{"podcast":{"title":"JawHacks","slug":"jawhacks-7095416","podcast_index_feed_id":7095416,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/jawhacks/","website_url":"https://jawhacks.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/687b6f20-1bec-4c75-9be3-804c30e23fd9/kMgED8lwC5_keS41CT2MuaXr.png","author":"Ronald Ead","episode_count":106,"summary":"Ron from JawHacks is NOT a doctor or dentist, and does not offer medical advice. Instead, he is a patient advocate who has spent the past 10 years studying Mewing, as well as appliances and surgeries capable of expanding human jaws. This matters because jaw structure is integral to both beauty and health. He has documented his discoveries in hundreds of YouTube videos and blog posts. Ron has served as a patient advocate for countless clients navigating their own jaw expansion journeys, familiarizing them generally with available treatments, and connecting them with some of the best dentists and doctors in the world, through his one-on-one coaching service. You can sign up for a 1-on-1 chat with Ron at: jawhacks.com/chats","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:48.467866+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jawhacks-7095416"},"episode":{"title":"108 - Dr. Luke Shapiro - A Chill Convo About MARPE and Jaw Surgery","slug":"108-dr-luke-shapiro-a-chill-convo-about-marpe-and-jaw-surgery","published_at":"2026-07-20T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jawhacks-7095416/108-dr-luke-shapiro-a-chill-convo-about-marpe-and-jaw-surgery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jawhacks-7095416","url":"http://jawhacks.local/episode/108-luke-shapiro","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/872475c6-b377-491c-91a1-e9e4cc4caf31.mp3","summary":"Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Ron https://jawhacks.com/coaching/ Get the JawHacks Field Guide https://field-guide.jawhacks.com/ Join the JawHacks Newsletter https://jawhacks.com/newsletter/ Grab some popcorn, NYC orthodontist Dr. Luke Shapiro joins Ron for a technical, no-BS conversation on airway orthodontics — MARPE vs. FME, DOME Zero, choosing a jaw surgeon, the custom lower-jaw debate, and why bites come out unpredictable after surgery.  Plus the controversies: Vivos/DNA appliances, ALF, AGGA, and the \"epigenetic\" growth claims that never show up on a CBCT. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro: 03:15 – How an orthodontist ended up on TikTok 06:35 – Getting into airway & MARPE 11:53 – Why the term \"DOME\" is now so confusing 14:00 – Inside the DOME Zero / MASPE Zero story 16:22 – Is DOME Zero special, or just marketing? 18:22 – FME vs custom MARPE & bonding to teeth 24:17 – Expansion for looks vs. function 27:25 – Headaches, TMJ & psychosomatic patients 32:04 – A 14-chair multidisciplinary practice 35:03 – The Wall Street patients who don't care 38:06 – Obsessing over your own airway 40:00 – Boython, jaw surgery & the real risks 42:56 – How to actually choose a jaw surgeon 45:15 – The NYC surgeon roster 48:11 – The custom lower-jaw debate 52:50 – \"Just do the MARPE first\" 54:26 – Bobeck, MSDO & mandibular expansion 59:29 – Can't expand your way out of surgery 1:04:15 – What actually makes FME interesting 1:06:39 – The extraction question 1:09:38 – Raising his daughter to prevent all this 1:16:31 – Skeletal expanders in little kids? 1:23:19 – Curve of Spee & curve of Wilson 101 1:27:11 – ALF & AGGA: does any of it work? 1:29:40 – Vivos, the DNA appliance & the $50k problem 1:37:45 – \"Epigenetics\" & marketing sleight of hand 1:40:33 – The C…","meta_description":"Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Ron https://jawhacks.com/coaching/ Get the JawHacks Field Guide https://field-guide.jawhacks.com/ Join the JawHacks Newslett…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7985,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jawhacks-7095416/episodes/108-dr-luke-shapiro-a-chill-convo-about-marpe-and-jaw-surgery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jawhacks-7095416/108-dr-luke-shapiro-a-chill-convo-about-marpe-and-jaw-surgery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}