Welcome, Dr. Tom to Hunger Hunt Feast! Tom is the first dentist in the US to apply DNA-PCR technology to all of his patients in the treatment of oral infections, he is the founder of Oral DNA Labs: sold to Quest Diagnostics and Chief Dental Officer for Quest Diagnostics.
Listen in as Zane and Dr. Tom talk about how the bacteria in your mouth can cause heart disease. This insightful conversation is the perfect episode for anyone who wants to take their overall health to the next level.
QUICK NOTES FROM ZANE:
- Oral bacteria can cause systemic inflammation in the rest of the body
- Oral bacteria can embed themselves in endothelial lining of the arteries beginning the process of heart disease, atherosclerosis
- You can have a healthy diet and exercise routine and still develop heart disease from the bacteria
- These bacteria can also cause cancer.
Periodontal bacteria associated with metabolic disease and type 2 diabetes. - Genetic testing on the bacteria to determine the level of pathogenic bacteria population.
- There are specific antiseptics used to reduce the bacterial pathogens that most dentists are not using
LINKS:
https://www.aaosh.org
For periodontal bacteria testing and treatment in Nashville, TN
https://www.thomasnabors.com/
Periodontal Diseases and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Bangladesh
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063685
Treatment of periodontal disease results in improvements in endothelial dysfunction and reduction of the carotid intima-media thickness
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19074511/\
Dental prophylaxis and periodontal treatment are protective factors to ischemic stroke
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23422085
Periodontal Infection, Systemic Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476901/
Periodontitis induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis drives periodontal microbiota dysbiosis and insulin resistance via an impaired adaptive immune response
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26838600/
Periodontal Bacteria and Prediabetes Prevalence in ORIGINS: The Oral Infections, Glucose Intolerance, and Insulin Resistance Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26082387/
Periodontal Disease and Incident Lung Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27294431/
Severity of Periodontitis and Metabolic Syndrome: Is There an Association?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26654349/
Association of apical periodontitis and type 2 diabetes
https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(21)00037-4/fulltext
Questions? You can email your questions to zane@zanegriggs.com.
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QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY
- Meet Dr. Tom
- A short recap of Dr. Tom's medical career
- The importance of your mouth for overall health
- How inflammation is the first warning sigh
- The organisms that create inflammation
- What every dentist should be doing for their patients
- Why Dr. Tom decided to get fit in his 70s
- When Dr. Tom''s son had medical complications
- Know the data on your mouth
- The main role of every dentist
- When Dr. Tom spoke at Harvard
- Why the dentistry model must change
