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The Life Stylist

Neuromuscular Dentistry: Solutions for TMJ, Headaches & Breathing Disorders w/ Dr. Kevin Winters #509

The Life Stylist

Luke Storey

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode offers a whole lot of important information to sink your teeth into. I’m joined by Dr. Kevin Winters, a neuromuscular dentist who specializes in bite and jaw issues. Dr. Winters founded The Hills Dental Spa in Austin, Texas. Listeners can visit thehillsdentalspa.com to receive a free consultation. 

After years of grinding my teeth and countless dental issues, I worked with Dr. Winters on a full mouth restoration. And I’ve been blown away by the results – the process corrected my bite, alleviated my neck pain, and even changed the shape of my face. Even though neuromuscular dentistry can change lives, it’s not widely understood or even taught in most dental schools.

In this episode, Dr. Winters explains what neuromuscular dentistry is and why it’s so impactful, taking us through the entire process of my mouth restoration as I share my personal experience. 

We talk about how your teeth are connected to neck pain, headaches, muscle structure, posture, and more – and get into the most common causes for grinding your teeth and how to fix them. Plus, we explore treatments for TMJ and TMD, tongue and lip ties, and sleep apnea. 

Dr. Winters also answers some burning questions: Is there any actual wisdom in removing wisdom teeth? What do pacifiers do to babies’ jaws? And is fixing your teeth really like an instant facelift? 

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MORE ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

(00:08) Dr. Winters’ Path to Dentistry

(10:01) Luke’s Experience Working With Dr. Winters

(22:24) Getting to the Root of the Issues

(34:07) The Impact of Bottles & Pacifiers

(44:01) Is There Any Wisdom in Removing Wisdom Teeth?

(51:41) Treating Tongue Ties

(01:00:44) The Diagnostic Process

(01:16:31) The Far-Reaching Effects of TMJ & TMD

(01:26:21) Fixing Your Bite Overnight

(01:38:01) An Instant Facelift

(01:46:07) Preparing To Build a New Bite

(02:00:50) The Process of a Full Mouth Restoration

(02:15:07) The Future of the Dental Industry

(02:24:16) Dr. Winters’ Greatest Teachers

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Dr. Kevin Winters, tell me how you almost became a Dallas cowboy.

0:13.0

You know, actually that was probably more in my mind than in actuality.

0:19.0

But now, it was one of those things growing up that it seems like I was always very

0:25.0

interested in sports and athletics and football and growing up in the Midwest

0:29.6

that's football is the thing and at the time I was just

0:36.0

Felt connected to the Dallas Cowboys and so as a result I mean I can I kind of went over for it but as a kid I could tell you

0:45.3

statistics about every player where they're from what they did all this kind of

0:50.0

stuff I mean it was a deep dive into everything Dallas Cowboy but you know in

0:55.8

actuality it was like I said it was probably more of a dream than anything else

1:00.7

played multiple sports through high school, played college football at Kansas State. Once I was there, the leap from high school to college is tremendous. It's completely different game. But the leap then forward from

1:16.1

college to professional is a whole different level and I realized that I wasn't that

1:21.9

good no matter how bad I wanted to be.

1:25.0

But that's also the time that I realized, you know, academically I was doing pretty good and

1:30.4

had a chance maybe to go further academically and it kind of felt this interest for

1:38.4

dentistry as a profession and so it got to the point where it's just a realization that hey my

1:44.5

football career is pretty much over I need to look at big picture and what's

1:48.8

going to take me you know into life and and that definitely was the choice to go into dentistry.

1:56.0

And tell us about neuromuscular dentistry and does that differ from being an airway dentist or are those synonymous?

2:07.0

Well, yeah, I mean, you can, they're different, but they're very interrelated.

2:15.0

Okay, so in dental school, even currently, certainly when I was there. There's really no mention of anything about

2:24.9

neuromuscular denture.

2:26.3

Because what we're talking about there is

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