Most orthodontists are taught how to use fixed appliances and few know about Orthotropics.
Orthotropics can create better facial results than conventional orthodontics.
This new site is to meet the increasing demand for teaching and provision of Orthotropics.
The Orthotropics Registry is of practitioners around the world that share this philosophy.
Introduction by John Mew
This is to introduce our new site. It has different sections for Dentists – Orthodontists – Myotherapists – Dental technicians – Parents of young children – Teenagers and mewers – over 21s – and people who have been told they need jaw surgery. It also contains information about what goes right or wrong to the growth of the face and jaws – and tells the story of how different people at different times have provided different ideas – cures.
It also teaches how Orthotropics works and how to use the four stages to cure almost all facial problems at any age. The register lists specialists Myotherapists, and technicians as well as those clinicians who are qualified because they can achieve over 15mm of forward growth. Supporters can also join and be listed for £10 this donation is saved separately purely to help selected patients gain redress for poor treatment.
We are planning to add two Forums, one for professionals and the other for lay people to ask questions and to help each other. The site will also list major events and meetings.
Practitioners can join the registry here:
Gnathiometer
The Gnathiometer is a FREE online tool for registered practitioners to accurately measure forward growth.
Forward Growth Orthotropics
Attractive Faces
Orthodontists have been straightening teeth for over one hundred years but have paid little attention to the appearance of the face which they believe can not be changed. Orthotropists believe that you can alter facial appearance and find room for crowded teeth without extractions or surgery. See the examples below.
In 1988 at the second annual symposium of the International Association of Facial Growth Guidance in Fort Worth, Texas, its mission statement was agreed as:
“This association represents all those clinicians and technicians who believe that ideal growth of the face and jaws is dependent on correct oral posture. Correct posture is defined as ‘the tongue resting against the palate, with the lips sealed and the teeth in or near contact”.
Orthotropic treatment requires a full understanding of the technique which needs considerable skill. All members listed on this site understand the philosophy and most of the clinicians can obtain as much as 10 millimetres of forward growth but only the qualified members have demonstrated that they can achieve more than 15 millimetres of forward growth. 25 to 30 millimetres will provide outstanding facial and dental results.
