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What Your Mouth Can Tell You About Your Health With Dr. Arti Jagirdar

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Dr. Arti Jagirdar explains how poor oral health can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and pregnancy complications.
Host Cathy Biase introduces the episode by highlighting oral health's role as a gateway to systemic health, linking it to conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Guest Dr. Arti Jagirdar, a dentist practicing in New York City since 2011, shares her journey into integrative dentistry, influenced by her own health hurdles including mitral valve repair and breast cancer. She describes her practice at Flatiron Dental, focusing on holistic care and education. Dr. Jagirdar explains restorative dentistry versus routine care, emphasizing periodontal health as foundational. She discusses using salivary testing to analyze the oral microbiome and target pathogenic bacteria. The conversation covers how oral health connects to sleep apnea, with Dr. Jagirdar advocating for proper sleep studies and collaboration with ENTs. She details a case where she diagnosed a patient's chronic throat pain via a calcified stylohyoid ligament after multiple ENTs failed. Dr. Jagirdar talks about the mouth-gut-brain axis, noting oral bacteria can travel to the gut and potentially influence mental health. She explains genetic testing for periodontal disease, such as interleukin genes affecting immune response. The discussion includes treatments like silver diamine fluoride to freeze cavities and conservative approaches for recession. Dr. Jagirdar mentions collaborations with medical specialists, including oncologists for cancer patients, and highlights pediatric airway issues. She stresses the importance of early intervention and patient education in dentistry.

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A dentist links grinding, possible sleep apnea, and oral care to broader health concerns.

Cathy Biasi frames the mouth as more than a place for cleanings, linking oral care to wider health concerns such as heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and pregnancy complications. The episode finds its sharpest focus with Dr.

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If nighttime grinding has you wondering what your sleep is trying to tell you, this conversation gives your mouth a useful new role: an entry point, not the whole answer.

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