JawHacks

Ronald Ead
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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

  1. 1d ago

    #111 – Dr. Jay Neugarten – The Custom Plate Debate: A Point by Point Response to Dr. Sullivan

    Dr. Jay Neugarten is an oral and maxillofacial with around 3,500 jaw surgeries behind him, 100% custom since 2019. In this episode, he answers Dr. Steven Sullivan's case against custom plates, covering condylar seating, the digital surgical disconnect, and why he uses four plates instead of one. Plus MARPE complications, expansion vs advancement for the airway, and why he does more revision jaw surgery today than ever. 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/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - 4 jaw surgeries a week, and a practice gone international 00:03:58 - Sleep, the 8 hour rule and why oxygen matters more than hours 00:10:56 - What CBCT and sleep studies can and cannot tell you about the airway 00:19:13 - Why jaw surgery is an art, movement limits and the bullseye problem 00:22:02 - The simulated video patients see, and how soft tissue is predicted 00:27:31 - Airway versus aesthetics and the patients who struggle with the change 00:33:41 - Revision jaw surgery and why it is never the plate 00:37:15 - Why so few surgeons actually do orthognathic surgery 00:44:03 - Looksmaxxing, Reddit and orthodontic camouflage 00:46:16 - MARPE, SARPE and the complications he has to repair 00:52:43 - SFOT and the real limits of segmental expansion 00:59:48 - Wanting MARPE for nasal breathing, and why surgery does not flip a switch 01:04:44 - Expansion or advancement, what actually opens the nasal airway 01:12:16 - The MARPE smile, the soft palate and the revision LeFort 01:17:01 - Hypermobility, EDS and what it changes about recovery 01:22:32 - Inside NYCOMS, 3,500 jaw surgeries and the speed question 01:30:20 - From stone models to Gen 3 custom titanium 01:33:12 - Guides, plates and splints, where custom workflows go wrong 01:43:22 - Answering Dr. Sullivan on custom plates and condylar seating 01:55:14 - Accepting the debate and the mandible fudge nobody admits 02:02:22 - Plate companies, titanium and why plate removal is worse than you think 02:12:33 - Segmental maxilla and correcting asymmetry with custom plates 02:19:02 - Aligner based surgery, Botox and bite force monitoring 02:22:39 - Clenching, splints and morning headaches 02:28:57 - Wrapping up and what is coming in part 2 CONNECT WITH GUEST https://www.nycoms.com/jay-neugarten-dds-md/ https://www.instagram.com/drneugarten/ DISCLAIMER NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  2. Aug 17

    #110 – Origin Of Styx – Why His First Jaw Surgery Failed (And What Gunson Did Differently)

    Ethan (Origin Of Styx) returns 13 months after revision double jaw surgery with Dr. Michael Gunson. His first MMA rotated the occlusal plane the wrong way and coped with an oversized genioplasty. We cover the DISE findings, airway change, leftover hardware, myofunctional therapy, tongue posture, and why he's massively better but not cured. 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/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:44 - Ethan 13 Months After The Revision 00:06:21 - Recovery With Dr. Gunson 00:12:47 - What Went Wrong The First Time 00:15:57 - Bite, Tooth Show And Cheekbones 00:19:51 - Before And After X Rays 00:25:06 - Why He Still Is Not Cured 00:27:05 - Didgeridoo And Circular Breathing 00:32:00 - Meditation And Life Before The Revision 00:35:24 - Work, The Body And Physical Jobs 00:38:52 - AI, Music And The Internet 00:52:56 - Attention Span After Jaw Surgery 00:54:31 - Tongue Posture And Myofunctional Therapy 01:01:21 - Goals And The Music Project (Origin Of Styx) 01:07:59 - Advice For Anyone Considering Jaw Surgery CONNECT WITH GUEST https://linktr.ee/originofstyx https://originofstyx.com/ DISCLAIMER NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  3. Aug 3

    #109 – Dr. Steven Sullivan – “Custom Plates Make an Inadequate Surgeon Adequate”

