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1. Hard Food Makes Your Jaw Work HarderWhen you chew something firm (like carrots, nuts, sugarcane, or meat):
Your masseter and temporalis muscles contract with more force.
This extra load travels through your teeth β into your alveolar bone (the bone that holds teeth).
The bone responds by remodeling and strengthening to handle the increased force.
Result: your jawbone gets denser, stronger, and sometimes slightly larger, especially if youβre still growing.---
2. It Encourages Eruption and Height of MolarsChewing with force pushes the molars upward into contact with the opposing teeth β a process called eruption stimulation.
This is crucial if you have:
Slightly small or under-erupted molars
Low bite height or mild overbite
Over time (months to years), consistent chewing pressure can lead to 1β2 mm of additional eruption in growing teens β which opens your bite slightly and reduces overbite appearance naturally.
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3. It Promotes Forward Jaw GrowthChewing tough foods engages the mandibular condyle (the hinge of your jaw joint) in fuller motion.
That motion applies forward and upward pressure on the mandible, signaling bone cells at the joint to remodel in a more forward (anterior) direction.
This is why traditional populations who eat unprocessed, fibrous diets often have:
Straighter teeth
Wider dental arches
More prominent, forward chins
