03/08/2026
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Most people never connect what’s happening in their mouth to how they feel in the rest of their body. I didn’t either, until it became my cancer healing story.
When I was going through treatment, one of the first things my integrative team told me was to go see a biological dentist. What’s in your mouth doesn’t stay in your mouth, they said, and they wanted mine looked at right away.
My scan came back covered in black. Infection everywhere. Some of it was coming from root canals I’d had years earlier, including one from an accident in college I hadn’t thought about in over a decade. I had no pain or symptoms. Nothing telling me anything was wrong.
A dead tooth doesn’t hurt, so there’s nothing telling you to deal with it, and it can sit there quietly for years.
This episode is with Dr. Kalli Hale, an airway-focused dentist and the founder of Toothpillow | Your Virtual Airway Dentists, the at-home system my kids use to support jaw growth and nasal breathing. Most of our conversation is about how children breathe at night and why it matters more than we were taught.
But she also treats adults, and in this clip she talks about what she and her team keep finding: infections sitting quietly in the jaw for years, and research now tracing that same bacteria into places you wouldn’t expect.
If you’ve had a root canal and were told to just keep an eye on it, this one’s worth a listen.
The full episode covers:
✅ What airway-focused dentistry is and how it differs from what most of us grew up with
✅ Why so many kids today have narrow palates and crowded teeth
✅ The signs of airway restriction you can look for at home
✅ Why infection in the mouth is worth taking seriously at any age
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