571: Natural Dentist Reveals the Perfect Oral Care Routine to Fix Your Mouth & Overall Health | Dr. Mark Burhenne
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 141 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/mUlwb2dbUms
Dr. Mark Burhenne (IG: @askthedentist) is a bestselling author. He’s a family and sleep medicine dentist who has been in private practice nearly 35 years. Dr. B has focused on patient-centered and preventative dental healthcare.
He is the creator of Ask the Dentist, which is dedicated to exploring the mouth-body connection and the role of the oral microbiome.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Oral health impacts overall health
- Is your oral care routine sabotaging your health?
- Maintaining a healthy oral microbiome is critical
- Dr. B’s daily oral care routine
- What to look for in an electric toothbrush
- The problem with some toothbrush bristles
- Proper brushing techniques
- Choosing the right toothbrush (manual or electric)
- What is hydroxyapatite toothpaste?
- Micro-hydroxyapatite vs. nano-hydroxyapatite
- The safest way to whiten your teeth
- Can you get fluoride out of your teeth?
- Is glycerin in toothpaste a problem?
- Avoid colloidal silver in toothpaste
- Is your toothpaste too abrasive? + How to check Relative Dentin Abrasion (RDA)
- Dr. B’s approach to oil pulling
- Cavity prevention and remineralization
- Dr. B’s healthy toothpaste recommendations
- Creating FYGG (Feed Your Good Guys) toothpaste
- Microplastics in dental floss + safe recommendations
- The benefits of mouth taping
- Addressing sleep apnea
- How a TRD (tongue retention device) can help with sleep apnea
- Everyone should get a sleep study
- Hybrid approaches for treating sleep apnea
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Related links:
Dr. Mark Burhenne's website (Ask the Dentist)
Follow Dr. Mark Burhenne's (Ask the Dentist) on Instagram and YouTube
Listen to Dr. Mark Burhenne previously on TUHP (episode #083)
Dr. Mark Burhenne - The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox (book)
Ask the Dentist Podcast with Dr. Mark Burhenne
Philips Sonicare 4100 Electric Toothbrush
Radius Unscented Silk Dental Floss
Oral-B 7000 Electric Toothbrush
Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9500 Smart Electric
Dr. Mark Burhenne - Is Glycerin Safe In Toothpaste Safe? (article)
Dr. Staci Whitman (NoPo Kids Dentistry)
Smart Nora - Anti-Snoring Device
Good Morning Snore Solution Mouthpiece
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the Ultimate Health Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Most acidic drinks like kambucha and a lot of mineral waters, |
| 0:06.8 | parier, for example, they're pretty low. |
| 0:09.4 | Coffee, wine, ice tea, my favorite. Those start off at a low pH and if you're drinking a lot of that, |
| 0:17.2 | you are forcing that critical pH to drop and your teeth are dissolving. |
| 0:22.6 | Hear this all the time of practitioners mentioning this to their patient, |
| 0:26.3 | taking them off of mouthwash and six to 12 days later |
| 0:29.9 | seeing a drop in blood pressure and sometimes getting off the high blood pressure medication. |
| 0:35.0 | This is a crime, this should not be happening. |
| 0:36.8 | Why not take advantage of that wonderful wellness of being able to breathe your nose |
| 0:42.4 | for the seven to eight hours that you're just |
| 0:44.4 | sitting there doing nothing. That's what mouth taping really is. Everyone should |
| 0:47.6 | mouth tape. I want to force all that air in and out so my CO2, O2 levels are |
| 0:51.5 | perfect and my HRV levels go up my respiratory rate drops my resting heart rate drops when I mouth tape. Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 571. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Jesse Chappas and I'm here to take your health to the next level. |
| 1:11.0 | Each week I'll bring you long-form conversations with health and |
| 1:14.3 | wellness leaders from around the world. This week I'm chatting with Dr Mark Burhena. |
| 1:18.4 | Dr B is a best-selling author. He's a family and sleep medicine dentist who's been in private practice |
| 1:24.6 | nearly 35 years. Dr B is focused on patient-centered and preventative dental health |
| 1:30.2 | care. He is the creator of As the Dentists, which is dedicated to exploring the |
| 1:35.0 | mouth body connection and the role of the oral microbiome. Highlights of our conversation |
| 1:40.2 | include, is your oral care routine sabotaging your health, |
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