Want To Be Extraordinary? Start With A Straw | Mark Burhenne | TEDxMontaVistaHighSchool

Dr. Burhenne shares his research and clinical work on the relationship of sleep and health from the view point of a dentist.

Mark Burhenne DDS is a Sunnyvale dentist who has been in private practice nearly thirty years, focusing on patient-centered, preventative, and evidence-based dental healthcare. He is dedicated to helping the world understand the connection between oral health and overall wellness and to take control of their dental health through his blog, AsktheDentist.com, which is quickly becoming the most trusted site for oral health information on the web. He is a contributor to CNN, HLN, Huffington Post, CBS News, Prevention, Men’s Health, the Dr. Oz blogs, and Yahoo! Health and author of How We Are Sleeping Our Way to Disease, Fatigue, and Unhappiness: The Eight Hour Sleep Paradox. He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco and member of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), and The R.V. Tucker Study Club.

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