers, farmer or even anthropologists, it was, is and always has been negligible. Hunting for odd examples without contemplating the obvious suggests that you a going to go to extreme to protect your view point. I’m clearly never going to persuade you and it hardly makes for good debate, sorry but it bores me. We seem to have exhausted our mutual topics of interest and I’m a busy body especially recently.
This is a shame as if you were to explore some of these arguments with an open mind and possibly a little more balance you might even find new bodies of knowledge. Over 100 years orthodontics has come up with little more it is possible to move teeth and affect growth a little. Stability still seems a bit of an issue.
Personally I feel that not knowing the aetiology of what you treat and not being interested in finding out is a poor philosophical position from which to cast scorn on others.
Some of your responses border on being rude, I don't like that, it's not called for. It's just baiting for an irrational response, for which you will call someone in and force an unnecessary and some what ridiculous apology. These are real people with real problem and many are suffering badly. Rather than trying to find answer for this and other problems you seem have taken up a point scoring trolling carrera.
Maybe we should just avoid each other. Can I just make an emoji when I am forced to respond or refer back to this conversation?
Best wishes,
Mike Mew
Trolls happen, this is the internet after all and past a certain point it's best for all parties involved to just not engage in conversation with them. Nothing constructive comes from it unfortunately. You have my sympathy in having to sort through the flack you're getting.
I for one am completely convinced by the changes I've seen in my own mouth (however small,) from nothing more than using these exercises that have been given out for free. According the the theories of most dentists, that shouldn't be possible, and there is something seriously wrong with the system in place if just a year and a half of attempting by myself to address my poor facial growth is resulting in more gains than most professionals on the subject can hope to offer me.
I would love to see constructive debate between professionals with different opinions on this subject because we could all benefit from it, but like most disagreements I've seen, it seems to just come down to one side offering theories that seem to have validity and are worth exploring, and the other just screaming "genetics!" or some similar reason that is supposed to excuse a lack of knowledge, something I have seen in every area of health I as a layman have looked at, and I find it tiresome beyond belief, because it's the most lazy, cop out excuse for poor knowledge on a subject I can possibly imagine, and it is even more tiresome when coming from professionals who lord over their authority (to whatever degree,) and are supposed to be experts on the given subject. Not to mention it's the people with poor health that suffer the most from this, which is unacceptable.
Most doctors in my opinion need to get their act together, stop making excuses and do their job properly. If they are claiming this authority to dictate to us why something is the way it is, they had better have their ducks in a row, and I am thrilled to see the field of Orthotropics actually looking for the underlying causes of health problems in their field. It's very refreshing and inspiring to see professionals going beyond the surface level and actually looking for answers, and you're giving this info out for free.
Anyway, I think I've wandered off topic a bit. It's just a shame that genuine debate between groups at the professional level with different opinions seems so hard to come by.
Keep at it Dr Mew. Your work is incredible and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes from it the more it gets out there. It has the potential to help many lives in a way that just isn't possible for most at the moment, and any negativity that you face has got to be worth that.
Also, I was very pleased you referenced my comment on the facebook page, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Made my day that did, lol.
Gray,
The very fact that you are able to understand and use the methods that we are working on is an inspiration to me.
You could not have put the situation better.
I cannot be certain if Nicky Stanford is being paid specifically to Trol on the internet, I presume not and that he does this out of some personal vindication, and for the adoration from the profession for his efforts. He feels that I am misleading patients, while personally I think that it is the other way around. I think that I've said enough already.
Do contact me personally,
Best wishes,
Mike
I had been clenching my jaw overnight for the past year. As soon as I started strengthening my tongue and resting it on the top of my mouth I clenched less and less each night until after 2 weeks when I stopped clenching all together. Thank you for this information!
Close to front teeth or ?
Did your breathing get better?
The Number One Thing He Says According To My Opinion, Is That For These Behaviors To Be Improved, You Must Have Tongue Space... I Have Teeth That Are Falling Inward Slowly, And I Am Losing Tongue Space. But I Haven't Given Up.
@@StarfireReborn do you have bruxism, because i originally was a mouth breather who had their tongue on the lower part of the mouth, as soon as i start mewing, i developed tmj and bruxism symptoms to compenstate for the narrow palate so my tongue could actually fit in between and so i could breath. Is bruxism not a response to this? Although its been years i have yet to master mewing completely and nose breathing especially when im sleeping, which is also when i have my bruxism, wierd huh.
@@abejunkies try mouth taping at night to facilitate nose breathing. It really works.
This actually makes me really mad that we’re “fixing” crooked teeth with braces when it all starts with raising out kids more like our ancestors and going from tit to food, instead of a soft in between like we do now. I like this guy trying to get a real fix and information out instead of just taking peoples money on a fix that is wrong. That’s the real problem in this world is greed for money instead of bettering man kinds health and wellness. Aka “I’ll give you this drug to fix your problem, oh that gave you another problem? Here’s another drug”
“got crooked teeth? Here’s braces, oh they moved back? Here’s a retainer!” Instead of asking why and coaching to fix a problem because that probably won’t net you millions.
Yeap. Greed. It's crime's against humanity
You are the first one who mastered this so far.. Bravo
I'm just now trying this mewing stuff. You mentioned discomfort in the airway. I've found quite the opposite just within minutes. My airway is free and for the first time breathing through my nose isn't a chore! Will definitely pursue this. Also looking forward to the facial/dental improvements and no more clenching/bruxing pain
any updates?
Mewing? I must have missed this somewhere. MY nose is chronicly stuffy how do i kep it clear?
Chew gum ,too . Check out his other video on chewing massive amounts of gum.
Same
I have dreams of eating food and wake up with sore teeth.
This is one of those things that, once you really think about it, it makes perfect sense, but somehow people have a mental block and they’re so convinced that these issues are out of their control that they won’t even consider alternative, outside the box hypotheses. Thank you for you work sir!
dude try meditating on it as you fall asleep. telling yourself over and over to relax and don't clench. It worked so well for me that even in my dreams i was reminding myself not to clench. Also consider the way you rest your head on your pillow. Changing the way i supported my head helped a lot. I think this will work for most people.
What’s the correct way to lay your head on the pillow?
How do you position your head on the pillow and how do you use the pillow(and not pillows I assume)???
