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A member asked:

Does the jaw get bigger and stronger as you eat harder food and eat alot more and does it get smaller if you on a soft diet?

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No: True muscles of chewing may get bigger but not the jaw itself

Dr Galli and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 8/31/2014

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

NO: The jaw is a bone. The size of the bone will not change no matter what you do. The muscles around the jaw can get stronger with activity and weaker with inactivity but I doubt the size of these muscles would noticeably change.

Dr Christensen and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/31/2014

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