WHY YOU GOT MEWING STREAK BUT NOT A GOOD TEETH AND PALATE

[ASTRO_YSD]

The Missing Piece of Oral Posture: Why the Orbicularis Oris Controls Your Dental Arch​

Everyone talks endlessly about tongue posture (mewing), but almost no one discusses the orbicularis oris—the essential muscle encircling your lips that acts as the front line of facial balance.


Note: This approach has strict limitations. It does not work for individuals with a surgically closed palate or an extremely narrow palate where the teeth have zero physical space left to shift positions.

The Internal Tug-of-War: How Your Teeth Stay Aligned​

Inside your mouth, a constant mechanical tug-of-war determines your dental arch and jaw structure:

• The Inward Force: Your buccinator muscles push your cheeks, teeth, and palate inward toward the center.
• The Outward Force: Your tongue pushes your palate and teeth outward against the buccinator muscles, while also pushing your front teeth forward.
• The Anterior Check: Your orbicularis oris pushes your front teeth inward to counteract the tongue.

This dynamic equilibrium is what keeps your teeth and palate properly aligned. However, a weak orbicularis oris disrupts this entire balance:

1. Loss of Lip Seal: Weakness leads to chronic mouth breathing.
2. Loss of Retraction: It can no longer properly push the front teeth backward/inward.
3. The Collapse: Mouth breathing causes the buccinator muscles to over-activate and overpower the tongue, ultimately collapsing the teeth and narrow palate inward.

How to Train Your Orbicularis Oris​

Strengthening this muscle is simple, but it requires consistency:

• The Exercise: Hold a exaggerated lip-puckering or kissing position.
• Volume: Perform 2 to 3 sets every day, allowing for 1 rest day per week to build strength.

Over-Training Warning: Overtraining or over-toning the orbicularis oris can create a hollow, depressed look around the mouth.

How to Test Your Progress​

To check if your orbicularis oris has reached sufficient strength, use this simple test:

1. Puff up both cheeks with air.
2. Apply a gentle press with your fingers.
3. If air leaks out easily: Your orbicularis oris is still too weak. Continue the exercise for a few more weeks.
4. If air does not leak: Your muscle has achieved optimal strength, and you can stop or reduce training.

 

[charlesmansonex]

thanks chatgpt

 

[ASTRO_YSD]

thanks chatgpt

Nga English is not my first language so the core concept and stuff was written by me but I pasted this on Gemini and typed fix the Grammers and spelling mistakes

 

[ASTRO_YSD]

Do you

thanks chatgpt

Do you think chatgpt would say anything except keep your tongue on the palate. :>

 

[jlim]

straight outta jester patels handbook

 

[ASTRO_YSD]

straight outta jester patels handbook

I hate jester Patel too for some reason but well also I didn't copied it from him though. But if he said anything like this then he is absolutely right