@@andrewdavis438 I had physical therapy to help with bruxism and discussed this. Mainly two sleeping positions are recommended, one is you lay on your back with a good supportive pillow under your head/supporting your neck, and place a smaller pillow under your knees (avoid locked knees during sleep). The other is on your side, again good supportive pillow giving you a good posture (not chin up but not too far down either), and a small pillow between your knees (depends on body but for me this works as I'm quite skinny and otherwise my knees would be kinda "inwards"), a third pillow can be placed against your chest (hugging position) or between the arm that rests on your torso and your torso - so the shoulder does not fall forward, if that makes sense.
You should avoid sleeping on your stomach/face, as it can cause neck, teeth and breathing problems, and it forces you to turn your head to one side (or at least it's not common to sleep with your head actually straight into a pillow).
I think I've always mostly fallen asleep in the correct positions, but I often wake up on my stomach. You can avoid this by placing pillows around you in hopes of not turning around in your sleep.
@@2024rush See comment above.
@@RebeccaEd thanks for the tips. So in both position, on the back or the sided, we need to keep pillow under or between the knees. I'm just curious to know what the position of knees has to do with teeth grinding?!!
Mr Mew, since I found you (6 months ago?) and started working on my posture, tongue posture etc, I can now chew with my two back teeth again! No need to smoothie everything I eat, which has been neccessary as my teeth don't come in contact with each other anymore. Thank you for your hard work! I have also forwarded your videos to my ortodontist, who's of the conventional kind, but who got very interested when I told her about mewing. ^^ She was amazed by the fact that I could chew solids again, without ever having had the braces they''ve tried making me get. Thank you!
Don't you just love how Orthodontists advertise "get the natural straight smile you've always wanted". It's funny they say "natural" because it's very easy to see who has had straight teeth from birth and who has got it from braces, simply looking at their profile. What's so natural about that?
May I quote you on that? M
Orthotropics Of course you may! Thank you for everything you do Mike
Orthotropics sorry for late reply
Viktor Galya i agree. there is a typical braces smile
A significant concern of mine is the damage done to teeth that are held permanently out of the position that they wish to return to, #mikemewpersonalresponse
a guard just made me grind harder. the only thing that worked was repeatedly telling myself "relax dont grind" as i was falling alseep. i also changed the way i used pillows. straightening my spine helped.
How do you feel now?still dont grind?
Same using a guard made it worseee. My teeth would feel sore and I would have headaches.
How did u put your pillow?
Just mew lol.. My problem fixed.
@@tropicaldimitri7374 really tho??
GUYS I FINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION TO WHY I WAS CLENCHING MY TEETH WHILE SLEEPING! It was revealed to me that the style of pillow I was sleeping on had a curve on the edge, so when that curve was putting a little pressure on my Jaws I was clenching my teeth while sleeping it was so bad! So what I did was to sleep on a flat pillow instead and now no more teeth clenching while sleeping!
Glory to Jesus for revealing this to me while I was praying 🙏
Hope this helps someone
What pillow do you use now?
Glory to this doctor you mean. smh
@@coenvanderlinde did you even read my comment? 🤦♂️
@@r.k862 yes? no mention of the doctor
@@coenvanderlinde because it wasn't this doctor in the video that helped me..?
Summary:
What mike was saying is that to everyone muscle action there is always a antagonist muscle action.
The antagonist muscles for jaw muscles are Tongue and Neck muscles.
If you overwork jaw muscles and underwork the antagonist muscles then jaw tend to be overactive.
So you clench and grind your teeth.
Yeah this is exactly what happened to me when I started mewing again.
When I mew I do it while practicing good body posture, being backed up to a wall and mew 20 times over, my jaw feels strong and firm everytime I practice this.
Over time my tongue posture felt more natural so I began to abandon the posture exercises and mew while I was doing literally anything, even relaxing in bed, and after a while I started getting minor muscle spasms in my jaw joints and boy that was terrifying.
So yeah, engage your body when mewing, not just your jaw.
Edit: I should also add, DO NOT CLENCH YOUR TEETH, that will cause the jaw pain, just lightly touch your teeth when mewing
dr mike, that was wonderfully explained. the additional details related to physics and mechanical engineering was very nicely blended with the physiology. together they were helpful to not only explain the issue i have suffered from for years, but also a simple and elegant solution. i have suffered from stress for decades, so not only does this solution of tongue placement helpful, it reinforces my attempts to stay more present in the moment. concentration on tongue placement and relaxing my jaw and facial muscles kills two stones with one bird.... it must have taken years to reach this level of knowledge, and i thank you. may your children have children....... if you ever need any soccer/football coaching suggestions for any age group, or a metallurgical explanation of how shape memory alloys function, i am your guy.
I had a clicking jaw for two years, and the plastic device they made for my bruxism actually made it worse so I stopped using it. I started mewing about three weeks ago and the synthomps have improved GREATLY. Also, i used to have to adjust my jaw every morning because it would be super tense after my sleep, so it would damage my joints and it would hurt the first time of the day that opened my mouth. However, about three days ago, i discovered that instead of painfully opening my mouth, I could just push the roof of my mouth with my mouth (like a more active and stronger mewing) and it would ADJUST ITSELF. I honestly believe you are a genius. Thank you very very much.
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Beautiful video. I really enjoy these longer ones, they're very enlightening, and I love hearing you explain the reasons behind the Tropic Premise.
Also, I'm really looking forward to seeing you debate more with the comments section. It can only be helpful for this community that's growing if you lend your expertise out on this platform in a more direct way. Obviously you're a professional and your time is precious, but I think it would be really helpful to those of us that are struggling slightly with putting these concepts you talk about into practise.
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This is remarkable. You're a good person, and that's an understatement. Thank you Doctor Mew.
This video got me so much more in touch with what's actually going on with my jaw tongue and teeth. I'm aware of my bite now and adjusting like you suggested and immediate relief.
The positive reinforcement of no pain has made me not forget in 15 minutes. Wow! Game changer!!
Thank you so much, hopefully it helps long term
Thank you Dr Mike!!!! My clenching and jaw pain dissappeared overnight after I started Mewing!
