“It is scandalous to think that 20% of the population will die early on account of airway, jaw and facial ailments, most of which could so easily have been prevented”

So, is this really true?

Campaigning

The dental and medical professions are fragmented into numerous different disciplines, many of which are resistant to change. Without reform the damage to people’s health will continue.

Fund Raising

Our volunteers and donors help us drive the change that is desperately needed, through publicity, through lobbying and where necessary through helping to fund high-profile cases in the courts.

Challenging

Unless challenged the professions will continue with lucrative, but often ineffective treatments, rather than the simple, inexpensive orthodontic and public health measures that could easily reduce or prevent the ailments altogether.

‘Mewing’ is a phenomenon that has taken off globally and is now practiced by millions of people worldwide that are experiencing real improvements in health and appearance resulting from improved oral and facial posture.

1. Crooked teeth, sleep apnoea, and jaw joint problem are
   predominantly the result of your environment and lifestyle,
   not genetics.
2. Crooked teeth, or malocclusion, is a symptom of poor
   craniofacial growth, not an independent disease.
3. The three-dimensional collapse or retraction of the
   maxillae (as described by Craniofacial Dystrophy) leads to
   malocclusion and a reduction in the breathing spaces
   within and behind the maxillae.
4. With or without extractions, modern orthodontics can, at
   times, be retractive.
5. A reduced or insufficient airway is implicated in sleep
   apnoea, which has been shown to impair cognitive and
   neurological development and reduce life expectancy.
6. It is not acceptable for the orthodontic speciality to openly
   admit that it does not understand the cause of the problem
   and not to fully engage in full, free and fair debate on this
   issue.
7. Before starting treatment, orthodontic providers should
   explain the possible side effects of retraction.
8. Faces that grow fully forward (opposite of Craniofacial
   Dystrophy) have space for all their teeth, fewer of these
   ailments, and look attractive.
9. Patients lack adequate information on other less popular
   treatment approaches to make informed choices, in
   particular, prior to maxillofacial surgery.
10. Crooked teeth, malocclusion, sleep apnoea, and TMJ
    dysfunction could be reduced or prevented by simple,
    public health measures (or at times inexpensive
    orthodontic procedures).