Ryan Broderick

This profile may have been John Mu's introduction to a mainstream audience, but he'd been at it for quite a while. The first time Mu's ideas were shared in public life was actually a 1981 article in the British Dental Journal.

This profile may have been John Mu's introduction to a mainstream audience, but he'd been at it for quite a while. The first time Mu's ideas were shared in public life was actually a 1981 article in the British Dental Journal.

This profile may have been John Mu's introduction to a mainstream audience, but he'd been at it for quite a while. The first time Mu's ideas were shared in public life was actually a 1981 article in the British Dental Journal.

It is roundly condemned and left away by the dentistry establishment.

It is roundly condemned and left away by the dentistry establishment.

It is roundly condemned and left away by the dentistry establishment.

And so this is basically, like, the same way there's people who would tell you, like, you don't need vaccines, you just need, like, fresh air or whatever. Like, this guy is anti-establishment, but for... Like this guy is like, there's a better, more natural, more holistic way to have straight teeth.

And so this is basically, like, the same way there's people who would tell you, like, you don't need vaccines, you just need, like, fresh air or whatever. Like, this guy is anti-establishment, but for... Like this guy is like, there's a better, more natural, more holistic way to have straight teeth.

And so this is basically, like, the same way there's people who would tell you, like, you don't need vaccines, you just need, like, fresh air or whatever. Like, this guy is anti-establishment, but for... Like this guy is like, there's a better, more natural, more holistic way to have straight teeth.

Yeah, so this is from the orthotropics.com website all about this idea. So, soft food weakened our jaw muscles. The indoor living encouraged allergies while early weaning created abnormal tongue habits. And orthotropists believe that these distort the jaws and teeth. Orthodontists, on the other hand, believe that badly shaped jaws are inherited and concentrate on straightening the teeth

Yeah, so this is from the orthotropics.com website all about this idea. So, soft food weakened our jaw muscles. The indoor living encouraged allergies while early weaning created abnormal tongue habits. And orthotropists believe that these distort the jaws and teeth. Orthodontists, on the other hand, believe that badly shaped jaws are inherited and concentrate on straightening the teeth

Yeah, so this is from the orthotropics.com website all about this idea. So, soft food weakened our jaw muscles. The indoor living encouraged allergies while early weaning created abnormal tongue habits. And orthotropists believe that these distort the jaws and teeth. Orthodontists, on the other hand, believe that badly shaped jaws are inherited and concentrate on straightening the teeth

by mechanical means using wires and brackets. They often extract some teeth to make room for others and use surgery to reposition jaws. Orthotropists believe that malocclusion is a biological problem which should be treated naturally, not by mechanics and surgery.

by mechanical means using wires and brackets. They often extract some teeth to make room for others and use surgery to reposition jaws. Orthotropists believe that malocclusion is a biological problem which should be treated naturally, not by mechanics and surgery.

by mechanical means using wires and brackets. They often extract some teeth to make room for others and use surgery to reposition jaws. Orthotropists believe that malocclusion is a biological problem which should be treated naturally, not by mechanics and surgery.

I should say, we reached out to the Muse Clinic for comment. We didn't hear back. As always, when I encounter an idea that's strange to me, I find myself wondering why it speaks to so many other people. The Muse family alternative theories of dentistry, I want to acknowledge a lot of it sounds very strange. Parts of it sound cruel.

I should say, we reached out to the Muse Clinic for comment. We didn't hear back. As always, when I encounter an idea that's strange to me, I find myself wondering why it speaks to so many other people. The Muse family alternative theories of dentistry, I want to acknowledge a lot of it sounds very strange. Parts of it sound cruel.

I should say, we reached out to the Muse Clinic for comment. We didn't hear back. As always, when I encounter an idea that's strange to me, I find myself wondering why it speaks to so many other people. The Muse family alternative theories of dentistry, I want to acknowledge a lot of it sounds very strange. Parts of it sound cruel.

I'm certainly not here to suggest you ask your dentist for advice about which hard foods to feed your toddler or where to source a head strap with a spike in it. But some fringe ideas take hold because mainstream science refuses to entertain tricky questions that ordinary people really wonder about. And here's a genuinely good question the orthotropists love to ask. It goes like this.

I'm certainly not here to suggest you ask your dentist for advice about which hard foods to feed your toddler or where to source a head strap with a spike in it. But some fringe ideas take hold because mainstream science refuses to entertain tricky questions that ordinary people really wonder about. And here's a genuinely good question the orthotropists love to ask. It goes like this.