I am an opera singer and had trouble with my jaw tension for years. Now I chew hard and mew the whole time. 😊
What’s mewing and how long it take for it to go away
Bottom line of this long video 29:03
Damm bro appreciate that a lot, just wanted to ask u if u know what exactly is a posterior third of the mouth?
@@vdj18.64 I think it is talking about your tongue. Use your clean finger to touch the back of your tongue and then press it against you palate. Beware the oral reflex.
@@vdj18.64 say the word "sing" and feel where your tongue is on the "ng" sound. That is the posterior third.
Thanks!
Dude it was the longest winded explanation to get to cure! But thanks!
I have had Migraine Aura for 10 years. It started with crazy migraine symptoms, blindness, nausea, facial pain. I was at a friends house, and after i eat something, i got a huge explosion of colors in my vision. After hospital visits, which they found nothing, i had panic attacks, i had no idea it was migraines, i don't get the head pain, just the migraine aura. 2 weeks later i developed Fibromyalgia, which i only realised now that i have had since i was a teenager. I ignored migraine aura for 10 years, lines around shadows in my vision, blindness, the glowy colors wasn't that bad after i conquered the panic attacks. Every day for ten years, just ignoring it.
Now ten years later, i developed Gastritis. I went on a Keto diet, which is mostly steak. I realised my Fibromyalgia was better, but my migraines turned into tension headaches. Pressure on both sides of jaw and head, vision problems got worse, glowy colors symptom was all day, sensitive to sound, ringing in ears, pressure on facial cheeks. i noticed after all this time i have been clenching my teeth. I clench the back of my teeth when i sleep. I must have been doing this since my teens. I always wondered why i felt better when i had the flu, because my nose would be blocked, which i had to breath through my mouth when sleeping, resulting in me resting my jaw. I worked all this out when i was chewing steak, i stopped half way through, and then rested my jaw, all the symptoms popped up, vision, hearing, pressure on face etc.
Now i am trying to stop it. I have blocked my nose with tissues to make me breath through my mouth, hoping it would rest my jaw. Wake up with the tissues out of my nose, so that doesn't work. I got some night guards from the chemist, but i think they make it worse. I'm getting a custom made night guard coming, hoping it will help. Sometimes the migraines or tension headaches can get pretty bad, i can have glowy vision all day, or pressure on the sides of my jaw and head, sensitive to sound, it has kept me inside the house for months.
I think the jaw clenching is a way some ppl deal with stress, i'm not a angry person, i never get into arguments. The stress is pushed deep down into the subconscious, and then comes out through the jaw while sleeping. I also think this is the cause of conditions like Fibromyalgia. The clenching is hidden, it can't bee seen because the person is sleeping. Dentist miss it, because it's a slight clench, but a long clench, from falling asleep to waking up. Fibromyalgia and conditions like it, have been known to be from not getting REM sleep. I only dream maybe once a year, mostly when i have the flu. The body is not getting the full REM sleep, because it's constantly clenching the jaw. The hardest part is how to stop this clenching. Lowering stress can help, but having no stress is impossible. Life is stressful, which means the clenching will always be there. There must be a way to stop the clenching. My next method is trying CBD oil trying to push the body into that REM sleep.
I have been through Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression, it was just a year of fear. All because of Jaw Clenching. I was diagnosed with Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia and Fibromalgia. I think both of these conditions are cause by years of hidden jaw clenching.
Migraine aura and fibro fog, was like walking around with the feeling of just about to pass out, but ignoring it. No matter how bad it got, i never gave up. I will never give up trying to find a way to Stop The Clench.
Respect your optimism and faith despite all the shit you’ve had to deal with. keep going. 🙏🏽❤️
man, you just described me! We are not alone!
I have synesthesia so when I have migraine auras, they are WILD. I have noticed that I have a similar problem - jaw clenching. I tried a mouth guard but I would grind my teeth even more & it made it difficult to sleep (I normally breathe through my nose). I started meditating before bed, using active meditation (yoga/qi gong) & passive yoga (no moving, just mindful breathing) & I have noticed that I do not clench/grind my teeth while sleeping. I also got an orthotic pillow which keeps my spine aligned while I sleep & that has also made a huge difference. I have not had as many migraines/migraine auras as I used to. Plus, I learned from my neurologist that it is common for migraine sufferers to be deficient in Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) & Magnesium (Mg). I take the Mg at night, since it helps the muscles to relax. It does wonders! Hopefully, some of this info can help you. I manage to get to a Chiropractor at least once per month, which also helps.
Did u also have puffy eyes and itchy ears and congested nose ..and of course dull headaches around eyes watering eyes?
I haven't been to the dentist since I was in the army (2014). I've been fairly good with cleaning my own teeth with a proper set of dental tools, while keeping them sanitized. Flossing, brushing regularly when I can (I had a 6 month period where I was homeless in 2016-2017). One thing though that I have been wondering for years was what was causing my teeth to slightly wear down. I hardly ate anything sugary because I can't afford it, my diet was ok, just calorically low. I never had issues grinding my teeth as a child, so I tossed it up to malnutrition. But now I realized that since I've dealt with rather intense mental trauma I probably had a short bit of Bruxism. I recall that I had over a two year period where I was suffering with symptoms of PTSD during and after I got out of the army. I would have panic attacks where I would clench my teeth and have night terrors where I'm sure I was grinding my teeth in my sleep.
Luckily I'm in a much more healthy mental state, with a roof over my head and a solid support group of friends. However I still cannot afford to go to a dentist. I probably wont be back to one any time soon, being that I genuinely haven't had any tooth aches, periodontal issues, cavities, or witnessed any further wear in the last 3 years. At least I know now what caused my wear.
Thank you for your service to our country (I'm assuming US?). No service member, veteran etc. should ever be homeless or lack medical care EVER. I hope your bruxism, physical and mental health and financial situation has improved. I have no supportive family either.
Best of luck to you guys.
NO Dr. Mike, who can debate you on this? Who can provide any better explanation and better theory as an alternative to you? Oh c'mon, you are the champion and thank you for all the information you are putting out here.....
P.S : In my opinion, may be psychological aspects of life like chronic stress and depression may also lead to bruxism and they may be the missing piece of puzzle in your iron-clad rock solid theory.
