Fluoride in Water Lowers IQ, Mouth Taping for Sleep & Airway Health w/ Dr. Staci Whitman, DDS

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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Time Stamps:

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.