https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Q70QmOHpLa1jibme4bPqo?si=fNhrTQgYSgCgN45HsOShOw Oral health is essential to healthy aging. It supports nutrition, communication, social participation, independence, and quality of life. Yet oral healthcare remains financially and...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YdhX9vm5I3ZNp6BAZ7INY?si=fgcEiX5YQFWV2Znj-vHTpg A stressed patient who hasn't slept well in months points to their jaw and says, "Doctor, my bite feels off. If you'd just shave down that one tooth, I know the pain would stop." For...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4F4LrM7ma5XW9Cgq7dbbTu?si=H7NGRR76QeOkC8QK9gGxKw My mother — my best friend — passed away at 63 from a heart attack. Looking back, the signs were there: snoring, fragmented sleep, daytime fatigue, trouble concentrating. At the time, I...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/348ge90rkyv2C9JxqX9Kqh?si=Lt2EidfbT-GUi5XydHEDAQ It's the last patient of the day, you're reaching for the DO on tooth #18, and the flight to Hawaii leaves in a few hours — but the patient can't open wide enough for you to work....
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fiJpMz04zMSIOrs6Fik6W?si=829HLPY4QZSYx9xM2Ky70g A patient sits in your chair with a cracked molar, a worn-down smile, and a night guard they've already replaced twice. The reflex is understandable: make another appliance and move on....
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rKa82QpEcOoZQatzwyRka?si=4PUvHWXxRraJeb8pQr3c_Q A community oral health perspective Quality improvement and patient safety are sometimes discussed as if they belong mainly to hospitals. In reality, they are equally important in dental...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/46jeKoCLitN4xxlaTV9F3A?si=qzegQs-PReWwtau4g7Sm2g A few habits worth building into your own dental operatory before your next close call with an older adult patient and the evidence behind why. It is Tuesday, 2 p.m. You walk into your...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qUvyNTfiq6pNhNXficPc2?si=SQqAvZg7SxmrqZBywGQK_g Balancing Workforce Capacity with Oral Health Demand The growing, passionate oral health workforce is a strong asset to our nation's health needs [1]. With nearly 12,500 dental...
Four things to measure in a patient with centralized orofacial pain, and why the pain score alone will mislead you. A patient with chronic masticatory pain starts nortriptyline. Six weeks later you ask how the pain is. She says it is about the same. Do you add...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/26yxw7mr74YrJ0KCdcz05j?si=xJr1dGEwQxO2715XyoN34A Introduction America is getting older, fast. By 2050, the U.S. population aged 65 and up is projected to grow from 17% to 23% of all Americans. Older adults are keeping more of their...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QWPOPPEuaomZQTvPyGjSI?si=cq8t-HdIR1WigFVbb6hctA Dental issues among children are much more common than many realize. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), half of all children aged 6 to 9 years...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/14nZrOiK2HwtguD1z4TpGf?si=iSwtZutwTJe1WzKpZyrKlg Pediatric to geriatric oral health transition refers to the clinical and conceptual shift that occurs as a patient's dental needs evolve across the lifespan, from the eruption and...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VkIVE4Vjbq9vYei08xZOV?si=P8B1Tl0OSfWpm9fWXR_tvw Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Featuring Dr. Joel Epstein, Professor and Medical Director of Oral Oncology, City of Hope National Cancer Centre and Cedars-Sinai Health System Multiple...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0H0db93fU94ueBcQwbgvxw?si=7b7LNEsvR8-16GhAxZY4wg Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare faster than ever before. From early disease detection to helping providers coordinate patient care and how healthcare teams work...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/68vJFf0UZ8FsjmwbW7kvmp?si=cM0qAy_vRqyJuIUTe6O6mQ Featuring Dr. Glenn Clark, Professor and Director of the Online Master of Science in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Program, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Multiple sclerosis...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UocaZSZiRh9Np4XoBIO3d?si=Ixjuq_zZRmuEWuk-7RmNsA Featuring Dr. Jim Scott, Consultant Neurologist, in conversation with Jane Wrinch A patient in their late 30s arrives at the dental office with sharp, electric facial pain along the...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3p8IYm52PhpD59gPLKpyhw?si=PcNy9b9pQ9a7lSzgvRY8Ng Older patients don't arrive with a single problem. They arrive with a history — and that history belongs to an entire team of providers who, more often than not, have never spoken to...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5j2P5Z9jmtB39YvEvXcXpA?si=k5IpvKjQTfKfh3K2z82a9A Temporomandibular disorders, or TMD, are a common cause of jaw pain, facial discomfort, and limited function. Many patients also report that their symptoms seem worse during certain...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4qYU0X7RyotD9VLcc6exMA?si=swwfpI-yRO-qRrVB4piNfg A patient walks into your clinic, stressed and sleep-deprived, pointing to their jaw. “My bite just feels off,” they say. “If you could shave down that one tooth, the pain would stop.”...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OSrOFKsLTEpOlBNdqlZ3b?si=jB8jYbJ2Sn-QQ1xJFPpZgg Introduction The world is warming at an unprecedented rate. The Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC confirmed a 1.09°C rise in global surface temperature over the period 1901–2018, and...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/39dKQoJpakN1NEJqri99ar?si=q6BumkW-RL-EZt43vWdMnA Introduction Climate change and environmental pollution are increasingly recognized as interconnected global health crises. While their systemic health impacts are widely documented,...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RDNkSnFb7StUiqQPap8a6?si=dRHoRR-1QOirRhOLA1d1OQ Every day, we ask patients to brush, floss, and reduce sugar intake. Most patients can repeat these instructions back to us, yet oral disease remains one of the most prevalent chronic...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j7zamfnm3ufZsVoNTd0Zy?si=18HD4fKGQxii8nCpBGeRlA Introduction The human microbiome plays an important role in maintaining physiologic balance throughout the body. In the oral cavity, diverse microbial species interact with...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h5FkoaUKDik8jsNdkFWo2?si=Mp7R_ysURH-0p_jzvixWoQ New iPSC-based genomic evidence has identified two converging neurobiological failures at the root of bruxism: a serotonin 2A receptor variant that amplifies stress-driven motor...
