How to Improve Oral Health & Its Critical Role in Brain & Body Health

Huberman Lab

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Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 120 minutes

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In this episode, I discuss the importance of oral health for dental and microbiome health and general physical and mental well-being. I explain science-supported protocols for strengthening your teeth and gums, including how to remineralize your teeth. I cover the best approaches and timing for brushing and flossing, tongue, gum, and oral microbiome care and how oral health is critically important to offset metabolic, cardiac, and brain diseases, including dementia. I also discuss proper nutrition for oral health, fluoride, and how sugar and mouth breathing can accelerate tooth decay. This episode ought to be of interest to everyone seeking to improve their physical health, mental health, and lifespan, given the critical role that oral health plays in all of these. For show notes, including referenced articles and additional resources, please visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Mateína: https://drinkmateina.com/huberman ROKA: https://roka.com/huberman Helix Sleep: https://helixsleep.com/huberman InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Oral Health (00:03:28) Sponsors: Mateina, ROKA & Helix Sleep (00:07:13) Oral Health Quiz (00:13:53) Teeth Biology, Cavity Repair (00:20:01) Mouth, Gums, Saliva (00:27:23) Sponsor: AG1 (00:28:51) Cavity Formation, Bacteria, Sugar, Acidity (00:35:10) Teeth Remineralization, Fluoride, Water (00:42:57) Sponsor: InsideTracker (00:43:58) Tools: The “Do Nots” of Oral Health, Mouth Breathing (00:54:48) Tools: Fasting & Teeth Remineralization; Nighttime Toothbrushing (01:03:23) Proper Teeth Brushing; Tooth Sensitivity & Gums (01:08:16) Bacteria, Plaque & Tartar; Tooth Polishing (01:11:02) Proper Flossing Technique, Waterpik; Children & Flossing (01:14:23) Tool: Xylitol, Bacteria & Cavity Prevention (01:19:43) Toothpastes: Xylitol, Fluoride, Hydroxyapatite (01:22:38) Mouthwash & Alcohol, Antiseptic Mouthwash (01:26:29) Tools: Baking Soda, Hydrogen Peroxide?, Salt Water Rinse (01:32:36) Alcohol-Based Mouthwash, Nitric Oxide (01:34:52) Tools: Canker Sore Prevention & Gut Microbiome; Sleep (01:37:47) Tools: Tongue Brushing; Toothbrush Care (01:41:38) Teeth Sealants; Metal Fillings, Mercury, Mastic Gum; Root Canals (01:48:43) Dentist Visits, Daily Routines & Oral Health (01:54:17) Practices for Oral Health, Oil Pulling (01:58:21) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, YouTube Feedback, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.
0:06.0	I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
0:15.0	Today we are discussing oral health.
0:18.0	Now when most people hear oral health, they immediately think tooth health and
0:23.1	appearance and presumably fresh breath or lack of bad breath as well.
0:27.7	And while of course, tooth and breath, freshness,
0:32.1	whiteness, and health is a critical component of oral health
0:35.5	today you will learn that oral health including the oral microbiome the health of
0:41.1	your palate your tonsils indeed the entire oral cavity is an extremely
0:46.3	important component of general bodily health.
0:49.7	So much so that today we are going to add a seventh pillar to the so-called six so called six pillars of mental health, physical health and performance.
0:58.0	This is not a trivial step to add a seventh pillar to these six pillars.
1:03.0	If some of you have been listeners of this podcast for a while,
1:06.5	you may recall that the six pillars of mental health, physical health,
1:10.0	and performance, that is the six things that everyone needs to invest specific
1:14.2	protocols into each day are in no particular order by the way. Sleep, sunlight,
1:21.5	and light exposure generally which by extension also includes dark exposure
1:26.3	nutrition exercise which we could also call movement both cardiovascular exercise and resistance training, stress management
1:35.5	and relationships and social engagement, including relationship to self. And today we are going
1:41.4	to add oral health and microbiome health and I suppose we could generally call this oral and gut health because as you know if you think about it your mouth your oral cavity and your gut are
1:56.4	contiguous with one another we are going to add oral and gut health as the seventh
2:01.5	pillar of mental health physical, and performance because as you will learn today, there are so many aspects of oral health and daily protocols for oral health that extend to cardiovascular health, to metabolic health, and indeed to
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