Balance the Evidence

View the clips below for an explanation on Natural Growth Guidance. Some of the many lectures that John Mew has delivered over recent years. Dispatches

Orthotropic® results may be considered best by patients and dentists but it is not popular with orthodontists because of the prolonged treatment and greater commitment

Orthotropics® requires many years extra training; also guiding growth is more complex and takes longer than extractions and mechanics. The success of treatment is largely dependent

Sadly orthodontic research has been widely criticised for its poor quality. As a result there is little agreement between orthodontists about which methods are best.

Orthotropics can achieve much greater changes to the shape of the face than other current method, but this also raises a moral issue. Is it fair for

If the front teeth ‘stick out’ more than eight millimetres many orthodontists consider surgery inevitable. However Orthotropics® can correct most of these if they are

Fortunately Orthotropics® can move bones ten or more millimetres (see several examples on this site) but for this the child must be young and dentists

Showing how the face improves if the oral posture is corrected. Orthodontics with train Tracks can not achieve results like this. Orthotropics® uses removable appliances which

Few parents realize how malleable the facial bones of a six-year-old child are and how quickly things like ‘leaving the mouth open’ or ‘sucking the

Research judged by the Public and Dentists’ showed the improvement on the face and teeth using the Orthotropic method was ‘highly significant’ in comparison to