Your Mouth Could Be Aging You Faster: Linked to Dementia, Heart Disease & Tooth Loss | Brynn Maclennan | EP#174

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Brynn MacLennan, co-founder and CEO of Slate Flosser, to explore the surprising link between oral health and whole-body wellbeing. The bacteria in your gums don't stay in your gums. They travel to your brain, heart, and gut, shaping your risk for everything from dementia to heart disease. We talk about why bleeding gums are a signal to lean in, not back off, and why the way we've flossed for a hundred years may finally be ready for reinvention.

What we explore:

- Why oral health is inseparable from whole-body health in midlife.

- How perimenopause estrogen changes cause gum dryness, inflammation, and bleeding.

- What bleeding gums signal, and why the answer is more flossing, not less.

- How plaque hardens into tartar in under 48 hours.

- Why gum disease is linked to dementia, heart disease, and pregnancy complications.