Your dentist has never grabbed your tongue, checked your nose, and asked you about your sleep but maybe they should.
In this episode, we're sitting down with Dr. Laura Caylor, a dentist in Chilliwack, BC who has built her practice around a root cause approach to oral health. Dr. Laura didn't set out to become the practitioner who looks at your airway, your tongue tie, your jaw posture, and your nervous system in a single appointment. She got there through her own lived experience as a parent, breastfeeding struggles, chronic congestion in her kids, and a magazine article that changed everything. What she discovered is that the mouth is not a separate system. It's the beginning of the whole story.
Dr. Desiree found Dr. Laura while recovering from mold-related health concerns, looking for a dentist who understood airway health at a root cause level. And after that first appointment? She called Brandi on the way home. That's the kind of practitioner Dr. Laura is.
What you'll learn:
Why the mouth is for eating and the nose is for breathing and what happens when we mix those up chronically
The connection between mouth breathing and your oral microbiome (yes, your mouth has one too)
How nitric oxide production from the nose affects your blood flow, immune function, and cardiovascular health and how mouth breathing bypasses all of it
What snoring is actually telling you and why it's never the starting point for treatment
The role of tongue position in guiding jaw development, airway patency, and your midface structure
Why a tongue tie isn't just a newborn breastfeeding problem and the signs to watch for at every age
How the trigeminal nerve connects jaw instability to nervous system dysregulation and compensation patterns through the whole body
The fascial line that runs from the tongue all the way to the toes and what happens when it's restricted
Dr. Laura's family's nasal hygiene routine, including the xylitol nasal spray that changed her son's chronic congestion
The truth about mouthwash, fluoride, hydroxyapatite toothpaste, and when to brush relative to coffee and lemon water
Resources Mentioned:
Nelson's Naturals hydroxyapatite toothpaste (BC-based): https://nelsonsnaturals.com
Dr. Laura Caylor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.lauracaylor/
Dr. Laura's clinic: Vedder Dental, Chilliwack, BC https://vedderdental.ca/
Tongue Tie Course for Parents: https://www.thetonguetiecourse.com
Dr. Laura Caylor's website: https://drlauracaylor.com/
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