#160 Dental Health Wellbeing with Dr Victoria Sampson
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Dental health is often forgotten or simplified as a solely aesthetic pursuit. Today’s guest tells us why dental health matters way more than we think and deconstructs some myths about oral hygiene.
Dr Victoria Sampson is a Dentist & Scientist, who was recently shortlisted as one of the most promising young scientists in Europe for the Forbes under 30 in Science and Healthcare 2021 Awards. Dr Victoria Sampson obtained her Bachelor in Dental Surgery from Barts and the London. She is now known for her work in developing salivary diagnostics, microbiome testing and incorporating artificial intelligence into every day care.
She is part of the future of dentistry …
Her enthusiasm and passion for the field are truly contagious and will make you want to dive deeper into some of these studies. She shares a ton of evidence-based information on her Instagram, making scientific findings more accessible and easy to understand.
In today’s show, we talk about
- The oral microbiome
- How oral health and overall health influence each other in a bi-directional relationship
- The potential links between covid-19, fertility, cardiovascular disease and dementia with oral health
- Measuring the oral microbiome
- The biggest dental myths that we need to deconstruct? Should we mouthwash, what about SLS, fluoride, all natural toothpastes?
- Some good oral hygiene habits including how to floss and when to brush
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Holland and Barrett's The Wellness Edit Podcast. The fifth series of |
| 0:05.6 | The Wellness Edit is out now. The prior four series are obviously still available to stream, |
| 0:10.8 | and this season I am a guest on the podcast. You can hear me chat to host Dr. Gemma Newman |
| 0:17.1 | about the connection between our diet, our mind, the importance of gratitude, and what wellness |
| 0:23.2 | means to me. You can also go back and listen to a whole back catalogue of interviews with guests |
| 0:28.9 | including Ella Mills, Dr. Rungan Chatterjee and Emma Gunns. Listen to the podcast on the Holland |
| 0:34.8 | and Barrett website, HollandBarrrett.com for a slash podcast, or search The Wellness Edit to listen |
| 0:41.2 | wherever you get your podcasts. Dr's Kitchen. Recipes Health Lifestyle. We looked at the oral |
| 0:49.9 | microbiome of patients with kind of mild moderate and severe COVID-19 to see whether or not |
| 0:56.8 | microbiome dysbiosis or high levels of bad bacteria could potentially predict the patient's |
| 1:03.8 | severity or complications from COVID-19. We've already, I mean, we've got the results back. |
| 1:10.0 | I can't really talk about them, but what I can say is that it is showing that actually if you have |
| 1:15.2 | high levels of bad bacteria in your mouth and you've got potentially gum disease, you're at a much |
| 1:20.0 | higher risk of COVID-19 complications. And another paper came out in February last year, |
| 1:27.1 | and they confirmed that as well that you're nine times more likely to be an ICU from COVID |
| 1:32.1 | complications if you have gum disease. Welcome to the Dr's Kitchen podcast. |
| 1:39.2 | To show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 1:49.9 | I'm Dr. Rupert your host, I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition, and I'm a firm believer in |
| 1:55.4 | the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. Join me and my expert guests will we discuss the |
| 2:04.1 | multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life. |
| 2:14.0 | Dental health is often forgotten or simplified as a solely aesthetic pursuit. But today's |
| 2:20.8 | guest tells us why dental health matters way more than we think and deconstruct some myths about |
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