Masticatory muscle hypertrophy is a kind of jaw angle hypertrophy, the jaw angle is obviously enlarged, turned out, and the face is national or trapezoidal. The jaw angle is prominent and asymmetrical on both sides. The ratio of the upper and lower width of the face is not coordinated, and the distance between the two jaw angles is too wide. Therefore, the occurrence of bite muscle hypertrophy is generally considered to be related to the chewing habits and dietary habits of people. Such as eating hard food or snacking, chewing gum habit. Some people also believe that the bite muscle hypertrophy is related to genetic factors, in fact, from the clinical point of view, there is indeed the phenomenon of familial bite muscle hypertrophy. The bite muscle hypertrophy is mostly accompanied by jaw angle hypertrophy and jaw angle ectropion. What foods should be avoided in patients with masticatory hypertrophy? Juice The juice mentioned here is not freshly squeezed juice. Instead, it is the colorful bottled fruit juice that you see in supermarkets or other places. Regardless of the amount of raw juice in these juices, they are all sugary drinks by nature. One cup of apple juice drink already contains as much as 28 grams of sugar. Drink one cup, but you will be farther and farther away from a smile. Hard and difficult to chew food The most important reason for a large face is an enlarged jawline. And often eat like nuts, fried beans, shredded squid, chewing gum, such hard or difficult to chew food to use the bite muscle, resulting in the jaw muscle overdevelopment caused by the jaw angle muscle hypertrophy. Therefore, try to avoid or eat less of this type of food to avoid excessive use of the bite muscle, so that the jaw becomes larger.