    Dr. Steven Sullivan (DDS, FACS, FACD), current professor and Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Oklahoma, with 5,000+ double jaw and TMJ surgeries, on why he refuses custom plates. Mandible-first sequencing, condylar seating, segmental LeFort, chimp lip, MIOS, genioplasty design, and his 90-90-90-10-10 rule for vetting your own surgical plan. 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/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:11 Who Is Dr. Steven Sullivan 00:03:56 Maxilla First or Mandible First? 00:05:06 Wire Fixation to Rigid Fixation 00:09:51 What "Seating the Condyle" Means 00:13:10 Why VSP Can't Predict Condyle Position 00:16:35 The Custom Plate Workflow Explained 00:19:14 Sullivan's Splint Workflow 00:20:29 Custom Plates Aren't More Accurate 00:21:39 "It Makes an Inadequate Surgeon Adequate" 00:23:05 The Upper Lip Drape Problem 00:25:55 When the Bite Doesn't Come Together 00:29:30 Condylar Resorption Explained 00:32:24 Plan Around the Incisor, Execute Around the Joint 00:34:48 Is Non-Custom Surgery Obsolete? 00:35:47 Why Jaw Surgery Isn't a Rolex 00:39:49 The Economics of Jaw Surgery 00:41:42 How Insurance Nearly Killed Jaw Surgery 00:45:44 DRGs and Economic Credentialing 00:52:39 The 60-Minute Double Jaw Surgery 00:56:06 "I Save 2.5 Hours on a Jaw Surgery" 00:58:02 Why 90% of His LeForts Are Segmental 01:05:23 Over-Advancing the Maxilla 01:10:11 Airway Volume: 3.5% Per Millimeter 01:13:04 The Traditional LeFort and the Wolford Step 01:17:40 Why He Calls MIOS Nonsense 01:21:17 Steroids, Speed, and Recovery 01:23:18 The Sullivan LeFort Cut 01:30:43 Jaw Surgery and the Soft Palate 01:33:06 Genioplasty and Custom Plates 01:38:51 Treatment Planning: Garbage In, Garbage Out 01:40:06 Reading Your Own Lateral Ceph 01:45:24 Advancement Without Chimp Lip 01:47:25 The 90-90-90-10-10 Rule 01:49:16 When You Need a Total Joint Replacement 01:53:17 Inverted L vs Inverted Z CONNECT WITH GUEST https://profilesofs.com/steven-sullivan/ DISCLAIMER NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  4. Jul 20

    #108 – Dr. Luke Shapiro – A Chill Convo About MARPE and Jaw Surgery

    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. 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/ 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 CBCT proof that isn't there 1:43:50 – Giving general dentists their due 1:53:29 – Jaw surgery setup: the "tripod" 1:55:18 – Decompensating a Class II, explained 1:58:39 – Segmental surgery & Gunson 2:01:03 – Why the bite is unpredictable after surgery 2:05:33 – Gunson's no-splint segmental 2:08:02 – Centric relation & seating the condyle 2:11:07 – Wrap-up & member Q&A CONNECT WITH GUEST https://www.instagram.com/dr_lukeshapiro/ https://www.youtube.com/@UChXHl6Rbw8V2wM3UbOpPzXg  https://www.wallstreetortho.com/ DISCLAIMER NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  5. Jun 29

    #107 – Dr. Svitlana Koval – FME Protraction Problem Solved by Partners Dental?

    Dr. Svitlana Koval updates us on current trends in MARPE, FME, facemask, mandibular skeletal expansion, and more. 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/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction and the growing role of FME in orthodontics 02:21 - Addressing patient questions: Why choose FME over MARPE? 03:57 - Differences in activation and separation patterns between MARPE and FME 04:25 - Soft tissue and airway changes post-expansion 05:41 - Design elements of FME enabling deeper posterior expansion 06:46 - Use of multi-screw designs for greater rigidity in MARPE 07:40 - Patents and design innovations in MARPE technology 10:10 - Future of protraction appliances and ongoing research 12:21 - Patterns of suture separation and predictability of expansion 13:45 - Combining FME with protraction mini plates 17:17 - CBCT-based analysis of sutural response patterns 20:42 - Managing mandibular support and late-stage expansion risks 23:23 - Special considerations for downward rotated and long face syndrome cases 25:00 - Impact of septal anatomy on nasal breathing outcomes 28:18 - Techniques for septal manipulation during expansion 31:58 - Use of 3D-guided piezo corticotomy for septal preservation 34:45 - Surgical innovations: mandibular widening during orthognathic surgery 54:53 - The future of skeletal expansion in the mandibular arch 1:00:13 - Research directions and insights into sleep apnea treatment potential 1:02:52 - Advances in direct print aligners and digital orthodontics 1:05:16 - Personal interests: Horse riding and leisure in South Florida CONNECT WITH GUEST https://www.youtube.com/@drsvitlanakoval https://www.instagram.com/drsvitlanakoval https://www.facebook.com/svitlana.koval.dmd DISCLAIMER NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  6. May 4

    #105 – Luke The Documentary – Sleep Apnea Not Cured After Jaw Surgery - Why?

