The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Oral Health, Fluoride, and Your Toothpaste with Dr. Staci Whitman, a Functional Kids’ Dentist and Founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry: Episode Rerun
July 6, 2023
In today’s episode, we discuss oral health, detailing mouth, teeth, gums, and even toothpaste, but also dive into fluoride, flossing, tongue scraping, and more. The dive deep into: 1. Is brushing and flossing enough? What else should you do to maintain your oral health 2. How your oral health impacts every other system in your body. 3. Bleeding gums aren’t normal! Gum disease is connected to a ton of chronic health conditions 5. Fluoride: good or bad? We break it down 4. Explaining Root Canals. If you need a root canal, you should see an endodontist. Dr. Staci Whitman is a Functional Kids’ Dentist in North Portland, Oregon. She is the founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry, where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach to her patients. Dr. Whitman attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and worked as a general dentist for two years before earning a certificate in pediatric dentistry from Oregon Health & Science University. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide
In today’s episode, we discuss oral health, detailing mouth, teeth, gums, and even toothpaste, but also dive into fluoride, flossing, tongue scraping, and more.

The dive deep into:

1. Is brushing and flossing enough? What else should you do to maintain your oral health
2. How your oral health impacts every other system in your body.
3. Bleeding gums aren’t normal! Gum disease is connected to a ton of chronic health conditions
5. Fluoride: good or bad? We break it down
4. Explaining Root Canals. If you need a root canal, you should see an endodontist. 


Dr. Staci Whitman is a Functional Kids’ Dentist in North Portland, Oregon. She is the founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry, where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach to her patients. Dr. Whitman attended Tufts University School 
of Dental Medicine and worked as a general dentist for two years before earning a certificate in pediatric dentistry from Oregon Health & Science University.

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