Mewing for about 6 days now and I find it very hard to keep the teeth even slightly touching. I keep them slightly apart as default, I only force the position of the tongue, the lips are always sealed, but the teeth are slightly apart. Should I force my teeth to touch or leave it as it is currently?
Leave it as is. Eventually you should be able to have them "slightly touching" but it is beyond inadvisable to clench your teeth in order to make them "touch", during the initial stages of development, that is what is required to make them touch. It's a very bad idea for them to be in direct contact this early on.
And if you have had extractions or orthodontic work where teeth were moved, touching teeth can be counterproductive since you continue to reinforce (literally) the unideal maxilla position.
I had two teeth extracted in the bottom so for me to get my entire tongue on the palate I have to jut my jaw since my lower arch sits too deep inside my upper.
The proper resting position as agreed upon by most experts is teeth not touching and the jaw being still lightly tensed in one position. This means no mouth breathing nor clenching. I see most people with good oral posture and facial development have their teeth touching about as much as the pic attached (aka only front teeth)
Many good looking people with good jaw and face development seem to have a bit of a slack.
And if you have had extractions or orthodontic work where teeth were moved, touching teeth can be counterproductive since you continue to reinforce (literally) the unideal maxilla position.
I had two teeth extracted in the bottom so for me to get my entire tongue on the palate I have to jut my jaw since my lower arch sits too deep inside my upper.
The proper resting position as agreed upon by most experts is teeth not touching and the jaw being still lightly tensed in one position. This means no mouth breathing nor clenching. I see most people with good oral posture and facial development have their teeth touching about as much as the pic attached (aka only front teeth)
Many good looking people with good jaw and face development seem to have a bit of a slack.
totally agree with that my teeth started to tip inwards at the underarch
but keep the teeth in touch also while swallowing?
The reason why is because you shot your maxilla up. It likely won't come down... if your situation is anything like mine. STOP MEWING! It's called a skeletal open bite. I would consider getting some splints to relieve the muscular tension... as thin as you possibly can. DON'T chew hard foods. Don't Mew. I know this sounds hard.. but see.. you're lucky that you pay attention and have only been doing this for a short period of time. If you can try to refind your tongues natural position, that is a good idea. :-) The way I did this is to talk and then stop. Unfortunately, even doing Mewing for a short period of time can and does cause long term damage to people. YouTube doesn't care. I've reported & NOTHING. Anyway, there's a post here I previously posted on how to report a video as damaging. This Maverick guy on YouTube is really out of control & must be stopped. Eventually there will be some treatments to help... Grade the splints down. It is important to see that the bottom teeth are allowed to move freely. I just went to Walmart and got a little sports mouthguard that I flattened the heck out of (didn't want to create a bigger bite). I put it between my teeth. It helped for the first little bit... tried a bunch of stuff and nothing so far has helped... BUT! I just thought of something I'm going to try. Will let you know how it goes.
@t3nace I have stumbled on some good news for you! I was thinking how to bring down a highly placed maxilla... to counter the negative effects of Mewing you and I both experienced. You are in a much better position than me to address this, though, since it has been less time. Here’s what I tried & what I may recommend trying. First you muct understand a little about maxilla angulation. My guess is you did some gum or other clenching. This can be very bad! The back part of the maxilla shoots up...and this causes the front part to sort of angle down (this is oversimplifying as there are many more complex elements)... but basically... this is what I did to a varying level of success. First, it should be known that many different people have many different types of bones - density, flexibility, compressability... so I am going to assume that since it’s been less than a week that your bones are more adjustable. Now... before I share what I did, you must understand Some very important things. First off, there is a section between your front two teeth that should align with your nose. This is called the midline. You will want to keep this under your nose. Additionally, there is such a thing called a cant Or canted to smile. Basically, this is just the level of your teeth. You will want to keep this horizontal in comparison to your face. Additionally, the far back molars are highly reflected in the positioning of your eyes. If one side is higher in the back, that side usually will have a higher or more protrusive eyeball. Lastly, the difference between the midline and the edge of your far back molars on the top should be symmetrical. If they are not, this also affects the eye placement. Basically, if you take an invisible vertical line And drop it straight down from your pupils, Then the top part of your palate Will dictate how the eye is placed. This is calculated by an offset of height between the supported height of the eyeball and the top most portion of the maxilla. For example, if you look at people with down syndrome, they do not have much tongue power, so they get highly arched. If you drop a Vertical down from the pupil, you will see that there is not much support from the upper portion of the maxilla. This is relative to the highest portion. Additionally, sometimes people who do Mewing End up with circles under their eyes that are lower. This is from the anterior or more forward portion of the maxilla lacking height, Relative to the back portion. You will find this with those who place their tongue primarily in the back portion. A Few things I missed: The very back part of the last upper molars will also affect the eyes. If one side is placed or pulled more forward, Then that side it has less eye support. This is similar to those who have their wisdom teeth pulled. Their eyes tend to sink back. Additionally, if somebody developed a canted arch on the maxilla, You will see this reflected in the bite of the lower teeth. For example, if someone has a cant Where the right side is lower, then the right side usually will also be lower on the mandible. Additionally, Bone may be reshaped from a vertical to a more horizontal development. You see this with pronounced cheekbones. People who Mew, displace Their skeletal structure to a higher more outward positioning. Sometimes the cheekbones go a little wild. If your cheekbones have gone pretty wild, being able to lower the back portion of the maxilla Will be very challenging. Any type of face modification that is done by hand or tongue is highly dangerous and is likely to throw off any and all of the aforementioned variables. I’m not just saying that. This is not just to cover my bum. This is legit. With that said, here is what I personally did and the results that I got. My cheekbones went wild with mewing. I developed a skeletal open bite and a deep bite. I noticed that my cheeks were pretty crazy. I decided to lightly push them back in. Anytime you push inward It is very very very very very very very very very important to be light. Getting bent in bone to come back out is potentially irreversible. Additionally, pushing inward From displaced cheeks can cause eye pressure, and vision damage. Therefore, I pushed DOWN and in very lightly for just a couple seconds and waited several days. If you were not a spacial person, I would look for a pressure point person who deals with TMD In your area. Apparently these people exist. This threw off many variables from above and I had to respond by additional face pulling And small minor Adjustments along the way. I hesitate even writing this because sometimes people may get an idea and then they push really hard and then they end up really in a bad shape and this is happened before where people have pushed inward on their face and it has caused serious problems and even in their walk even in their head tilt even in their mental health. there are so many connections. Let me liken this to a warning in Mexico where a sign said on the slide to not go headfirst and my American friend went headfirst and they hit their head really hard and they thought wow this is a real warning. My warning is a real warning. OK, so once I got my cheekbones back in a little I expected that my back part of my mag Zila would come down… If it did it didn’t come down much. Here is what I did just yesterday that helped me. I created a section hold with the midportion of my tongue to the mid to back portion of my Maxillary palate. Using this section hold, I pulled it down the best that I could. Surprisingly, this did drop one side. Now I have a cant And I’ve been working to drop the other side. I recommend that if this be done that it be done close to bedtime. Any gains of dropping the back portion of the maxillary molars - well really complex - Can be offset by chewing food right after. Although I was symmetrically able to push my maxila upward,I have not been successfully able to bring it back down In a symmetrical manner as of yet. I am working on that, however, my bite is nearly touching in a comfortable manner so I’m really excited about that!