    At 25, Luke has already had a nice double jaw surgery and a nasal surgery, but is still sleeping poorly. In this episode he shares his full journey, including the diagnosis nobody expected, the medication that did nothing, and the experimental next step he's betting on. Luke The Documentary https://www.instagram.com/lukethedocumentary https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTheDocumentary  1:1 Coaching with Ron (Now Inside The Joint) https://jawhacks.com/coaching JawHacks Newsletter (Substack) https://substack.com/@jawhacks And More on the Website https://jawhacks.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:56 - Who is Luke and why his channel stands out 00:03:12 - The jaw surgery experience and what $20K actually buys you 00:07:05 - The bombshell reveal and why he just had his plates removed 00:11:52 - When the sleep data looks fine but you still feel terrible 00:17:10 - UARS or narcolepsy and why nobody can give him a clear answer 00:22:48 - Why he is afraid to fully commit to a narcolepsy diagnosis 00:25:21 - Every medication he has tried and why almost none of it worked 00:28:00 - Taking 25mg Adderall and falling asleep four hours later 00:32:09 - Why nobody told him to do MARPE before jaw surgery 00:36:20 - Tongue scalloping dismissed by every provider until one finally looked 00:43:29 - The Lefort re-fracture risk and why post-DJS expansion is uncharted territory 00:49:42 - Before and after photos on screen including the CT cross-section that stopped Ron 00:54:11 - What Ken Hooks found when he re-scored the PSG data 00:56:27 - Why most expanders cannot reach the part of the palate that matters for his case 01:04:20 - The nasal surgery breakdown and what actually changed afterward 01:08:00 - Live Oura Ring review and what Xyrem is doing to his sleep architecture 01:12:25 - A lifetime of only dreaming in nightmares and why that is finally changing 01:17:38 - Why he almost became a Buddhist monk and what it taught him about his airway 01:24:19 - Chronic illness, Jordan Peterson, and letting go of the CEO standard 01:26:59 - Why JawHacks is basically the Viagra of airway health 01:30:31 - What separates honest creators from grifters in this space 01:33:22 - The looksmaxxer who Photoshopped his CBCT and told people to eat 500g of sugar NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  7. Mar 23

    #104 – Daniel Grafton – Choosing the Right Airway Treatment Without Guesswork (CFD Explained)

    Daniel Grafton is a public health specialist with the UN who taught himself computational fluid dynamics (CFD) after 9 soft tissue surgeries failed to fix his sleep-disordered breathing. In this episode, Daniel runs CFD on Ron's pre and post-MSE CBCTs, revealing pressure maps, velocity data, wall shear stress, and turbulence patterns a standard CBCT cannot show. Daniel Grafton https://www.remetrics.org/ https://www.instagram.com/rem_rebel https://www.youtube.com/@REMRebel  1:1 Coaching with Ron (Now Inside The Joint) https://jawhacks.com/coaching JawHacks Newsletter (Substack) https://substack.com/@jawhacks And More on the Website https://jawhacks.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:48 - UARS since childhood, 9 surgeries: How desperation led him to CFD 00:05:25 - Why patients who shop for their own treatment often out-know their doctors 00:06:36 - What CFD actually is and what it reveals that CBCT, rhinomanometry, and DICE can't 00:13:01 - CFD origins: aerospace, nuclear reactors, and the Navier-Stokes equation 00:17:33 - How CFD entered sleep medicine and where it stands clinically today 00:20:44 - CFD variables explained: pressure, velocity, turbulence, wall shear stress, and heat flux 00:26:54 - Wall shear stress as a degenerative force: why airway soft tissue relapse after surgery 00:30:53 - Heat flux and Empty Nose Syndrome: the thermal neurons that tell your brain you're breathing 00:35:21 - Case overview: Ron's CBCT anatomy and why head posture corrupts scan data 00:47:21 - Superimposition reveal: Ron's pre vs. post-MSE skeletal changes side by side 00:55:05 - Posterior expansion: does MSE actually widen the back of the nose near the PNS? 00:58:18 - The pterygomaxillary disjunction problem: how some surgical cuts eliminate posterior expansion 01:03:02 - Nasal aperture numbers and why that single metric misleads 01:07:32 - CFD results revealed: Ron's airway pressure maps before and after MSE 01:15:19 - Nasal slice analysis: exactly where in the nose the pressure drops most 01:20:11 - Velocity findings: airspeed dropped from 3.6 to 2.7 m/s post-expansion 01:26:37 - Turbulence analysis: the tongue-off-palate dead space that mimics snoring mechanics 01:32:43 - What Ron's CFD actually prescribes: his single highest-yield remaining intervention 01:35:19 - Poiseuille's Law: airflow improves to the fourth power of tube radius (2mm) 01:41:04 - ENS risk from over-expanding: can too much nasal volume become a new problem? 01:46:01 - Options for Ron's retropalatal constriction: soft palate surgery vs. maxillary advancement 01:48:57 - Why MMA alone may not pull the soft palate forward 01:50:57 - FME + FMA protraction as the theoretically optimal path forward 01:54:04 - Facemask compliance reality and why Ron is waiting for the field to mature 01:58:31 - Physical exhaustion as underrated sleep medicine 02:00:28 - Mental health, nervous system activation, and PTSD's 80% UARS co-occurrence rate 02:06:15 - Ron's sleep wind-down routine: why prayer beats seated meditation for his anatomy 02:10:53 - Counting back from 900 by 7s: the mental arithmetic trick that slows your breathing (from Lisa Kush) 02:14:22 - Diaphragm training with IMST/EMST: is the breathing muscle itself maladapted? 02:17:33 - How to reach Daniel: Remetrics.org, @REMRebel on YouTube, and the JawHacks Joint Q&A NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

