Wellness Dentistry: Oral Health for Longevity with Dr. Katie To
Welcome to Wellness Dentistry: Oral Health for Longevity with Dr Katie, where wellness dentistry explores oral health, preventive care, and functional medicine for listeners dedicated to whole-body wellness & the best oral health outcomes possible.
I’m Dr. Katie To, President of the IABDM (International Academy of Biological Dentistry & Medicine), founder of the Wellness Dentist Institute, and the visionary behind the Center for Wellness Dentistry. Each episode brings you expert insights on how your mouth and body work together, highlighting the essential role of oral health in total well-being.
Find out more here: https://www.thewellnessdentist.com/
In this podcast you'll discover how preventive care, integrative health, and everyday lifestyle choices create lasting vitality.
This show is for patients and practitioners who want to connect the dots between dental wellness and whole-body healing. Expect inspiring interviews, practical strategies, and a new way of looking at dentistry that empowers your health journey.
This podcast is for you if you’re asking:
- How does oral health affect overall well-being & longevity?
- What is wellness dentistry and why does it matter?
- How does preventive oral care support total-body health?
- Can dental hygiene impact heart disease or diabetes?
- What lifestyle factors influence oral-systemic health?
- How does functional medicine tie into dental wellness?
- What daily habits improve both oral health and wellness?
- Why does wellness dentistry focus on root causes, not symptoms?
- What materials are safer for whole-body wellness in dental care?
- What makes integrative health different from traditional dentistry?
- How can I prevent systemic health risks through oral preventive care?
Episodes
36 episodes
36. Oral Health and Heart Rate Variability: The Connection You Need to Know About
You're wearing a ring or a watch that tracks your heart rate variability, and you have no idea what the number actually means. Most people don't. They just know a higher score feels like winning and a lower one feels like something went wrong.<...
35. Dr. Chad's Been an NFL Team Dentist for 17 Seasons, Here's What You Should Know
Most people assume that if you're a professional athlete, your health is already dialed in. Cold plunges, red light therapy, personalized nutrition, elite sleep tracking. But there's one thing almost nobody on the team was looking at, and it tu...
34. The Mouth-Body Connection, Breathwork Edition with Dr. Drake
Dr. Katie recorded this one live at the Beyond Biohacking Conference, and she almost didn't get through her own introduction without gushing. She'd just spent three days in Scottsdale with her guest before this conversation even happened, and i...
33. How a Near-Death Experience Taught Dr. Linty to Read What Your Gums Aren't Telling You
At 24, Dr. Linty was told she had a 30% chance of surviving. A priest came to give her last rites. She said not today, and meant it.Episode overview:Dr. Linty is tell the story underneath everything she does in practice. Wh...
32. From Sick Care to Real Prevention: A Dentist's Story with Dr. Wu
Dr. Jennifer Wu thought she was doing everything right. She was working out, training for half marathons, eating what she thought was a healthy diet, and going to her yearly wellness exams like clockwork. Then, in her third trimester, she walke...
31. Memory & Brain Health for Longevity with Jim Kwik
Two of the most costly words you can say might just be "I forgot." That's what memory expert Jim Kwik tells Dr. Katie To in this episode, and once you hear why, you won't think about your brain the same way again.Jim Kwik has spent 14 ye...
30. Why Chlorella Beats Activated Charcoal for Mercury Detox with Dr. Catharine Arnston
For years, activated charcoal has been the default recommendation for anyone going through amalgam removal or heavy metal detox. It works, but it doesn't discriminate. It pulls out the good with the bad, leaving people dehydrated and depleted o...
29. How a Dental Office Can Be Designed to Calm Your Nervous System with Julia Kappler
Most dentists design their office once and live with it for years, without ever asking why certain rooms feel tense, why patients seem anxious the second they sit down, or why the team feels drained by 3pm even on a normal day. In this episode,...
28. Mercury Detox After Amalgam Removal: What Your Dentist Never Told You with Dr. Atousa
Most patients leave the dental chair after amalgam removal and expect to feel better quickly. What they don't expect is two months of flu-like symptoms, fatigue, and a body that seems to be working harder than it did before the fillings came ou...
