Dr. Staci Whitman, DDS discusses the importance of nose breathing, harms linked with fluoride in water and ways to support airway health for your whole body.

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0:00 Intro 3:48 Up to 90% of children have some dysregulated breathing.  5:45 We aren’t chewing enough.  6:40 Breastfeeding creates optimal craniofacial respiratory development. How your face and jaw grow effects how you breathe.  7:40 Our jaws are shrinking. 8:00 Not getting deep Stage 3 sleep  8:25 If your child is showing behavioral issues, have an airway and sleep screening done.  11:00 Your tongue position  12:05 Orthodontics can start at age 2 or 3 to change growth patterns. 16:04 Chronic mouth breathing in adults has far reaching impacts.  17:44 Any amount of snoring is abnormal.  19:50 Use a sleep tracker. 20:30 Observe your child sleeping. 22:15 You can see sleep deprivation in children’s faces.  23:50 Fluoride is a neurotoxin.   28:13 Hydroxyapatite is effective for re-mineralizing your teeth.  30:45 Cavities are a bacterial infection.  39:00 Your oral microbiome feeds your gut microbiome.  41:30 Mouth is a gateway into your body.  42:25 Oral health impacts: Alzheimer’s, erectile dysfunction, fertility in both men and women.   47:35 There are oral microbiome tests. 48:40 Ozone helps with periodontal disease, gum disease, and cavities.  51:52 A baking soda rinse will neutralize acids and can help with candida.  55:00 Children whose mothers were vegetarian or vegan while pregnant will likely have under-mineralized enamel and deficiencies.   58:10 Tongue scraping  59:05 Floss.  59:25 Leaky gums  01:04:27 Bentonite clay benefits remineralization and your microbiome.  01:09:10 Start flossing kid’s teeth at about 2 or 2 ½.