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Nov 2024
1h 36m

The Functional Dentist: New Research Lin...

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About this episode

From cavities to cancer, dental problems to dementia, how the state of your teeth is connected to every aspect of your wellbeing. 


 Dr Victoria Sampson is an award-winning functional dentist, researcher, and founder of the multidisciplinary oral health centre, The Health Society Labs. She is also the first dentist in the world to link gum disease with worse COVID complications. 


In this conversation, Dr Victoria and Steven discuss topics such as, the shocking link between oral health and cancer, how your saliva can predict future dementia diagnosis, how bad breath is a sign of low fertility, and the right way to brush your teeth. 


00:00 Intro

01:34 The Oral Microbiome

02:54 What Impacts Our Oral Microbiome?

03:33 2 Million Bacteria in Your Mouth

04:46 How Many People Have Oral Diseases?

06:19 Body Diseases Linked to Oral Microbiome

08:05 Steven Adjusting Chair?

10:18 Research Linking COVID-19 and Oral Hygiene

12:38 Can Your Oral Microbiome Kill You?

13:27 How Food Shapes Your Mouth

16:35 What’s a Wisdom Tooth?

17:54 Do Wisdom Teeth Need Removal?

18:39 Why Do We Need Dentists If Ancestors Had Good Teeth?

20:05 Is Everyone’s Microbiome Massively Different?

21:54 How Oral Health Improves Overall Health

23:54 Can Swallowing Saliva Make You Sick?

25:48 Inflammation and the Oral Microbiome Link

27:50 Rheumatoid Arthritis Strongly Linked to Oral Health

30:15 Heart Disease and the Oral Microbiome

33:02 How Oral Bacteria Filters Through Your Body

33:20 Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Oral Hygiene

35:28 Emerging Research: Breast Cancer and Oral Microbiome

39:25 Green Tea Benefits for Oral Health

40:44 Impact of Coffee on Oral Health

41:46 Effects of Hot Drinks & Sugar on Teeth

43:34 Link Between Brain Health & Alzheimer’s

50:11 Can Mental Health Be Seen in the Mouth?

51:12 Spotting Eating Disorders Through Oral Health

51:50 How Stress Affects Your Oral Health

53:26 Mouth vs. Nose Breathing: Health Impacts

57:08 Higher ADHD Risk in Mouth-Breathing Children

58:03 Kissing and Bacteria Transmission

59:04 Oral Sex and the Oral Microbiome

01:01:27 Switching to Steven - Transition

01:02:07 Oral Health and Fertility

01:06:33 Ads Break

01:07:32 Study Results on Oral Health

01:16:31 Best Time to Brush Your Teeth

01:17:37 Good vs. Bad Oral Products

01:26:18 Should You Spit or Rinse After Brushing?

01:30:48 Whitening Products: Do They Work?

01:33:52 Importance of Drinking Through Straws

01:34:45 Smoking and Vaping Effects on Oral Health

01:37:30 Last Guest Question


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