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Lora Hooper

Lora Hooper

Immunologist

Aug 18, 2026

4:35
Tell us about that and what got you interested in looking at this.
4:39
Yeah.
4:40
My path as a traditional hygienist really changed, uh, early on in my career.
4:45
And so, I'm a hygienist of 31 years, but more than half of my career, I have actually worked for either a physician, functional medicine doctor, really bringing oral systemic together.
4:56
Uh, that's probably what most people know me for.
4:58
I'm the first hygienist in the United States to actually work for a cardiologist and see his patients because of what you're talking about, where up to half of heart attacks, ischemic strokes can be triggered by an oral pathogen.
5:10
But I have to share with you, I didn't start there.

17 MINS LATER

22:16
But I'd love to get your experience and feedback around root canals in general with all of that.

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