Parents are always posting their toddler's teeth that have these like brown spots all over them. I mean, they look rank and they're like, this is what's happening my kid's teeth after switching to cleaner toothpaste. I think there are some people are getting paid. Big Floride is very threatened by some of these alternative toothpaste. They've taken a hit. I'm a board certified pediatric dentist. I see 200 patients a week. I've been working, practicing for 20 years years and I've never seen these things that you see in Facebook groups

Toothpaste does not cause cavities

I Most people think cavities, bleeding gums, bad breath, even fertility issues start everywhere except the mouth.

That's completely backwards.

Today's episode might permanently change how you think about fluoride, mouth breathing in kids and adults, the signs in your mouth that reveals something is off with your hormones, and even how erectile dysfunction could start in the mouth that reveals something is off with your hormones and even how erectile dysfunction

could start in the mouth. My guest is Dr. Stacey Whitman, one of the leading voices in functional

dentistry. She's board certified in pediatric dentistry and functional medicine, co-founder of the

Institute for Functional Dentistry, and she focuses on the oral microbiome,

airway, and sleep health, women's hormones, and true whole body prevention. You can watch this

episode on the real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. Make sure to leave a

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Please welcome functional dentist, Dr. Stacey Whitman, to culture apothecary.

You're a functional dentist. What does that mean? So a functional dentist takes a look at the

root cause of your issues. So unlike traditional dentistry where we're putting out fires and we're

dealing with end-stage disease, like much of the medical

system, we're looking upstream to see why. We're trying to unpack why, and it's a lot about

systems biology, so how the mouth is connected to other parts of the body. One thing that I do, Dr. Stacey,

that apparently you are anti and against, is 24-7. have a sterepod on my toothpaste. I have that

little pod that it makes my toothbrush taste minty and it allegedly kills germs and I won't

travel without it. And I always have it on my toothbrush on the counter. Why are sterepods bad to have

on your toothbrush? Well, it's covers in

general. It's because when you take something wet and you cover it, it can't breathe. And so it can

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