Mouth Health and the Family Connection

Family history can impact the way you look how you act, other tissues in your mouth, and health conditions that you may suffer from either as a child or as an adult, it's probably not a surprise to learn that family history can impact your oral health a lot like it can your overall health. The ways that your family history impacts your oral health can vary depending on a whole lot of factors- that’s what this episode is about.

Family history can impact the structure of your teeth, the shape of your palate, how you breathe, and how susceptible you are to certain issues. It can impact our overall oral health. Dental disease is silent. And we're a society that only seeks treatment if we're in pain. New research shows that it's not necessarily the genes that we inherit, but the learned habits that we should be more concerned with.

Key Takeaways:

-The link between dental health and family dynamics and children.

-Genetics plays a big role and how family history impacts oral health.

-Health behaviors play a major role in the prevention of the most common oral health diseases.

-The relationship between the mother's behavior and their background affects the child's growth and development, and their mouth health.

-The importance of assessing children for any breathing difficulties.