27. Root Canals, Hormones, and the Symptoms Nobody's Connecting, with Dr. Jessica Peatross, MD
What if the symptoms you've been chasing for years, the weight gain, the sleepless nights, the hormonal chaos, the autoimmune flares, were connected to something sitting quietly in your mouth?That's exactly the kind of question Dr. Jessi...
26. 93% of Americans Are Metabolically Unhealthy, Here's What That Has to Do With Your Mouth with Ben Azadi
Keto Flex releases July 21st, 2026! Go to: ketokamp.com/metabolic-freedomWhat if the fatigue, the stubborn weight, the brain fog, and the chr...
25. Dentistry Is the Next Frontier in Biohacking with Dr. Ratna Indah
Most people in the biohacking world are doing everything right. They're tracking their labs, testing their sleep, optimizing their supplements, and building morning routines that would make most people's heads spin. And yet something keeps not ...
24. Airway, Amalgams, and Cavitations: Why Every Parent Needs a Wellness Dentist with Dr. Caroline Jones
Want to understand how your mouth is connected to your brain, your sleep, and your long-term health? This conversation is a good place to start.Register for Dr. Katie's free patient webinar:
23. Mercury, Sleep, Cognitive Health and the Mouth-Brain Link with Dr. Beena and Dr. Troy
Want to understand how your mouth is connected to your brain, your sleep, and your long-term health? This conversation is a good place to start.Register for Dr. Katie's free patient webinar:
22. From Cancer Survivor to World Traveler: Louis Olvera on Rebuilding Your Life Through Wellness
Ready to go deeper into your own wellness journey? Join Dr. Katie's free weekly webinar at https://go.drkatieto.center/registerNine years ago, Lewis Olvera drove from ...
21. Alzheimer's, Oral Health, and Why One Dentist Started Over, with Dr. Beena
Maybe you've watched someone you love slowly disappear, still physically present but no longer recognizing your face. For Dr. Beena John, that person was her mother, a sharp, health-conscious nurse who spent decades caring for others, and whose...
20: Breast Implant Illness, Biological Root Canals & Whole Body Healing with Dr. Vi
Have you ever felt like something was deeply wrong in your body, gone to doctor after doctor, and been told everything looks fine? That gap between "your labs are normal" and actually feeling well is exactly what this conversation is about....
19. Zirconia vs. Titanium Implants: What Your Dentist Isn't Telling You with Dr. Rosalie
If you've ever been told you need a dental implant and felt like the decision was already made for you, this conversation is going to change how you think about that moment. The truth is, not all implants are the same, not all patients are the ...
18. The Dental-Nutrition Connection: Vitamin C, Magnesium & Longevity with Dr. Thomas Levy
Most of us were taught that healing happens at the chair. Get the procedure, go home, recover. But if you've ever had a patient who did everything right and still didn't heal the way you expected, you already know there's more to the story. Thi...
17. Purpose-Driven Dentistry: Leaving a 7-Figure Practice to Practice Whole-Body Dentistry with Dr. Anthony Vu
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.comThere is a moment, if you are honest with yourself, when you realize that success on paper and fulfillment in your body are two completely dif...
16. How Hidden Dental Mold Nearly Destroyed My Health with Amy Wine
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.comMost people don't connect a failing dental bridge to memory loss, mast cell activation, or a potassium level so low their heart nearly stopped...
15. How AI and Wellness Dentistry Are Changing the Way We Care for Your Whole Body with Dr. Prior
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.com Ready to experience dentistry that sees the whole you, not just your teeth? Explore holistic denta...
14. What Your Dentist Isn't Telling You: Oral Health & Whole-Body Wellness with Dr. Blodgett
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.comWhat if your dental appointment felt less like a procedure and more like a reset?In this episode of Wellness Dentistry: Oral Health for...
13. The Hidden Link Between Oral Health and Chronic Illness, with Dr. Daniel Pompa
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.comWhat if the root of your chronic symptoms has been hiding in your mouth all along?In this episode of Wellness Dentistry: Oral Health for Longe...
12. Oral Health for Longevity: Your Dentist, Your Water, & Your Breath with Happy Life Labs CEO, Brett Harmeling
🔗 Learn more at thewellnessdentist.comWhat if the most overlooked piece of your wellness journey is sitting right in your mouth?In this episode of Wellness Dentis...