#331 Should We Avoid Fluoride and Is Mouthtaping Actually Worth It? | Dr Staci Whitman
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Your mouth isn’t separate from the rest of your body, it’s a key part of your airway, your microbiome, and even your inflammation levels. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Staci Whitman, functional dentist, to explore the everyday habits and products that can make a real difference to oral and whole-body health.
We talk through mouth taping and why nasal breathing matters for oral health, sleep quality, and overall physiology. Who should avoid mouth taping, and safer options.
How chronic mouth breathing affects dry mouth and the oral microbiome, gum health, cavities, bad breath, airway, sleep, and long-term facial/jaw development (especially in kids).
Ancestral diets and how that plays a role in jaw development, and the dental impact of modern snack foods. Plus nutrients for dental health like vitamin D, K2, Calcium and vitamin C.
And controversially we talk through fluoride in our water and toothpaste. What fluoride is used for and what the controversy tends to be about, and practical oral-health “non-negotiables” that matter alongside fluoride.
Dr. Staci Whitman is a board-certified functional and integrative dentist specialising in the oral-systemic connection, how the mouth links to the gut, brain, hormones, and airway health. She’s the founder of Bloom Kids (a leading functional paediatric dental practice), co-founder of the Institute for Functional Dentistry, and co-founder of Fygg, a microbiome-friendly oral care line.
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| 0:00.0 | If you've heard about mouth taping nitric oxide and why nasal breathing matters for your general health, |
| 0:07.1 | this is the episode to listen to. Dr. Stacey Whitman is a functional dentist and she gives us |
| 0:14.8 | this straight and narrow on things like fluoride and what should be on your brush when you're brushing your teeth, |
| 0:21.7 | as well as a whole bunch of other incredible insights into functional dentistry and the key |
| 0:28.3 | between oral health and general well-being. |
| 0:32.8 | Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. |
| 0:36.8 | And when I suffered a heart condition |
| 0:38.2 | years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes to the world |
| 0:44.8 | of food as medicine to improve our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition |
| 0:52.0 | and lifestyle to improve your own well-being every day. |
| 0:55.2 | I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science, |
| 0:58.9 | but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible, |
| 1:02.2 | so you can take steps to change your life today. |
| 1:05.7 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 1:16.7 | Your mouth isn't separate from the rest of your body. It's a key part of your airway, your microbiome and even your inflammation levels. So in this episode, |
| 1:21.3 | I'm joined by Dr. Stacey Whitman, functional dentist, to explore the everyday habits and |
| 1:26.3 | products that can make a real difference to your |
| 1:29.3 | health overall, not just your oral health, but your entire whole body health. We talk through |
| 1:34.5 | things like mouth taping, yes, mouth taping things that I thought I would never be talking about |
| 1:40.4 | because I thought it was complete fad, nitric oxide and why nasal breathing matters |
| 1:45.2 | for oral health, sleep quality and overall physiology, when mouth taping might actually help, |
| 1:51.9 | who should avoid it and safer step-down options as well. We talk about why chronic mouth |
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