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The Oral-Systemic Link - A Synopsis an article by Dr. Mike Milligan
Mar 27, 2024

Below is a link to an article Dr. Mike Milligan wrote to introduce healthcare providers and patients to several aspects of the Oral-Systemic Link. The Oral-Systemic Link - A Synopsis.pdf

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Find Out About the Buteyko Breathing Method
Video Runtime - 13 mintes, 40 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

Author of The Oxygen Advantage and many other books on the Buteyko Breathing Method, Patrick McKeown sat down with Dr. Mike Milligan to discuss this revolutionary approach to breathing. The Buteyko Breathing Method is a discipline of breathing which a study published in the leading rhinitis journal Otolaryngology showed a 70% reduction of …

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Introduction to Myofunctional Therapy
Apr 25, 2017

Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy teaches a patient how to use the proper POSTURE and FUNCTION of muscles in the face and mouth. Improper posture and function of these muscles can affect breathing, breast feeding, proper growth and development of the face and jaws, chewing, swallowing, crooked teeth, speech, bite, snoring, sleep, jaw …

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Dr. Mike Milligan Interviews on Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Video Runtime - 12 minutes, 53 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

Dr. Mike Milligan was interviewed on the radio to speak about the many advances in the dental industry for treating snoring and sleep apnea. Dr. Milligan also covered the importance of treating these conditions because they relate to many other very serious diseases that can occur if your sleep apnea …

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Face Focused Orthodontics Can Help Patients Sleep Better, and Look Better!
Video Runtime - 16 minutes, 34 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

Dr. Bill Hang sat down with Dr. Mike Milligan to talk about his approach to orthodontics, called Face Focused Orthodontics. He says that he began to realize that various common orthodontic practices can reduce the space where the tongue can fit into the oral cavity, causing problems with the airway of his …

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Sleep Apnea: The Importance of Your Airway To Overall Health
Video Runtime - 13 minutes, 19 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

What underlies Sleep Apnea? Dr. John Flutter is a dentist who speaks on the importance of breathing and issues involving your airway to overall health. Why is it better to breath through your nose? Why should you sit up straight? What happens when certain dental and orthodontic procedures shrink the …

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Sleep Apnea Patient Talks About His Dental Sleep Device
Video Runtime - 3 minutes, 14 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

A patient who has suffered through c-pap therapy, unsuccessful surgery, and many other travails in order to get his sleep apnea under control talks about his experience with a dental sleep device.   If you suffer from sleep apnea, you need to hear this man’s story.

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CPAP vs. Oral Device for Sleep Apnea – A Patient’s Perspective
Video Runtime - 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Apr 25, 2017

This is a story from a retired physician who used to wear a CPAP at night to treat his sleep apnea. He started using a new oral device from his dentist, and this is what he had to say about it.    

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The DNA Appliance is a New, Non-Surgical Way to Remodel Your Airway
Apr 25, 2017

AIRWAY, SLEEP APNEA, AND SNORING are wonderful and highly successful new services of dentistry! The floor of the sinus is the same bone as the roof of the mouth. By properly developing the jaws through dental appliances we are able to increase the size of the airway, thereby preventing and …

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The Negative Effects of Day Time Mouthbreathing
Apr 26, 2017

  Researchers have uncovered an un-expected link between day time mouth breathing and heart/lung problems. They found that daytime mouth breathing is a prime predictor of pulmonary hypertension.   See the full article at PubMed  

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The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown
Video Runtime - 12 minutes, 27 seconds
Apr 26, 2017

Patrick McKeown, author of The Oxygen Advantage, gives an overview of the Buteyko Breathing Method for athletes. He covers the advantages of using the Buteyko Breathing Method to simulate high altitude training and what that can do to improve athletic performance.                    For More …

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Trish O’Hehir, RDH Talks About Breathing Through Your Nose Instead of Your Mouth
Video Runtime - 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Apr 26, 2017

Trish O’Hehir is a Registered Dental Hygienist who speaks about the surprising scientific facts surrounding breathing through the mouth vs. breathing through the nose, and why you should avoid mouth-breathing as much as you can.

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Myobrace: Myofunctional Therapy, Airway Development, and Pre-Orthodontic Treatment for Children
Video Runtime - 7 minutes, 49 seconds
Apr 26, 2017

Dr. Chris Farrell, CEO and Founder of Myobrace, and Dr. John Flutter, international lecturer, sat down with Dr. Mike Milligan to discuss Myobrace, myofunctional therapy, airway development, and pre-orthodontic treatment for children.                     For More Information: www.Myobrace.com

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A Whole Body Approach to Dentistry
Video Runtime - 1 minute, 36 seconds
Apr 26, 2017

Roger Price, respiratory physiologist, spoke to OralSystemicLink.net on the advantages of integrative dentistry. He discusses that whole body health and dental health are like an iceberg – we see the symptoms that are the 10% of the iceberg above the water, but the problem is the 90% below the water that we …

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Invisalign is Nearly Invisible Orthodontics for Your Teeth
Video Runtime - 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Apr 26, 2017

Dr. Milligan sat down with Invisalign instructor Dr. Doug Brandt after a training course. They discussed the many benefits Invisalign provides to patients who want to straighten their teeth.

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Benefits of Nasal Breathing
Video Runtime - 19 minutes, 31 seconds
Sep 26, 2022

Dr Kathleen Carson gives a TEDx talk video on the benefits of nasal breathing rather than mouth breathing. This has a very large impact on our health over time.

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