519: Top Tips for Strong Healthy Teeth: Tongue Scraping, Jaw Strengthening, Reversing Cavities, and More with Dr. Dominik Nischwitz
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
What dental care practices are helpful and which are overly hyped? Is it a good idea to use oral exercise devices? What about tongue scraping and flossing? What should we look out for when it comes to toothpaste and mouthwash? Dr. Dominik Nischwitz, author of It’s All in Your Mouth, highlights what is best for strong healthy teeth and a beautiful smile. He separates fact from fiction. He goes over how to cultivate a healthy oral microbiome and he also addresses the issue of "leaky gums". And he leaves us with three key questions to ask ourselves to help determine if our health concerns could be related to oral health.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. |
| 0:13.9 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:22.6 | And now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 0:28.5 | Hey, Hilda here. |
| 0:30.8 | Is it possible to reverse cavities? |
| 0:33.3 | What toothbrush is the best to use? |
| 0:35.5 | Is flossing honestly a good practice to adopt? And what about |
| 0:38.9 | tongue scraping? We've got lots of questions about the best ways to strengthen our teeth and have a |
| 0:45.1 | beautiful, healthy smile. This is episode 519 and our guest today is Dr. Dominic Nishwitz, |
| 0:51.7 | also known as Dr. Dom. Dr. Dom is an international speaker and the author |
| 0:55.9 | of It's All in Your Mouth. Today, he offers us insights and distinguishes between myths and |
| 1:02.4 | reality when it comes to building our healthy teeth. He explains the role of nutrition and |
| 1:07.6 | exactly what minerals we need to build our teeth and to strengthen them. He reviews |
| 1:12.7 | the problem with most toothpaste and conventional mouthwash. And he weighs in on a popular |
| 1:19.0 | oral care recommendation like tongue scraping and chewing gum or oral exercises. He also explains |
| 1:26.9 | the connection between the entire body and the |
| 1:30.1 | health of the mouth. And he points out that conditions such as Parkinson's disease, arthritis, |
| 1:36.3 | Alzheimer's, and even neurological issues are related to the microbiome in the mouth. You thought I was |
| 1:43.3 | going to say the gut, right? He also goes over |
| 1:45.6 | the issue of leaky gums and the three key questions we should ask to determine if health |
| 1:52.3 | concerns could be related to our oral health. Before we get into the conversation, I want to |
| 1:57.5 | remind you that censorship is real. Let's have a direct line of communication. |
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