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Dr Mew doesn't claim that orthodontics don't work, he points out they are expensive and lucrative, and he claims that if we maintain a "jaw healthy" diet from childhood, orthodontic problems will be much less prevalent in the population (this is a related but independent claim from the "mewing" regimen) He says that the evidence is found by comparing modern jaws/bites with historical skulls which show there has been a dramatic "20th century" emergence of orthodontic problems which would indicate a developmental issue rather than a genetic one.

I don't know if he is correct or not, but it's a claim that can be independently measured/verified. Instead of using and publishing such sound science, the orthodontia community is using "cancellation" against him which certainly matches the lucrative aspect, though doesn't provide direct evidence.






Well, can you link us to the best scientific evidence that he's not full of shit instead of just saying he's being "cancelled"?

Please no more blog posts or journal articles.


you sound angry, science is best conducted from a neutral POV

I've listened to his evidence, repeated it clearly here for you, and am aware of no counterevidence.

there is nothing wrong with calling his license revocation over this precise topic "cancellation"; cancellation is a more precise term than "full of shit" which could refer to constipation.

You don't seem curious to learn, the hallmark of HN's ethos.




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