The Importance of Oral Health in Women

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Women's health research is really lacking. And then we've got sexual health when it comes to women very much lacking. I have actually wondered this myself. Like what if you have a partner who has bacteria that predisposes them to like inflammation to having carries? Having cavities, how is that going to affect you? In my mind, I want to imagine like the whole ecology of the vagina just like basically coming in and throwing down and being like, you shall not pass.

Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine. Dr. Brighten is also part of the MindBodyGreen Collective and a faculty member for the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine. Her work has been featured in the New York Post, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, Bustle, The Guardian, and ABC News. Her latest book is Is This Normal? Judgment-Free Straight Talk about Your Body.

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