Following your blog, it actually shocks me how stupid and primitive the dental industry is.
I mean, come on, dentistry has been around for thousands of years. Modern day dentists are supposed to be relatively smart, high IQ people. How difficult is it to figure out that changes in the dental structure will also impact the rest of the skull, if not the neck and spine? You would think, after studying the anatomy, after years of seeing how clients respond to their treatments, after looking at thousands of jaws, teeth and the accompanying bone and facial structure, that they would make the connection. The jaw at least doesn't directly attach to the neck and spine, so I can give some leeway if they don't see a connection there. But the skull? Doesn't the entire skull rest on top of the jaw? If you just look at the photo of a skull, its blatant that adjustments to the jaw structure will likely translate to shifts in the skull structure.
The cosmetic industry, I get that its a high-risk high-reward industry. I assume that there is an unspoken expectation that there are risks in the cosmetic surgery and cosmeticians are relatively upfront about it. But people go to dentists thinking that the dentists know best, but the dentists don't even seem to consider what is blatant and obvious and in-your-face. Its actually another metaphor for how disconnected modern society is - they don't even grasp the connection between the jaw and the skull and think that you can fiddle with one without affecting the other, as if you could shift the foundations of a building without impacting the stability of the structure.
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I was thinking more about how the mouthguard works in relation to 'opening' the body. And I realised, vertical movement of the jaw is very natural. In fact, during times of relaxation, our jaw moves vertically. When we sigh with relief, the jaw drops down gently. When we yawn, our jaw stretches maximally, opening the mouth and body as much as possible. When we cry, when we laugh, when we verbally express ourselves, the jaw moves vertically. So the jaw is *made* to move and open vertically. Not horizontally.
Horizontal stretch? WTF? The jaw is not made to move or stretch horizontally. At most, our mouth and lips stretch horizontally when we smile, but that is mostly a movement of the muscles, not the jaw and bone.
There is some really barbaric and stupid people out there. Hey, this person has a narrow mouth, why don't we just force it wide open. Hey the bridge arch is too narrow, why don't we expand it so that bigger ships can pass below it? Maybe we can compress a person's skull and they will think just fine.
I can't personally attest to Reviv as I have no experience with mouthguards and have mostly avoided going to the dentist (always had a natural aversion to them which seems like a healthy instinct). But I can see that the jaw moves up and down vertically, so a mouthguard that "adds vertical height" doesn't seem that problematic as we are 'playing' along the natural lines and structure of the body.
But after thinking through and seeing the video of how the invisaligner changed the occlusion of the teeth, I can easily imagine how the skull structure could be all messed up once you mess with the teeth and the jaw. The front of the skull rests on top of the upper and lower jaw. If you move the bone structure around, which is what happens when one attempts to realign the teeth or jaw structure, everything that rests above will also shift accordingly. It seems like many attempted teeth alignments result in the 'sides' of the jaw flattening downwards. Thus, the sides of the skull which rest on the jaw will similarly be translated downwards. The general effect of this is that the "upper" front-skull collapses downwards which generally has a 'narrowing' effect on the face and compresses the skull downwards. The back of the skull is similarly 'pulled' along, resulting in the poor side-profile that often results.
Of course, how the body structure changes depends entirely on the nature of the dental work done, the body's natural structure, the person's body-intelligence-awareness.
Now if one has very strong body awareness, it may be that their body naturally recognises this dysfunctional alignment and may spontaneously correct it. After all, this dyssmetry is surely uncomfortable for the body, and if the person has enough body-awareness and intelligence to allow their body to self-correct, the misalignment can be avoided or corrected. But most people are probably incapable of this, and thus, are simply pulled along 'downwards'.
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Now what happens if, instead of 'pulling down' the skull, we 'push it up'? Then the entire portion of the skull that rests on the jaw is 'raised up'. It seems possible that the brain might have more 'room' to breath and space 'on top'. Of course, its not necessarily 'the higher the better', but if one's alignment is 'too low' to begin with, then a vertical correction would definitely be helpful.
That's why I think the 'complete' solution in fact lies with body-awareness. When one gains very strong body-awareness, they will be able to allow their body to self-correct to its optimal alignment.
So how can we move this 'alignment' upwards in a way that makes natural, intuitive sense and logic?
Besides the reviv mouthguard principles you outlined, I got to thinking what else could be possibly helpful.