I'm so annoyed because I'm 100% sure that my braces has caused me to have mild TMJ problems which is really frustrating since I was never knew there were side effects from braces when I was a teenager, noone taught me that. I had a mild underbite that was treated with elastics and braces and since expanders aren't free in the NHS, I've been left with a narrow pallet now :(
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expanders are free on the NHS...used when required.
Well I required them and never given them, I never even knew they existed when I had braces
and now I'm 19 so it's not free anyway.. -_-
you can get a consultation at any age in a hospital orthodontic department and they will treat you at any age if you need orthodontic treatment
Sorry in advance for the long comment. I'm pretty passionate about this subject and I can't help myself, lol.
Last time I checked orthodontics weren't free on the NHS above the age of 18. Something needs to be done about the lack of options available for people suffering from poor facial development as adults, because it's criminal in my opinion that there is no help for the sometimes debilitating issues that come about as a result of poor facial development.
I suffer from tinnitus and I know that my asymmetric jaw and poor facial development is a factor in causing the stress to my nervous system to create the ringing. When I was really suffering with it I contacted my local MP asking if there was any way I could either borrow the money for, or be allowed a consultation with an orthotropist paid for by the NHS (because I genuinely don't have the money for it,) to help address the imbalance in my face in hopes of reducing my tinnitus. I voiced my issue with traditional orthodontics, as the odds are that type of treatment not only wouldn't help, but would make my health issue worse over the long term. I couldn't give a damn about having cosmetically pleasing teeth, which is the main focus of orthodontics, it's purely the effects on my health that I'm interested in with addressing my facial development, and orthodontics in no way helps with that goal.
The MP contacted the NHS on my behalf, which was very nice of him and I wasn't expecting much help at all, but what I got back was a suggestion to try jaw surgery, which made me laugh, cause not only would the physical stress from such a traumatic procedure likely make my situation much worse, but they tend to relapse after 5 years anyway, and don't get me started on the risks and the side effects. At that point I stopped bothering with it and chose to treat myself as best as I could, cause there just isn't the awareness of these types of issues to make debating worth the effort. Even orthodontics isn't free for adults on the NHS, so what chance do we stand at getting Orthotropic help if we can't afford it.
Forgive me for the long story, but my point was that without going into the depressing details, I was really suffering at least partly due to the poor growth of my face, and even with that I wasn't eligible for help outside of treatment that would most likely worsen the problem.
We as a community really need to start raising awareness of this stuff, cause it's an epidemic and it really affects people's quality of life. There's very little help available at the moment, but Dr Mew's work seems to be starting to change that. That's admirable, and good luck to him. We'll all benefit from it the more his message and his work gets out there, and personally I will support it in any way that I can.
Oh my god... And people still say that the cause of bruxism is unknown. There's no way to treat anything without knowing the reason... Thank you so much.
Such valuable information for FREE... yet, we get some unhappy people who come to complain about the sounds of the Doctor's mouth 🙄
It makes so much sense because after getting a bad cold it's gotten much worse, so your theory checks out to me
im just a layman studying ecology in manchester but i still found this extremely intresting well done. also you have a way of connecting to your audience!
i think i had this when i was in middle school. I had headache and jaw problems, also seldom fainting. I thought it could also be due to dehydration. I tried Dr. Mike's method of tongue placement and nose breathing really helped me. Better than going back to being frustrated and doing nothing. It helped me a lot to control my anxiety and give proper feedback to maintain posture breathing proper placement and vice versa. It also helped me a lot ot address my eating disorder.
Cured my teeth clenching and bruxism litterally the same day I started using correct tongue posture. Thank you so much. I was using a night guard that always fit too big in my mouth and that made me bite harder. My teeth were sore all the time. I have so much relief now and have been doing this for only three days. I am also taping my mouth closed at night which keeps my tongue in place. Also doing the back exercises, meal time exercise, etc. Thank you!
Margot paris I have questions. I didnt really understood what the doctor actually advised to stop teeth bruxism. Can you please tell me briefly?
@@leeminannelise9305 Keep your tongue placed on the roof of your mouth, it will help support your top teeth. It has helped me.
@@I_am_DelivererJeez laweez man, damn, you deal with this every night? I don’t grind my teeth because my tongue posture is good and I sleep with my mouth closed but wow, I just want to take your pain away somehow someway
me too I saw results the first day! I'm on day 4 and I NO longer clench my jaw in the day. Night clenching has significantly reduced and I wake up with much less neck tension in the morning. I'm so excited to see where this leads. Obviously my tongue was just waiting to find its place!
@@Rosie-es8bz My friend thinks people like you are bots. Makes sense to me, bruxism is fundamentally a muscular imbalance. Too strong jaw muscles, too weak tongue muscle.
My jaw started clenching when I started meeing
Same here
Mewing
Same
same
Same you should try breathing out through your mouth and in through your nose
I have been clenching on and off for almost 15 years now. I gave up already until I saw this video and it all make sense now! Thank you so much for your incredible work ❤️
Dr, thank you for this video. I noticed that merely by assuming proper head posture head (extension of the cervical spine, subtle head tilt down, hyoid process up and locked) EVENTUALLY, the nasal passages cleared up and breathing through the nose became feasible. Our physiology contains multiple pressure systems (intra-abdominal, -ocular, vascular, etc) so why not one within the mouth, possibly intra-maxillofacial? I agree about the concept of recriprocal inhibition and how that dominates the interaction of our musculoskeletal systems (what other way could it be?) On your point of researchers and theorists, I personally believe not much original creative thought goes into research, but repetition of the existing body of literature and tremendous confirmation bias. Anyhow, thank you for having the courage and the creative, pioneering Spirit to produce these fascinating videos.
I have Bruxism so bad my jaw locks during the day. My molars don't touch anymore when I place my incisors together. Forcing me to chew with an overbite. :( Thank you for the video
i am having same issues with molars not touching. I have gone into root canal therapy for my lower first molar and had both sides lower secondary molar removed due to decay. Now after this recent root canal i feel my molars are not touching and my jaw is resting on my first premolars and front teeth
Thank you so much for this video! You provide a lot of insight into this problem that I've only the past few months noticed for myself, and I realise I've been doing it for years. I will use your guidance to help me deal with bruxism :)
A few pointers for your future videos (which I hope you make more as you seem open minded and that is always welcome!):
1. Getting a better microphone would help people to learn from you more easily, as the breathing comes through very loud on those lav mics currently being used. I recommend either an external mic (the rode NT1-A is brilliant), or simply your smartphone mic. As long as the breathing volume is lowered
2. You seem to go off topic a bit, or as I experience it, there is too much information that takes a while to come back to the main point for one video. I suggest either separating the information into different videos - maybe a two parter or more - or simply trimming the points that are not so necessary to understanding the main point and cure of bruxism, which is the main problem people come here to solve.
