Do these biomechanics cause 'root resorption'?

Clearly no. And they might even reverse it.

A few people have asked me recently if Reviv can cause root resorption.

And as i’d never really gotten that question before i was curious as to why all of a sudden I got the question more than once.

Because in my view this process very clearly does not lead to root resorption and rather likely does the opposite.

After some digging I found out why.

Another looksmaxxing influencer spreading misinformation about us.

So today i’m going to lay down the facts.

What is root resorption?

Root resorption is basically when your tooth roots start to dissolve or get eaten away. Think of it like your body deciding to cannibalize its own tooth structure from the inside out.

If you look at the image above… it’s basically going from A to B over time.

There are two main types. External root resorption happens when cells called osteoclasts start breaking down the root surface from the outside. Internal root resorption is when the breakdown happens from within the root canal itself.

Now your body doesn't just randomly decide to start destroying perfectly healthy tooth roots. There's always a reason. Usually it's because there's some kind of mechanical stress or trauma that triggers an inflammatory response.

And when I say mechanical stress, I'm talking about forces that are either too strong, applied in the wrong direction, or sustained for too long. Your teeth are designed to handle certain types and amounts of force. When you exceed those parameters... problems start.

The conventional dental world will tell you it's just "one of those things that happens sometimes." But that's bs in my book. I think there's always a biomechanical reason behind it.

Root resorption is common in orthodontics

Orthodontics is by far the biggest driver of root resorption and there is TONS of research out there that iterates this fact. Just google.

Root resorption shows up in orthodontic patients at alarming rates. We're talking anywhere from 15-100% of patients depending on the study and how they're measuring it. Some studies show that nearly every single person who gets braces will have at least some degree of root resorption.

Why? Because orthodontics is fundamentally about applying artificial forces to move teeth into positions they weren't naturally designed to be in.

Think about it this way... when you put braces on someone, you're forcing teeth to move through bone using continuous mechanical pressure. The orthodontist is essentially playing God with forces that took millions of years of evolution to perfect.

And most orthodontists will downplay this risk or act like it's no big deal. "Oh, a little root shortening is normal." Normal? Really? Since when is your body eating its own tooth structure considered normal?

The roots get resorbed because the body is essentially trying to adapt to an unnatural situation. It's like your biology is saying "these roots are too long for where these teeth are positioned now" and starts dissolving them to match the new (artificial) positioning.

Dr. John Mew was pointing this out for many years

Someone passed me this post above by the late Dr. John Mew recently and I loved it.

John was calling out the truth that the orthodontic industry tries to bury.

But we do disagree a little bit. He says that it is ok to use ‘light’ force of 1-2 grams per tooth. I even think that is wrong.

The teeth need to move with the skull in my book. And you always focus on fixing the skull while the teeth just ‘go for the ride’.

Mouthguards have never been shown to cause root resorption

Now this is where I want to address the elephant in the room.

Myobrace has been around for decades now since 1989 and there is no evidence of root resorption.

We're talking about thousands and thousands of patients treated by hundreds of dentists with Myobrace. If these appliances were causing root resorption at any meaningful rate, we'd know about it by now. The research would be screaming from the rooftops.

Here is what Chatgpt says.

Why don’t appliances like Myobrace and Reviv cause root resorption?

Because in my view they focus on fixing the skull and not moving the teeth.

The mouthguard serves as a sort of ‘doorjam’ that prevents the jaw from closing and as a result the soft tissue inside the mouth and around the skull stretches.

This stretch ‘inflates’ the skull like a balloon and as a result the cranial bones move outwards and into better alignment.

The teeth ‘go for the ride’.

So the teeth are going where the natural forces of the skull, which is getting healthier, wants them.

I have a feeling these biomechanics even reverse root resorption

Now this is not something I have been tracking so it is more of a hypothesis… but all i can say is that the health and cleanliness of my teeth only improve with this mouthguard process.

That is what I have consistently seen everytime I improved for years and many others in our Skool community are now echoing the same thing.

And if the teeth are getting healthier it is only logical that the root is probably also getting healthier.

So I would not be surprised that if you had some root resorption from orthodontics.. that perhaps this process reverses that damage.

Is there going to be literature proving that? Probably not yet. But I still l have a feeling i’m going to be right.

Closing thoughts

If you’ve been reading my stuff for awhile you should be noticing a pattern.

The biomechanics stretch things outwards and let nature’s natural design for us do the rest.

The skull, skeleton and jaw move the way these forces guide them and come into better alignment.

The teeth move with these forces and align better and get cleaner over time.

And so it would seem really odd that while all of these good things are happening.. your teeth roots are worsening. No?

It would fall outside of the pattern.

And that is because it is clearly not the case in my view.

Regardless of what some young looksmaxxing influencer wants to say ;)