  8. Mar 9

    #103 – Dr. Mandelaris, Dr. Newaz & Dr. Jaffari – Can SFOT + MARPE Replace Jaw Surgery?

    Ron sits down live at the Winds of Change conference in Chicago with Dr. George Mandelaris (periodontist & SFOT specialist), Dr. Newaz (orthodontist & leading MARPE/FME provider), and Dr. Jaffari (GP & restorative specialist). They break down how SFOT and MARPE work together to expand both jaws, why restorative is the most overlooked step in jaw treatment, and whether MARPE + SFOT can replace jaw surgery for underbites. Dr. Mandelaris https://www.periodontalmedicine.org https://www.instagram.com/periomedicine Dr. Newaz & Dr. Jaffari https://www.youtube.com/@airwayortho https://www.instagram.com/airway.ortho https://www.instagram.com/drnewazzz https://www.instagram.com/dr.jaffari.dds 1:1 Coaching with Ron (Now Inside The Joint) https://jawhacks.com/coaching JawHacks Newsletter (Substack) https://substack.com/@jawhacks And More on the Website https://jawhacks.com/ Chapters 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:46 Setting the Scene at Winds of Change 0:01:33 What Is SFOT 0:02:36 What Is MARPE and Nasomaxillary Expansion 0:03:46 How SFOT and MARPE Work Together 0:06:05 SFOT for Root Resorption and Implant Site Development 0:08:20 AGGA, MSDO and When SFOT Comes First 0:13:11 Dr. Newaz's MSDO Case (Two-Piece Mandible) 0:15:25 The New Mandibular Distractor Design 0:18:56 All-on-4 and Why Airway Gets Overlooked 0:21:51 Restorative Dentistry: The Overlooked Step 0:22:18 Vertical Dimension, GERD and Airway 0:23:54 Ron's Teeth Were Examined Two Days Ago 0:24:36 Why You Need to Fix Your Teeth Before Jaw Surgery 0:26:21 Provisionals, Post-Surgical Settling and a Case Study 0:29:06 Symptoms of Lost Vertical Dimension 0:30:16 Is the Field Too Lazy for Interdisciplinary Planning 0:31:23 SFOT Cuts Treatment Time in Half 0:33:40 Does Every Patient Need This and How Teams Actually Plan 0:37:23 Expanding Before Implants: The Airway Question Nobody Asks 0:40:34 Airway Arches: A New Concept (You Heard It Here First) 0:41:42 SFOT Stability, Keys to Success and What Can Go Wrong 0:44:46 Ron Did SFOT Awake and His Wife Cried Filming It 0:45:19 Wrong SFOT Technique and Why It Causes Complications 0:48:43 Is Dentistry Being Commoditized 0:50:51 The Numbers: How Much Can SFOT and MARPE Actually Do 0:52:50 No-Diastema, MASPE and the Aesthetics of Slower Expansion 0:57:55 FME vs Custom MARPE 1:00:01 The Mayo Clinic Analogy 1:01:03 Outro NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Ronald Ead and JAWHACKS, LLC, dba JawHacks (collectively, "we") does not give medical advice. We are not licensed medical professionals. The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

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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

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  • Creator
    Ronald Ead
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    109
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 JawHacks LLC
  • Show Website
    JawHacks

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