These are suggestions from a viewer and you may feel differently about how you want to do things. Either way, you've helped myself and from the looks of the comments loads more people. Thank you again :)
If I knew them what I know now I never would have taken teeth out for braces. I am convinced that my grinding and clenching is from my narrowed airways caused by my lower jaw being pushed back . Now the only solution is for me to open the spaces again and get implants or get jaw surgery . Both of which sound very painful to me. I hate anything to do with breaking or drilling into bone.
This is extremely helpful information more people need to know about. I have suffered from bruxism and tmj that was especially bad in my teens. Braces proceeded and followed by use of a night guard have helped, but not really solved the problem; in fact I stopped using the night guard often or I would just clench on it. Only having less stress in my life as I get older helps with the clenching. However, I have continued to be a frequent mouth breather because of my allergies, and now I am not happy with the way my face is aging. My neck is already starting to sag and I'm only 49! This will not do at all. Until I stumbled across Dr. Mews videos I had no clue this and other problems could possibly be due to habitual tongue position. As I write this I have only known about the importance of tongue position for two days and I'm already very hopeful it will make a difference. It seems to improve my posture and somehow actually helps to keep my sinuses clear.
So nice to find Dr. Mew.. def not enough theorists in modern medicine.
Im prety amazed with all this,great job.
When you mention sitting I think this might be the real cause of everithing.Sitting cause pelvic rotation ,this cause hiperlordotic posture with hipercifotic compesation witch is a known cause of bad maxillar grouth.
Thank you for all the information, its going to be prety valuable for my kids.
Very interesting video. Would be great to be able to obtain the references.
I started having problems like this when I moved to Washington. Grinding/clenching and I also had fatigue during the day. Went to the doctor and got my blood drawn. I was very low in vitamin D. Got prescribed 50,000mg horse pills to take. I bought some k2 and magnesium to take with it. I've been doing MUCH better. My jaw no longer hurts/ is locked in the morning. Get a blood test and see if your deficient, it helped me!
My vitamin D is on the high end, and it took Mewing to fix my bruxism :)
I can’t describe enough how grateful I am for this video ... thanks a ton
Many thanks for this video. As a long term grinder who lives on amitriptyline with bad occipital spasms and pain in jaw and shoulders and neck, I know that some of the problem occurred after a period of years when my nasal passages were blocked after an accident and nose surgery. Only a cranial osteopath helped me breathe through my nose again. Additional stress combined with, anxiety and intense computer usage and poor body posture ( post-viral muscle wastage) has left me with years of pain. Interestingly working with Clinical Pilates on my core and walking uphill helps. I can release some of the spasms with tongue exercises i just made up myself (instinctual desperation for relief). Thank you for a holistic approach as well. You sell nothing but some sense. I am considering have a mouthguard made for me but also came across orofacial myotherapy exercises on You tube. Some of these are, once more, exercises I have been intuitively doing anyway - using my tongue.
We need more people like you in this world!! Thank you for this video there’s lot of people who needs help please continue with making more videos like this TMJ.
Brilliant doctor. THis is coming from the U.S., Brooklyn, New York.
The only thing that you can improve on is that you need to talk at your normal pace. I know you are slowing down on purpose so it’s easier for people to understand but your normal talking pace is just fine. Other than that everything else is perfect! Thankyou for this content!
i clench my teeth at night, and I often have so much pain during the day. Just without doing anything, also when eating, hot and cold food... I now got a custom hard night guard. I take painkillers sometimes daily even tho I dont want to. But I cant sleep with pain.
I hope it will help. I also sleepwalk and sleeptalk so I think I have sleep issues. Also often very intense dreams. Dont think there is a cure for me tbh.
UPDATE: I had an inflammed tooth nerve, had a root canal and had no pain ever since :) bless all dentists
My tongue is against the roof of my mouth and my mouth is always closed and I breath through my nose. Altho during the night my mouth oftne falls open. Altho my tongue also pushes against my front teeth as well. I mean my tongue fills up my entire mouth lol
Omgg, Rapunzel ASMR!😂 What a coincidence!
haha hello :D
Haha, I'm your fan! I always watch your videos. I never expected to find your comment on this video.🤓🧐
Rapunzel ASMR what do yo mean clench
I feel like most geniuses are written of as quacks before their theories become accepted. Dr.Mew is one of those guys.
Hi Dr. Mew, thank you for this fantastic video. Before my question, I want to say you honestly bring back a little hope for me that there are people (although very few) in the medical profession who are THINKING and not just regurgitating (basically what you talked about at the end) and there is hope for actually getting the help we need beyond treating the symptoms. Could you post or share an example of the teeth together posture/butterfly bite? Should there be any force at all when the teeth are together? I've really nailed it into my brain to keep my teeth a part to avoid clenching, and it's hard and scary to intentionally put my teeth together. Thanks so much again, if I believed in god, I would say god bless you. :-)
I would need an animation and some 3D images, out of my budget at the moment, but some people have offered help.
Please do more of longer videos like this!
at 12 yrs old the orthodontists did surgery to remove 4 of my teeth , 2 teeth from the top and 2 teeth from the bottom of my jaw.. apparently to prepare for braces.. they fucked up my jaw for life. not only the appearance, horrible smile, crooked teeth (despite wearing braces for years), but insane painful migraines for 15 years+ no quality of life, pain in neck and shoulders, feeling debilitated, dizzy, missed out on social events, had to avoid people cause hurt to talk, eat and even smile. Couldn't sleep, woke up in pain everyday. for year and years and years. Robbed me of what could have been a beautiful face. Now finally i have found a good dentist and osteopath (both women who understand the holistic impacts and my dentist had the same thing I had had - the teeth removal) i have a splint now specially made and see my osteo every week. I finally am not in daily debilitating pain. I still have issues, and i'll never have a perfect beautiful smile or strong jawline. but at least I'm not afraid to go to sleep and wake up in pain, and I can go out and not have to worry about who I will be talking to and for how long.
