Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson is here to talk about the new frontier in dentistry. This is one of the most exciting times to be a dentist, the future is looking bright for so many reasons. One of those reasons is how dentistry is evolving into the forefront of total healthcare for patients. Dentists spend longer periods of time with their patients than MDs and build ongoing relationships.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Wilkerson is on the forefront of this exciting dental revolution with his super popular Dawson Academy CE classes. We talk about how dentistry has shifted to focus on things that affect total health like airway health, prevention of inflammation, and pathogens from gum disease that can get into the bloodstream and create future problems.</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><strong>You can find Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson here:</strong></p><br> <p><a href="http://dupontwilkerson.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dupont & Wilkerson</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DuPont.Wilkerson.Dentistry/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dupont & Wilkerson on Facebook</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="http://dental.thedawsonacademy.com/author/dr-dewitt-wilkerson"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson Dawson Academy</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="mailto:DWilkerson@thedawsonacademy.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DWilkerson@thedawsonacademy.com</span></a></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:47] Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson has been working in the practice of Peter Dawson since 1982. He has seen the Dawson academy evolve from three seminars to many seminars and hands-on courses and classes all over the world.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:17] How this is such an exciting time to be a dentistry, and how dentistry is going to be the leader in medical healthcare.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:42] How dentists spend so much more time being with patients than regular medical doctors and how it's an amazing opportunity for dentistry to aid in medical care.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:57] How there's a relaxing of the cosmetic revolution. The one thing that people are interested in in this country is help. People want to be healthy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:48] We have a health care crisis, but it is a solvable one.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:10] Solving the healthcare crisis. Rationing healthcare or we could get rational and take personal responsibility for our own health. All of the answers are available.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:46] It's exciting to see dentistry related to the subjects of overall health in relation to what we do.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[08:03] The airway symposiums have been selling out.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[09:10] How dentistry has been making oral appliances in place of CPAP machines.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[09:54] How airway inbreeding is not a sleep problem but a 24 hour a day problem.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:07] Many children are born with airway problems.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:58] How esophageal cancer is the strongest growing cancer in the United States and there is a strong correlation with acid reflux.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:40] A common reason for acid reflux is a blockage in airway.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[13:00] Breathing in airway is critical for oral health and total health. Dentists can be on the front line to identify these problems. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[14:00] The</span></p>
