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Mike Mew BDS, MSc — Craniofacial Dystrophy: Modern Melting Faces

Mike Mew B.D.S., M.Sc., presenting at the Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 (AHS12) Craniofacial Dystrophy: Modern Melting Faces Abstract: Thirty percent of the population of most western countries have some form of orthodontic treatment - some with major jaw surgery - for a condition that, based on skeletal records, did not appear until modern times. In some situations, this change has happened in one generation and mirrors many ENT conditions, jaw joint problems, sleep apnoea and snoring, in having a poorly understood aetiology or cure. The concept of Craniofacial Dystrophy is one that attempts to relate all these issues as a syndrome and suggests that faces have changed shape due to environmental influences and that the functions of the face are affected by these changes. It is suggested that this has been overlooked by specialists working in isolation to each other, avoiding fundamental questions that may bring uncomfortable change to their profession. Treatments tend to be symptomatic and within orthodontics it is suggested that we are treating a condition of the environment as if it were genetic and when viewed as a syndrome, these treatments may be causing more harm than good. Dr Mew has challenged the orthodontic profession to a debate on the cause of crooked teeth, for if we don't know what causes a problem it is unlikely that we will be able to cure it. Bio: Dr .Mike Mew, B.D.S., M.Sc., a third generation orthodontist, is a free thinker and questions why we need mechanical intervention, with retention, to achieve well aligned teeth, which was natural for all our ancestors their entire lives. His interest is the environment's influence on malocclusion and facial shape.