I am 53 years old and have been clenching my teeth for as long as I can remember. Mostly in my sleep, but when I was very young, it was constant--day and night. When I was a teenager, it was so bad, I had my dentist make me a bite-plate to wear while sleeping. I used it for about a year. About a year ago, an orthodontist made me two more bite plates--one for sleeping and one for daytime use. In my experience, these things do not work. All they do is redistribute the pressure evenly over all the teeth. This reduces the pain, but also makes it possible to bite down even harder. I have long suspected that what's really needed is an apparatus which will concentrate the pressure in a very small area, rather than diffusing it. Dr. Mew confirmed my thinking with his discussion of the steam engine governor and what happens if you bite down accidentally on a piece of buck shot. To make matters worse, my orthodontist adjusts the bite plate monthly, using carbon paper to locate the high spots. What I really need, I am sure, is some sort of bite plate with spikes, or some other mechanism to concentrate the pressure and activate my jaw's governor.
Mort Snerd My Orthodontist placed bite blocks behind my front teeth. No more grinding. It’s been wonderful. I had a serious clenching and grinding issue and had damaged my teeth badly. I like not having to use a nightguard anymore. It’s great.
@@kwclove7623 what’s it called
Love your stuff. Breathing in silently into the nose is yogic, good qi gong, and will greatly assist with the sound production.
I discovered I was tongue tied and was lacking space for my tongue two years ago when I learned about proper tongue posture from Mike Mew. When I placed my tongue on the roof of my mouth, it was really difficult and made my jaw hurt-that’s how I knew something was off about my physiology. If I had gone to a traditional dentist or orthodontist, which is what I did my whole life up until two years ago, I never would have figured out what I have and never would have gotten true relief. Thanks in part to Dr. Mew’s independent thinking and big picture approach, I was able to start my journey toward better breathing, better sleeping, easier speaking and eating, and diminished anxiety. I’ve gone through orofacial myofunctional therapy, had my tongue tie released by a functional dentist, and now I’m having my palate expanded with an MSE by a forward-thinking orthodontist to make room for my tongue. Thank you for being bold and for theorizing. The fact that you get flack shows that you’re onto something, IMO. If you went along with the mainstream, there would be nothing to argue against. You’re going against the grain. Keep going.
P.S. I realize this video is several years old and that you haven’t let the haters stop you. For what it’s worth, I still wanted to say I support what you’re doing and encourage you to never quit.
Sis can you tell me when your jaw is in resting position molars touch or not?
@@SiddharthSingh-hv7ub They do not touch. I do still catch myself clenching my jaw like I used to, before the tongue tie release and palatal expansion, and I have to remind myself to release my jaw muscles.
@@adrianmefford9030 molars also?
I clench when I'm awake & concentrating. It's unbelievably miserable.
Please watch my video th-cam.com/video/Gmr1fieKt-g/w-d-xo.html I discovered that the silver fillings were releasing mercury poison in my system also check to see if you have ever had a root canal too.
try a good yoga class 4x a week. you'll be a new person in 2 months guaranteed.
ArthurVandelay how?
I clench all the time. My back teeth are deformed from it, though a regular person probably couldn't tell from looking at it. I wonder if this will stop My teeth feel fake, sore and as if they were made of rubber when i eat. I'm afraid I might lose my teeth.
I used to suffer from bruxism. I was told I'd need to spend a lot of money on a night guard OR teach my jaw to relax throughout the day. I tried the latter and if worked. Most surprisingly, I stopped biting my nails as a side effect!
Then I suffered an acoustic trauma that left me with tinnitus and Eustachian tube dysfunction. The constant ringing and feeling of head fullness made it literally impossible for me to consciously relax my jaw. I wasted $800 on a TMJ splint, hoping it would simultaneously treat my TMD and my bruxism.
Then I discovered the Tropic premise, and even with my old retainer in, I felt that my bruxism was starting to relax. I can now use my tongue to consciously stop clenching, and I don't seem to suffer from bruxism anymore. I no longer wake up with sore temples. Actually I don't feel my temples straining at all when I clench, ever since 2 weeks after ditching my retainer. My teeth are a bit sore some mornings but in a GOOD way, from the roots being pushed outwards by my tongue. It's like a stretch. It is very, very clearly a different sensation than the one I used to wake up with from clenching.
You could have saved me $800 if I'd listened to your ideas sooner. Thank you for all you're doing.
Do you have pain around your eyes during the day ..like constant headaches?
@@ilqar887 No, my chronic headaches are concentrated towards the back of head / neck area
@@JupiMeow so it had nothing to do with your jaw?
@@ilqar887 I never said that. It's a chronic tension headache from having shitty neck posture due to the positioning of my jaws
Wonder if anyone with similar history to mine, finding inspiration and a hopeful pathway in discovering Mike Mew? Am now in my 60s. When in my 20s, I'd had a dentist call in others to come and have a look at this. Wisdom teeth having grown on sides of my gums, I was chronically biting down on the sides of inner my cheeks.
My wisdom teeth were removed whilst being told my mouth was too small for my teeth.
A couple of decades ago I'd noticed scalloped edging, a middle crease and swelling of my tongue; at the same time receiving a diagnosis of toxic multi-nodular goitre. (No, I did not have my thyroid removed - against the imperatives given to me at the time of diagnosis.) ... A friend who is a vet gave me a copy of an article on hyperthyroidism in cats with observations noted that these lovely felines had also visible scalloped tongues. I began to regard a scalloped and swollen tongue as somehow related to thyroid issues. (I don't know about other countries but thyroid issues and surgeries are common in Australian women.)
Considering all that I can understand from these wonderful videos of Mike's, I'm considering how habit and function (and habitual emotion) can be contributing factors to chronic stress in head and thyroid that may have led to thyroid having walled up those decades ago. (Mike also refers to cranial movement and constant clenching as possible factor in skull tension ... )
On the one hand, it's a difficult situation when faced with shrugged shoulders from dental/medical professionals at the question of chronic endocrine problems. Yes, there are other contributing factors : it's a symphony of response and responding within our systems ... but it's so very enlightening when listening to the perspective of the Mews. Certainly not an overnight solution for someone like me but a hopeful journey when taking with me, what I understand from these videos.
