Your hormones change. Your mouth changes too.
Evidence-informed education for women who want to understand what’s really happening in their mouth through pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
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What’s inside the guide
- Why your mouth may change during perimenopause and menopause
- Five oral changes women may notice
- Which changes are normal and which deserve a dentist’s attention
- The exact questions to ask your dentist and your doctor
- Other trusted resources
Three stages, one mouth
Hormonal changes show up in your teeth and gums at every stage of life. HerMouth Philosophy follows them through three.
Pregnancy
The changes that happen inside your mouth through each trimester, from your teeth to your gums and more.
Menopause
Perimenopause, menopause and the years right after it each bring their own changes.
55+
Bone density keeps changing as we age, and that means the jaw and teeth are affected as well.
Hi, I’m Dr. Jessica
I’m a dentist, and I’ve been practising for more than 11 years. I help women understand how hormonal changes affect their mouth, teeth and gums through pregnancy, menopause and the years after 55.
I completed a one-year hospital residency with special needs and medically compromised patients. From there I was a staff dentist and education director at a cancer centre for five years, and then I moved into private practice. Over the last few years I noticed a pattern around women’s hormones, and the same questions kept coming up.
I’m also an award-winning speaker and the best-selling author of Speak Kindly, You’re Listening, and I was named to WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 in 2023. But mostly, I’m the dentist who got tired of watching women find out the hard way that their mouth was trying to tell them something.
Menopause and your mouth
For Menopause Awareness Month, Dr. Jessica sat down with the Canadian Dental Association’s Oasis Discussions to talk about how menopause changes women’s oral health, and what dentists should be watching for.
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