Save Your Teeth with Dr. Julie Gallagher (Episode 72)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Even if you brush, floss, and get regular dental check-ups, if you’re like many athletes—especially those in the menopause transition—you may still struggle with tooth decay and oral health woes. That’s because both athletics and hormone decline can lead to conditions that set the stage for dental disease and mouth discomfort, both of which can put a damper on your performance (and your pocketbook). This week, we help save your smile with dental health expert and avid triathlete Dr. Julie Gallagher.

Julie Gallagher, Ph.D., is an honorary research fellow at University College London, based at the Eastman Dental Institute Centre for Oral Health and Performance. Julie worked in clinical dental practice for more than 30 years before pursuing her interest in epidemiology and sport and embarking on a Ph.D. in 2014. Her Ph.D. project investigated oral health and its impact on performance of elite athletes. She was awarded her PhD in March 2020. She is looking forward to participating at Ironman Italy in September 2022 following its postponement from 2020. You can read more about her work and sports dentistry in the November 2021 British Dental Journal.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best, no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.4	Hello, Strong Feisty Women.
0:32.9	So, as I sit and record this intro for you, I'm staring at one of three, maybe four crowns that have fallen out of my head during a bike race.
0:43.2	The first one was in Brazil on some massive climb through the pouring rain about 60 miles in.
0:50.0	I was starting to run on fumes, so I popped a scratch labs chew into my mouth.
0:54.0	And a couple
0:54.8	moments later, I felt my left crown pop off, and I ended up stuffing the remainder of that chew,
1:01.3	crown attached into my jersey pocket and carried on. That scene repeated itself in Israel,
1:07.2	only this time I was hanging on for dear life to the lead group as we were heading
1:11.3	towards the first section of trail. And that one, sadly, I just spit out as a sacrifice to the
1:17.0	single track. The crown I'm looking at now, I lost that one to a dry date about 90 miles in to
1:24.5	125 mile gravel race last fall unpaved of the Susquehanna River Valley.
1:30.4	I could actually do a whole show devoted to my dental history.
1:35.0	I've had the roots of one tooth blow up days before flying to a stage race in South Africa
1:40.3	and I had to get the tooth pulled.
1:42.4	I've lost track of root canals, let alone fillings and
1:46.6	other emergency dental procedures. I didn't grow up with fluoridated water. I had a needing
1:52.3	disorder for a while. I've been an endurance athlete for many, many years. And now I'm menopausal.
1:59.4	All of those things are a challenge to dental health. And I know
2:03.9	I'm not alone. I've commiserated plenty with fellow racers about the thousands of dollars that have
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