And then there's the question of facial aesthetics. I'd always regarded myself as thin lipped, pointy-jawed and an unattractive. Mike's narrative indicates genetics as a mere percentage influencing facial form.
It would be so wonderful to have Orthotropics practitioners dotted around the globe; they could help guide someone such as me. It's been 3 or 4 years now since I"ve been begun chipping away at this, watching and re-listening to Mike's videos ... Many thanks, Mike Mew - all the strength to you good man!
Very thorough explanation, but I'd really like to see a picture of where the tongue should rest. I hope the doctor can help me or please someone point me in the right direction. Thank you
Dr, Mew, you are a class act. I really believe that you are right. I think that when in my clinical practice, I will begin to encourage breast feeding as a therapeutic norm for good facial development ..
Thank you for this potentially life saving information.
It's funny how I've come across this information was because it bothered me to wonder what the "people of the land" - so to speak - did without modern dentistry. It always bothered me that we were expected to have dental problems and wisdom teeth removal and no one gave answers.
Well, I hope people will give this information a serious consideration since it will affect the future.
since i found dr mew in tmj problem free!! thank u. i owe u a lot..i suffered it since kids.. and just proper mewing through his videos back 5yrs ago..my life change a lot possitively...discerving for millions subscriber, love from Philippines💕
Bro can you tell me how jaw rest cause I don't know my jaw rest position anyone say teeths touch while resting other teeths don't touch while resting what should I do? Help me
Love Dr Mew, everything I learned from him is true to my experience. Brilliant work doctor!
I wish I could see this guy, he's so incredibly intelligent on this subject
I’ve started to take singing seriously over the last couple of years.
Found to have improper posture and weak facial muscles leading to constricted airways and crappy tone.
All of this matters.
More than we all realize.
Bright! I see family member grinding teeth when there is a respiratory infection. And this video explains this amazingly. Thank you!
Thank you for the information, it is great to see someone looking at this complex issue properly I have been doing a 15min hypnotherapy meditation before bed for a week now and it seems to be working relaxing the jaw - I have thrown out my mouth guards which i have been using for 15 years it was making it worse. I am trying to pick up the signs that trigger my jaw tightning and try to relax it during the day as well. It is such a difficult and expensive ordeal, thank you.
Dr Mew, could you make a video on what remedial solutions avaialble for ADULTS who had their teeth removed for braces?
Thanks, I will put it in the list of videos to make but you need to gain more tongue space and that will often require some form of intervention. This then opens up space and a lots of problems. Mike
Floating Bottle, you should check this out. claimingpower.com/mandibular-expansion-adults/
This individual expanded their jaws and then had teeth implants put in. I believe they were ceramic and so the issue of toxic materials shouldn't be an issue, but you should check the site yourself to be sure.
The before and after here is very interesting in my opinion. Obvious proof of expansion being possible in adults.
Gray are there any less invasive ways? I.e if the dental implants could be avoided ? I feel extraction has done enough damage to myself ... also what are your thought about dr Sam muslins ( in the us) veenlays?
As far as I'm aware, once the teeth have been removed there's very little that can be done to rectify that problem without implants. You can still expand your jaws and reap the health benefits obviously, but I'm really not familiar with the details of how that would go with the teeth missing. How many and which teeth did you have removed by the way? I'm guessing it's the back molars and the wisdom teeth, but I just want to check to be sure.
At any rate, I'm looking forward to seeing Dr Mew's video on this problem, it should be very interesting.
In regards to the venlay system, and please bear in mind I'm no professional in any way and my comments on it are just my personal opinion, but from what I can see it is cosmetic dentistry that bears in mind the importance of the relationship between the mandible and the jaw joint. That's a step up from most, but the big issue I can see is at no point do they mention the maxilla, which is a big deal in regards to treatment of facial problems and the jaw joint issues that this system claims to address.
Some of the before and afters have less prominent nasolabial folds as well, which indicates to me that the maxilla is being negatively affected by the treatment (I could be wrong on this but that is what I correlate a developed maxilla with,) but that could just be down to how hard the patients are smiling in the pictures and I can't make that claim for sure. Some of them do appear to have longer faces in the after pictures though, (it could just be subtle differences in the way the pictures are taken,) which in terms of our health is not a good sign.
My take on it is that any attempt at addressing these types of issues with this type of approach will be problematic if the oral posture and the maxilla aren't taken into account, but the results seem pretty good on the surface so you'll have to make you own judgement about it. I'd be very interested in hearing about how these patients health is 5-10 years after the treatment, because it's not always apparent right away what the effects might be.
For me personally, I'd be incredibly hesitant to spend that much money on a treatment that doesn't seem to consider all of the factors involved in our health and our appearance.
That's my thoughts on it, and I hope they help you.
wow, thank you for taking the time writing such response. I had 4 premolars extracted, two upper 4 and two lower 5,
to treat an 'overbite' (thankfully my wisdom teeth are still here), however the end results of my orthodontics treatment were terrible, I was left with extremely narrow dental arch, little space for the tongue, terrible TMJ, also my lower mandible has been pushed further back, pretty much every side effect that's been mentioned ...and yes I also understand where you coming from for the veenlays, especially been put off by the cost around $80K.
I am a dentist who has been operating a private dental clinic in Korea for over 30 years.
I try to express my thoughts that I have felt in the past. To grind the teeth, you have to bite hard.
In order to bite hard, some teeth must make an early contact with the teeth.Those teeth are molars, not the anterior teeth.
This is because you can not bite hard on your anterior teeth.The molar should fall forward to show premature contact.
In order for the molars to slope forward, the adjacent faces of the teeth must wear out.In order for the proximal surfaces of the molars to wear out, the molars must move in the buccal and lingual directions with the molars and neighboring molars in close contact with each other.
In other words, it is a state of group function.When the molars are tilted forward, the back of the tooth moves toward the occlusal plane,
This part acts as a premature contact during central occlusion.When the adjacent surfaces of the teeth are worn, the teeth are inclined not only toward the forward slope but also toward the tongue, so that the distobuccal cusp of the tooth moves most to the occlusal surface.During chewing, the cusps induce the lateral movement of the mandible and the continuous isometric contraction of the muscular muscles due to the contact of the molars causes unreasonable occlusal forces on the teeth, increased flow of the teeth, and disruption of the muscles.When you sleep at night, the patient will clench without you knowing. This is due to the action of muscles to induce isometric contraction and restore normal VD.
