John Mew

Mew practised dentistry for 40 years in Surrey and Kent.[2] As of 2015 he is clinical director of the London School of Facial Orthotropics and visiting professor at Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania.[6] He got life membership of the British Dental Association in 1999.[6]

In 2010 the General Dental Council reprimanded Mew for disparaging regular orthodontics in his advertisements.[7] In 2013 Mew received an award at the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry.[8]

"Mewing" is named after John Mew and his son Michael Mew.[9] Michael has posted several YouTube videos about the subject,[9] and was picked up by young adult followers of looksmaxxing and reddit communities alike. [10] Michael, who is also an orthodontist, claims to have been expelled from the British Orthodontic Society for having misled the public.[9]

The practice of mewing involves resting the whole of the tongue on the roof of the mouth, breathing only through the nose, keeping the teeth and lips gently closed, chewing food well before swallowing, and swallow chewed food at the back of the mouth without engaging the lip and buccinator muscles.

• Flying Aged 18, shortly after the end of the Second World War, Mew learnt to fly a Tiger Moth. He subsequently took up fixed wing gliding and later hang gliding, making an attempt on the British Endurance Record which was frustrated by the weather.
• Motor racing Aged 19 Mew designed and built his own sports car, fabricating much of it from scratch, and winning the first speed event he entered it for. Between 1957 and 1967 he was seriously involved in motor racing, moving from Formula Three to Formula One.[11] He was one of the last private entrants, entering events all over Europe. In 1963 he twice broke the Formula One club circuit record at Brands Hatch, beating times set by World Champions Jim Clark, and John Surtees.[12][13]
• Sailing Mew is a sailor. In 1958 he was selected for the British Team for the first post-war challenge for the Americas Cup, though he was subsequently unable to participate in the event itself. In 1971 he was selected to crew for John Prentice, captain for the British International 14 dingy racing team in Annapolis, USA, where Britain came second.
• Braylsham Castle Between 1993 and 1999 Mew built a reproduction moated castle in a valley in Sussex.[14] This received several national awards including Channel 4's “Best New Home in Britain”.[15]