And the one exercise I thought of that struck me was 'yawning'. Yawning seems like quite a spontaneous body-expression to relieve itself. After yawning, there is generally a sense of relief and relaxation and the world seems to open up and come 'alive' a little bit more. And notice how wide the entire mouth and jaw opens itself, stretching and expanding itself maximally outwards. So I tried yawning a few times, and as I did that, I noticed how the yawning "stretched" all the different tight spots along not just the face and jaw, but even the neck and shoulder lines, the ears, the throat, the suboccipitals all stretched out.
Still, with my own body-awareness, there is one particular 'type' of stretch that my own body wants to focus on which is the right-suboccipital. Everyone will have their own particular stretches that their body wants to focus on as their main place of tension. General exercises will help some more than others, since the general exercises will target areas of tension that are specific to some but not others. In this way, I think Reviv will be particularly helpful to victims of dentistry, as it focuses on fixing the part of the body-mechanic that has most likely been most 'messed up' by orthodontics.
When I was younger, before getting my braces, I had a MARPA. Unfortunately, it had to be removed because instead of expanding outward to create more space, it started pushing inward. The pressure was so strong that it caused a wound on my upper palate — the metal was actually growing into the tissue, and it was incredibly painful.
Além de ignorar a biomecânica não é a única causa da assimetria, mas acho que também focar em um só ponto do palato. O correto é igual a língua que aplica em toda área.
Não vi você falando sobre isso, mas o que faz o crânio expandir não é a língua? Se você tira a trava que é o o tecido mole apertando o crânio, a língua pode fazer o trabalho dela, certo? O que me diz sobre isso?
Is there any healthy sustainable way to improve the speed of expansion or the outcome in general with the reviv? You talked about some stretching exercises some time ago ? What do you think about jaw training by chewing on something hard or a gadget for that purpose? And why tf does everybody and their grandma nowadays have a narrow and crooked jaw ? I hate that and I want that symmetric gigachad jaw for me, my future children and everyone really.
sorry i missed this earlier. Yes i put some stretches i call the 'fast method' in our community.
Chewing on something hard is fine if your teeth are unlocked. But if they come together in a fixed position you are just reinforcing your current structure.
Following your blog, it actually shocks me how stupid and primitive the dental industry is.
I mean, come on, dentistry has been around for thousands of years. Modern day dentists are supposed to be relatively smart, high IQ people. How difficult is it to figure out that changes in the dental structure will also impact the rest of the skull, if not the neck and spine? You would think, after studying the anatomy, after years of seeing how clients respond to their treatments, after looking at thousands of jaws, teeth and the accompanying bone and facial structure, that they would make the connection. The jaw at least doesn't directly attach to the neck and spine, so I can give some leeway if they don't see a connection there. But the skull? Doesn't the entire skull rest on top of the jaw? If you just look at the photo of a skull, its blatant that adjustments to the jaw structure will likely translate to shifts in the skull structure.
The cosmetic industry, I get that its a high-risk high-reward industry. I assume that there is an unspoken expectation that there are risks in the cosmetic surgery and cosmeticians are relatively upfront about it. But people go to dentists thinking that the dentists know best, but the dentists don't even seem to consider what is blatant and obvious and in-your-face. Its actually another metaphor for how disconnected modern society is - they don't even grasp the connection between the jaw and the skull and think that you can fiddle with one without affecting the other, as if you could shift the foundations of a building without impacting the stability of the structure.
***
I was thinking more about how the mouthguard works in relation to 'opening' the body. And I realised, vertical movement of the jaw is very natural. In fact, during times of relaxation, our jaw moves vertically. When we sigh with relief, the jaw drops down gently. When we yawn, our jaw stretches maximally, opening the mouth and body as much as possible. When we cry, when we laugh, when we verbally express ourselves, the jaw moves vertically. So the jaw is *made* to move and open vertically. Not horizontally.
Horizontal stretch? WTF? The jaw is not made to move or stretch horizontally. At most, our mouth and lips stretch horizontally when we smile, but that is mostly a movement of the muscles, not the jaw and bone.
There is some really barbaric and stupid people out there. Hey, this person has a narrow mouth, why don't we just force it wide open. Hey the bridge arch is too narrow, why don't we expand it so that bigger ships can pass below it? Maybe we can compress a person's skull and they will think just fine.
I can't personally attest to Reviv as I have no experience with mouthguards and have mostly avoided going to the dentist (always had a natural aversion to them which seems like a healthy instinct). But I can see that the jaw moves up and down vertically, so a mouthguard that "adds vertical height" doesn't seem that problematic as we are 'playing' along the natural lines and structure of the body.
