88. Are Oral Health Mistakes Silently Driving Chronic Disease?

Your Dentist Is Missing the Biggest Threat to Your Heart, Gut, and Brain You brush. You floss. You go to your cleanings twice a year. And your dentist tells you everything looks fine. But what if the bacteria living between your teeth right now are quietly driving up your cardiovascular risk, disrupting your gut microbiome, and making certain cancer treatments less effective? Dr. Terri sits down with functional dentist Dr. Debbie Ozment — a 41-year practitioner who completely transformed her approach after a single patient's inflamed gums disappeared overnight thanks to a vitamin D injection. What started as curiosity turned into decades of research, a TEDx talk, and a master's thesis called The Forgotten Orifice — because medicine keeps ignoring the one opening that connects to everything else. This episode is for anyone who's "doing all the right things" but still dealing with chronic inflammation, unexplained lab results, or gut issues that won't resolve. What you'll discover: Why one patient's C-reactive protein dropped from 18.1 to 2.9 in just 60 days — with nothing but periodontal therapy The oral bacteria found in 100% of colorectal cancer patients (and how it makes chemotherapy less effective) Why bleeding gums are never "normal" — and what it really means for your systemic health The mouthwash mistake almost everyone makes that's destroying nitric oxide production and harming your heart How Fusobacterium nucleatum travels from your mouth to your fallopian tubes — and what that means for fertility The simple interdental brush technique that outperforms flossing for disrupting dangerous biofilm How ozone therapy stopped a 32-year-old woman's jaw from being surgically removed Why Dr. Debbie's top five daily habits have nothing to do with expensive dental products The bottom line: Health starts in the gut. But the gut starts in the mouth. Period. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Connect with Dr. Debbie Ozment: 💻 Website: https://drdebbieozment.com/ 🎓 Free Course: Upstream Gut Health https://course.drdebbieozment.com/p/upstream-gut-health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices