31 episodes
Beyond Brushing- Optimised Oral Health Outcomes Cathy Boyce
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- Health & Fitness
As the mountain of evidence is growing linking poor dental health, incorrect habits and poor oral function with adverse overall health outcomes, Cathy Boyce, an Oral Health Therapist and Orofacial Myologist and educator from Australia explores and explains aspects of oral health and the interplay on general health and wellness for children through to our most senior citizens.Interviewing both experts and ‘on the ground’ clinicians, you will gain an understanding of optimal oral health considerations and how you can recognise where you can initiate changes or at least know where to seek help!
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# 31 Exploring Primitive Reflex Integration in Paediatric Development. with Mary Bourke
Mary Bourke is a Newcastle (NSW, Australia) based chiropractor with qualifications in pediatric chiropractic care. Her wealth of experience and passion for health and wellness improvement in young children starts right from the very early months when the reflexes present in the newborn transfer to those that assist their progressive global development.In this episode, Mary explains the nature of the primitive reflexes, how they integrate during infant development and the importance of allowin...
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# 30 TMJ treatment and The Goralsky Craniomandibular Method. with Darron Goralsky
Darron Goralsky is a Melbourne-based physiotherapist with a thriving specialist practice focusing on treating jaw joint pain and discomfort. Darron recognised early in his career that what he had initially learned about the management of TMJ disorders was insufficient and took on the challenge of continuing his education. That led him down an exciting pathway of discovery and enabled him to provide treatment based on the contributing factors, not just the symptoms. Darron’s understanding...
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#29 Growing Beautiful Teeth. with Dr Estie Bav.
Dr Estie Bav is Melbourne based dentist who authored the book 'Growing Beautiful Teeth: Simple Strategies for your Child to Have Perfect teeth for Life'. In this episode, we chat about her experience in watching children develop and had the first-hand experience when working abroad, of the ease in which health and wellbeing plus growth and development of the teeth and jaws can be altered- even in one generation.We discussed the areas that parents, carers and health professionals should ...
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# 27 Sleep Wrecked Kids ( Part 1) with Sharon Moore.
Sharon Moore is an author, presenter and Speech Pathologist, with 4 decades of clinical experience across a wide range of communication and upper airway disorders. Her focus right now is sharing key research about the importance of upper airway health and sleep, in reference to the global epidemic of sleep problems. Recently, acknowledgement of the role of myofunctional therapy in the management of sleep disorders hails a new era of relevance for therapeutic interventions that support upper a...
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#28 Sleep Wrecked Kids (part 2) with Sharon Moore
In this episode, (part 2 of an interview with the incredible Sharon Moore), Sharon explains more about sleeping problems, the relationship between children’s airways and what to look for in your sleeping child. We discuss the interplay between bony structure and soft tissues and the importance of both in the growing children for airway health.Sharon explains the proven correlation between sleep-disordered breathing in young children, behaviour problems and the impairment to their execut...
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# 26 Senior Dental Care. with Jacqueline Biggar
Jacqueline Biggar is a Sydney based Oral Health Therapist who recently made the move to offer routine preventive dental services where it is most needed by clients. Jacquie’s mobile dental ‘clinic’ is totally portable and allows clients to receive basic dental care and hygiene services comfort and confines of their own home or care facility. Every dental clinician acknowledges that are clients (especially older clients) are often unable to access traditional dental visits for routine or...