Episode 40 - Oral health tips to get your teeth into

In this podcast, dentist and digital health leader Dr Deepak Aulak sits down in front of our mic to cover why maintaining your oral health with regular visits to the dentist is vital to your entire body, not just your mouth. To support the 2024-2026 theme of World Oral Health Day (a happy mouth is a happy body), we’ll discuss the links between poor oral health and poor physical health.

 

Regular dentist visits for preventative care and treatment as soon as you recognise a problem is vital not just for your mouth but the rest of your body. Poor oral health has been linked to endocarditis (infection of the inner lining of the chambers of the heart); cardiovascular disease; pregnancy complications such as premature birth and low birth weight; pneumonia; Alzheimer’s disease; strokes; and respiratory/lung disease.

 

Dr Deepak will cover the links between poor oral health and poor overall health, including preventative tips straight from a dentist’s mouth on beating the links between such conditions and poor oral health by making simple improvements to your dental routine.

 

As well as being a registered dentist, Dr Deepak heads up Toothfairy, a company providing digital dental services in the UK. In partnership with Unum, Toothfairy offers a wide variety of support to our Dental Insurance customers, including a 24/7 chat line manned by dentists; videos and articles packed with tips on maintaining oral health; a symptom checker; discounts on at-home cosmetic treatments and more.