What a family welcome to episode 330 of the Genius Life.

What's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the show.

I'm your host Max Lugovier, filmmaker, health and science journalist and New York Times

Best Selling Author.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices including what we eat

and how we live.

Effect our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel, our health span and our risk

for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a

genius.

On today's episode of the show, I welcome Dr. Mark Berhanna.

Dr. Berhanna is a functional dentist and the founder of AskTheDentist.com.

He's passionate about helping people understand the connection between oral health and overall

health.

He spends a lot of time educating patients and readers about the importance of healthy

sleep and he's the author of the number one bestseller, The Eight Hour Sleep Paradox.

On today's episode of the show, we're going to talk about how to reduce dental plaque

and address receding gums.

We're going to talk about the importance of diet and oral hygiene practices including

flossing, tongue scraping and mouth taping.

We're also going to touch on the limitations and potential harms of mouthwash, the controversy

surrounding fluoride and the effectiveness of root canals when done properly or improper

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