The Mouth Brain Connection Dr. Steven Lin

If you suffer from headaches, neck, or back pain, then forward head posture may be the culprit.One of the main questions I often get asked in the dental clinic is how to fix forward head posture. It’s important to note that mouth breathing is often the root cause of forward head posture. The body and skeletal system moves muscles and supporting structures to accommodate breathing patterns. When our head posture or jaws are in the incorrect position, an open mouth is often a compensa...

Can a carnivore diet plan help you lose weight or even improve your teeth? Meat-based diet plans are growing in popularity to reverse obesity, but also type-II diabetes and even conditions like auto-immunity. So if you’re looking to start with a carnivore diet plan, where do you get started? Firstly it’s important to understand how a carnivore diet will affect your whole body, and the best place to start is your mouth. Anthropological evidence shows that the ancestral huma...

If you experience headaches and migraines then it’s common to also experience jaw pain. A TMJ headache is a type of headache that radiates from the temporomandibular joint. However conditions like jaw pain and temporomandibular dysfunction or TMD can cause chronic head and neck pain that present in headaches.So does jaw pain cause headaches or is it the other way around? If you suffer from headaches and migraines, it can be debilitating and answers can be hard to pinpoint. Some people ex...

If you’re looking for treatment for crooked teeth or a misaligned bite then orthodontic specialists may help. For children, orthodontists can help align teeth during developmental periods. For adults orthodontics may be implemented with techniques like Invisalign or lingual braces. Orthodontic specialists can use a variety of techniques and philosophies that apply to treatment they recommend. Recently, advances in technology and understanding of how the developing jaw influenc...

PCOS is the most common cause of infertility in women, affecting between 10% and 18% of women of childbearing age. If you suffer from PCOS or infertility, falling pregnant can be a difficult journey. While we have seen links between conditions like gum disease and PCOS, the role of diet and fertility is one that doesn’t get discussed often. Those with a PCOS diagnosis, should you be looking at strategies on how to cure PCOS permanently? What is PCOS? PCOS (Polycystic Ovari...

Is that statement true . . . Can Sleep Apnea kill you?Are you or a loved one struggling with snoring or grinding your teeth while asleep? These symptoms could indicate an issue with your airway function linked to your jaw. The relationship between sleep apnea and sleep bruxism (teeth grinding) isn't clear yet, with various studies unable to conclude whether they are connected or occur independently.People with sleep apnea often suffer from sleep bruxism, and it is hypothesized that our mouth ...