Orthodontist advised treatment with risk of harm to children, tribunal told

Dr Mike Mew, whose videos for jawline shaping have gone viral on TikTok, faces misconduct hearing

A orthodontist whose methods around shaping the jawline have gone viral advised treatment to young children that carried a risk of harm", a tribunal has heard. Dr Mike Mew, whose mewing" techniques have racked up nearly 2bn views on TikTok, faces a misconduct hearing at the General Dental Council (GDC).

Opening the hearing in central London on Monday, Lydia Barnfather, representing the GDC, said comments made by Mew, who claims to help alter the cranial facial structure" on his YouTube channel, were pejorative" about orthodontists.