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Birthing Instincts

#420: Periodontal Disease & Health Is Often Overlooked with Stacia Garmon, RDH

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Stu and Midwife Blyss are joined by Stacia Garmon, a dental hygienist who shares her expertise on periodontal disease and its potential impact on overall health, including its association with heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, and stillbirth. Additionally, Stacia shares her pregnancy journey with her son Dax, who was born with bilateral renal agenesis. Her advocacy for her son and her thirst for knowledge will open your heart and mind to the often overlooked connection between oral health and pregnancy outcomes.

About Stacia:

Stacia will be married for eight years this fall, to her incredible Husband, Ken. Together they have a son, Dax, who would have been two this July, but he passed away after a mighty battle with renal agenesis. Professionally, Stacia is a dental hygienist and has been working in dentistry for over 12 years now. She is a self proclaimed knowledge seeker who questions everything, and loves to help people.

Instagram: @daxsfamilyfarm

Resources

At Her Feet Podcast with Blyss Young

Myles Textbook for Midwives

Pregnancy Questions with Dr. Stu + Mothers 2B: RhoGAM

Periodontal Disease and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Study from Pakistan

Association Between Periodontal Health Status and Pregnancy and Delivery Complications in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Pregnant Women: A Case-Control Study

Is periodontal disease associated with gestational diabetes? Exploring the evidence

Association Between Periodontitis and Blood Pressure Highlighted in Systemically Healthy Individuals: Results From a Nested Case-Control Study


In This Episode

The Importance of Oral Health During Pregnancy

Daily Oral Hygiene Tips

Choosing the Right Dental Products

Fluoride and Toothpaste Choices

Oral Health and Systemic Connections

Periodontal Disease and Pregnancy Risks


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast.

0:05.0

I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and long-time advocate for birth choices.

0:10.0

And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.

0:13.0

Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth.

0:17.0

Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So here we go.

0:23.7

Good morning, Blister.

0:25.6

I love you.

0:28.4

Good morning, Steele.

0:30.4

Hi, everybody.

0:32.2

If you're normally on Patreon and you get to see our face and Stee gets to see my face,

0:37.2

you're going to be a little sad because I'm definitely having some Wi-Fi challenges.

0:42.2

And I know it's not ideal for how we normally flow in our chemistry to not be able to see me.

0:48.0

But we're doing our very best to keep bringing you content every week.

0:51.8

And Stu's done a couple without me because I was busy or had actually my

0:56.3

dog was really sick one week. Yeah, I was very concerned that I'm eluding. Yeah. So that was one

1:03.6

reason why I wasn't here and joined you guys. But please, please know that we're doing our very best.

1:09.5

We're sorry if it's a little glitchy or if you don't get to see my face.

1:12.4

But we want to continue to be together as much as we can and bring you both perspectives of the topics that we bring forth.

1:21.6

Yeah.

1:22.1

And I forgot to say good afternoon and good evening and good middle of night to everybody.

1:25.4

And I've had a lot of middle of the night stories lately.

1:31.3

Thank you for sending me your birth stories or your questions it keeps me on my toes and I really do appreciate that you have been very busy and I want

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