I have made a big upgrade to my facepulling headgear over the past few months. The frame of the device now rests on my chest and shoulders, allowing me to load more force on my maxilla. I have built this new frame using a medical neck brace to which I added metal poles. This is inspired from The Crane but it is a better design for a fraction of the cost.
My previous design looked like this:
I still use the same intraoral appliance as before:
I can sleep a full night with 500g of forward force and 500g of upwards force on my maxilla. When I raise this to 1000g forward and 1000g upwards, my palate becomes sore and I have to remove the headgear. I am working on making the intraoral appliance more comfortable so that I can apply higher forces. The most important design aspect of this appliance is that all of the load is applied to the maxilla, with zero teeth contact. This is important because the teeth can easily be displaced if forces are applied to them. We want to displace the maxilla while leaving the teeth untouched.
The facepulling headgear is only half of the battle. To achieve maxillary protraction in an adult, you need to develop excellent tongue posture and chewing habits. This is done by chewing hard gum regularly and practicing tongue posture on a full-time basis.
We know that maxillary displacement is possible in adults, as Dr. Won Moon has been doing non-surgical palatal expansion on adults on a regular basis. Here is one of his results on a 30+ years old patient:
I have been face pulling with hockey helmet and belt method for 4 months. I have not noticed one iota change. I am female 33 years of age.
I am really wondering whether I should continue with this.
Have you noticed any changes? How long did it take?
Cheers
Hey man, any updates on your results? I’m interested in trying out that facemask. Could you do a tutorial on how to build it?
how many hours a day did you wear the facepuller?
Your face pulling contraption looks very interesting! Will you be producing a DIY on how you built it? What material did you use for the part that is molded around your mouth? What measuring device do you use to determine the grams of force?
You’re a face-pulling trail blazer! Thanks!
We are utilising biologically active light forces to encourage movement and stimulate new bone growth, not brute force to pull the bones.
any updates ? your devise looks pretty good mate
I’m an 20 year-old adult from China, and I’m very interested in your job. BUT, I don’t kown how this device apply the force, and how to know the force accurately? Dose this device can add the face dimension? Have you seen any change now?