When sleep at night, the patient will grind the teeth.
It is the act of grinding teeth to remove premature contact areas.If the muscle has the maximum contraction distance, it enters the resting phase without any abnormal activity, but if the maximum contraction distance can not be secured for any reason, the activity is started to eliminate the cause.There are many factors that prevent the maximal contraction distance of the masticatory muscle.The teeth are erupted in the mixed dentition and interrupted until the occlusion is complete. When the tooth is pulled out, the tooth behind it is inclined forward and disturbed.It also occurs in permanent dentition, the wisdom tooth erupts and the tooth interferes with the opposing teeth.When a piece of cookie sticks to a tooth, this piece of cake prevents the muscle from ensuring maximum contraction distance before falling.Only natural teeth do not interfere with occlusion.The amalgam is interfering, so is the inlay, and so is the crown.Premature contact caused by the prosthesis interferes with the maximum contraction distance of the muscles, which leads to persistent clenching and bruxism.Occlusal stabilizers can make bruxism and clenching disappear.
If symptoms improve with the use of the device, you must find the cause and remove it, otherwise you will get another symptom.
홍성우 do u think braces can cuse bruxism? or is it temporary?
What do you suggest is the best treatment? I have been getting botox which seems to reduce the clenching but does not eliminate the grinding problem. Also, do you offer treatment in Korea for bruxism?
Great lecture, as usual. You did not mention grinding as a sympathetic response to OSA. Thoughts?
I'm 62 and have been Suffering from Bruxism since I age 12, Now I Suffer from Constant Tinnitus, worn and broken Molars, Headaches and eating disorders, I have tried Everything under the Sun to No Avail.
Hands down the best video on this subject. Thanks Dr. Mew!
Absolutely brilliant! Excellent information that I will put into practice. I have been doing physical therapy but your explanation of how the tongue and teeth should fit while at rest was super helpful. Thank you!
Hows it going?
Dr. Mike Mew and his father are not just theorists, they are revolutionists
Thank you for this video. I have suffered from bruxism for years. In have clenched my teeth so hard that I have broken 3 of my back teeth. I wake up with severe tooth pain. I will definitely be trying this asap.
did it change your face? how did you deal with it
The swallowing is driving me
damn near insanity😵😤
Am I the only one?😭😭
He's definitely a mouth breather maybe asthmatic or something
About 1 month ago I started Mewing and Wim Hof breathing and gum chewing. My sinus breathing opened immediately and improved in terms of smoothness, flow rate and expansion capacity immensely during this time.
As a Medical Qigong Energy Therapist
I incorporated other body release methods as needed.
It has taken breathing, meditation, energy flow and more to whole new level and I am beginning to incorporate Mewing into my work with clients.
In qigong we teach in most cases to keep the tip of the tongue in the pocket behind the upper teeth. In retrospect I am seriously questioning if this ancient teaching needs to be updated given the diet and other issues you discuss. I am preparing to start a discussion around this topic in the near future and would like permission to with proper credit use some of your before and after photos to help me present the teaching.
Also are there any cases where where mewing might be contraindicated?
I am extremely interested in evolving your family teachings to incorporate this incredible facial posture concept into whole body healing and energy based posture work. I sense a synergy can be very effective to facilitate the embodied integration of Mewing.
He should have million subscribers
I really with I could have seen this years ago. You really saved my life. Thanks, Doctor Mew.
I put up with bruxism for 30 years using only a night guard. I thought it was just my personality. I misplaced my night guard last week and my teeth got caught on my back up night guard so that I am in excruciating pain. I have to find another solution. Now I don’t believe it is just my personality and will be working to correct it. Thanks for the information.
It's very interesting, I think very few people have done research like that, and I will talk to my cranial osteopath, and my dentist of it... but, ... with my apologies, the microphone is placed too near the larynx and mouth and brings us all kinds of strange (not very pleasant) sounds of swallowing, breathing and nasal or percussive vowels, and that makes this long video difficult to listen to. It would have been necessary to put a filter in front of the microphone to avoid all these "explosive" sounds.
What a nice explanation. I totally agree with putting tongue on the top to cure bruxism as it acts as an antagonist plus it also gets the maxilla forward which also enhances forward growth of jaw and helps cure tmd.
P.S. You seem to be working out both your jaw and your tongue out a lot. The results are great! Congrats for your lower face.
I really hope you don’t lose your license I really want to come and see you one day to examine what could possibly be going wrong in my jaw
Simply amazing! I really hope you continue making videos like this. This kind of information is what actually convinces me there is hope for me getting over my clenching. When I understand the mechanics behind the problem, most, if not all, anxiety disappear surrounding it.
Many thanks
Mr Mew, will a retainer prevent the widening of the dental arch (should i get them removed)?
Interesting point and one that I've been asked many times and one that I will try to make a video post on soon. I cannot advise you to do this as you could sue me if your alignment deteriorated after stopping, however if you have perfected your oral posture and function then in therapy yes. Mike
Orthotropics Thank you for responding and considering addressing this question in a future video
John Rambo I had the same question and assumed the answer was yes. I had permanent retainers on both arches but recently had the top arch removed and got temporary retainers instead
I have a retainer on my incisors and canines. Will it prevent expansion of palate?
Bill Hang has a video suggesting that clenching for more than 4 hours a day leads to forward mandibular growth. It would be interesting if you could explain why this happens. I have an undeveloped maxilla but a jutting mandible, so this video gives me some helpful advice to rectify my issues. Many thanks.
Dr. Mew can Tinnitus be a symptom of Bruxism?
Great video, but I have to say, your mouth noises are making me crazy.
I have just chipped my front tooth again after getting a bonding done on it a month ago (and another bonding job 5 months before that). Dentists, please do not take your frustrations out on your patient when you have on their record that they have PTSD as the cause of the problem. You only succeed and in aggravating their PTSD and increasing the likelihood of them seeing you again much sooner than before.
You're so true in the end about the climate of scientific discussion