But after thinking through and seeing the video of how the invisaligner changed the occlusion of the teeth, I can easily imagine how the skull structure could be all messed up once you mess with the teeth and the jaw. The front of the skull rests on top of the upper and lower jaw. If you move the bone structure around, which is what happens when one attempts to realign the teeth or jaw structure, everything that rests above will also shift accordingly. It seems like many attempted teeth alignments result in the 'sides' of the jaw flattening downwards. Thus, the sides of the skull which rest on the jaw will similarly be translated downwards. The general effect of this is that the "upper" front-skull collapses downwards which generally has a 'narrowing' effect on the face and compresses the skull downwards. The back of the skull is similarly 'pulled' along, resulting in the poor side-profile that often results.
Of course, how the body structure changes depends entirely on the nature of the dental work done, the body's natural structure, the person's body-intelligence-awareness.
Now if one has very strong body awareness, it may be that their body naturally recognises this dysfunctional alignment and may spontaneously correct it. After all, this dyssmetry is surely uncomfortable for the body, and if the person has enough body-awareness and intelligence to allow their body to self-correct, the misalignment can be avoided or corrected. But most people are probably incapable of this, and thus, are simply pulled along 'downwards'.
***
Now what happens if, instead of 'pulling down' the skull, we 'push it up'? Then the entire portion of the skull that rests on the jaw is 'raised up'. It seems possible that the brain might have more 'room' to breath and space 'on top'. Of course, its not necessarily 'the higher the better', but if one's alignment is 'too low' to begin with, then a vertical correction would definitely be helpful.
That's why I think the 'complete' solution in fact lies with body-awareness. When one gains very strong body-awareness, they will be able to allow their body to self-correct to its optimal alignment.
So how can we move this 'alignment' upwards in a way that makes natural, intuitive sense and logic?
Besides the reviv mouthguard principles you outlined, I got to thinking what else could be possibly helpful.
And the one exercise I thought of that struck me was 'yawning'. Yawning seems like quite a spontaneous body-expression to relieve itself. After yawning, there is generally a sense of relief and relaxation and the world seems to open up and come 'alive' a little bit more. And notice how wide the entire mouth and jaw opens itself, stretching and expanding itself maximally outwards. So I tried yawning a few times, and as I did that, I noticed how the yawning "stretched" all the different tight spots along not just the face and jaw, but even the neck and shoulder lines, the ears, the throat, the suboccipitals all stretched out.
Still, with my own body-awareness, there is one particular 'type' of stretch that my own body wants to focus on which is the right-suboccipital. Everyone will have their own particular stretches that their body wants to focus on as their main place of tension. General exercises will help some more than others, since the general exercises will target areas of tension that are specific to some but not others. In this way, I think Reviv will be particularly helpful to victims of dentistry, as it focuses on fixing the part of the body-mechanic that has most likely been most 'messed up' by orthodontics.
haha well said!!
You need to start your own substack! You have a skill for writing :)
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Omg it makes so much sense now.
When I was younger, before getting my braces, I had a MARPA. Unfortunately, it had to be removed because instead of expanding outward to create more space, it started pushing inward. The pressure was so strong that it caused a wound on my upper palate — the metal was actually growing into the tissue, and it was incredibly painful.
Omg it makes so much sense now.
When I was younger and before gettingccc braces I was having the MARPA.
Are you sure that a mouth guard will fix all the damage caused by the marpen?
not sure. as i guess there are different levels of damage on different folks.
But it will fix some things for sure.
Além de ignorar a biomecânica não é a única causa da assimetria, mas acho que também focar em um só ponto do palato. O correto é igual a língua que aplica em toda área.
Não vi você falando sobre isso, mas o que faz o crânio expandir não é a língua? Se você tira a trava que é o o tecido mole apertando o crânio, a língua pode fazer o trabalho dela, certo? O que me diz sobre isso?
Is there any healthy sustainable way to improve the speed of expansion or the outcome in general with the reviv? You talked about some stretching exercises some time ago ? What do you think about jaw training by chewing on something hard or a gadget for that purpose? And why tf does everybody and their grandma nowadays have a narrow and crooked jaw ? I hate that and I want that symmetric gigachad jaw for me, my future children and everyone really.
sorry i missed this earlier. Yes i put some stretches i call the 'fast method' in our community.
Chewing on something hard is fine if your teeth are unlocked. But if they come together in a fixed position you are just reinforcing your current structure.
Why are so many people screwed these days? The US is generation 4 as i wrote about here https://reviv.substack.com/p/this-is-a-generational-problem