The Functional Dentist: New Research Linking Bleeding Gums & Cancer! If You Can't Get It Up, Brush Your Teeth!

From cavities to cancer, dental problems to dementia, how the state of your teeth is connected to every aspect of your wellbeing. Dr Victoria Sampson is an award-winning functional dentist, researcher, and founder of the multidisciplinary oral health centre, The Health Society Labs. She is also the first dentist in the world to link gum disease with worse COVID complications. In this conversation, Dr Victoria and Steven discuss topics such as, the shocking link between oral health and cancer, how your saliva can predict future dementia diagnosis, how bad breath is a sign of low fertility, and the right way to brush your teeth. 00:00 Intro 01:34 The Oral Microbiome 02:54 What Impacts Our Oral Microbiome? 03:33 2 Million Bacteria in Your Mouth 04:46 How Many People Have Oral Diseases? 06:19 Body Diseases Linked to Oral Microbiome 08:05 Steven Adjusting Chair? 10:18 Research Linking COVID-19 and Oral Hygiene 12:38 Can Your Oral Microbiome Kill You? 13:27 How Food Shapes Your Mouth 16:35 What’s a Wisdom Tooth? 17:54 Do Wisdom Teeth Need Removal? 18:39 Why Do We Need Dentists If Ancestors Had Good Teeth? 20:05 Is Everyone’s Microbiome Massively Different? 21:54 How Oral Health Improves…