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Mouthy Matters: Oral Health and How Your Gums Affect Your Whole Body

18. From Lecturing to Partnering with Patients: A Dentist's Microscope Story

30 August 2026 · 19:33 · Episode 18

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Dr. Laura Mach

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She used to show patients a perio chart and watch nothing change. That is where this conversation starts. Dr. Laura Mach, a biological dentist in Marion, Iowa, spent years explaining bleeding gums to patients who nodded, said okay, and walked out having changed nothing. She could talk until she was blue in the face. It just did not compute. In this special edition of Mouthy Matters, Tosha sits down with Dr. Mach to…

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