Most conversations about airway treatment focus on creating more space: expanding the palate, improving tongue posture, or addressing structural concerns. Those approaches can make a tremendous difference. But what happens when they don't tell the whole story?

In this episode, Dr. T sits down with naturopath Dr. Jill Ghormley to explore why some children remain chronically congested, why enlarged tonsils sometimes return, and why successful airway treatment often means looking beyond the teeth.

Together, they discuss the role of the nasal microbiome, gut health, primitive reflexes, immune function, and other often-overlooked contributors to healthy breathing, explaining why uncovering the root cause sometimes takes a collaborative team rather than a single provider.

Learn more about Dr. T, Green City Dental, and O2dontics: https://greencitydental.com/

Learn more about Dr. Jill Gormley: https://drjghormley.com/

Here's something a lot of people don't realize: Calling yourself a biological dentist doesn't necessarily make you one.

In this episode of Your Mouth Matters, Dr. T sits down with Kim Blaise, founder of OraBiologics, to talk about the gap between the marketing and the reality in biological dentistry right now.

Holistic. Natural. Functional. Integrative. Biologic. Biological. These words are everywhere. They’re also unregulated. Anyone can call themselves a biological dentist. That doesn’t mean they’re actually doing biological dentistry, though. For someone navigating a complex health situation, landing in the wrong office can cost a lot more than just time and money.

Kim came to this work through 20 years on the business side of dentistry, watching patients struggle to find their way to care that genuinely connected the dots between their mouth and their overall health. What she built with OraBiologics is something that the biological dentistry space has needed for a long time: a vetted, educated starting point for patients who are done guessing.

This is a candid, practical conversation about what it actually takes to find a practitioner you can trust and why that search is harder than it should be.

Learn more about...

Dr. Taylor & Green City Dental: https://greencitydental.com

Ora Biologics: https://orabiologics.com

O2Dontics: https://o2dontics.com

In this episode of Your Mouth Matters, Dr. Rebecca Taylor sits down with functional neurologist Dr. David Lee to talk about primitive reflexes - automatic movement patterns that babies are born with to support their early survival and development. These reflexes are meant to integrate as the brain matures. When they don’t integrate completely, the nervous system can remain in a stress-based pattern that influences far more than movement.

Dr. Lee explains how retained primitive reflexes can show up in ways as varied as mouth breathing, clumsiness, poor posture, sensory overwhelm, emotional reactivity, chewing and speech challenges - even plateaus in orthodontic or myofunctional care. Dr. Lee also shares his developmental “pyramid” model, describing how reflexes and core stability form the foundation for balance, eye tracking, coordination, focus, and emotional regulation.

This conversation offers a broader understanding of why some children routinely struggle with breathing, attention, handwriting, posture, or big feelings - and why addressing neurological foundations can make meaningful, lasting change possible.

Learn more about...

• Dr. David Lee & Alight Functional Neurology: https://www.afncwa.com
• Dr. Taylor & Green City Dental: https://greencitydental.com
• O2dontics: https://o2dontics.com