Oral health
Teeth, gums etc
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1 Caries
1.1 Lumina
The engineered supertooth bacterium.
1.2 Xylitol
Some weird sugar that’s good for your teeth? Seems legit (ALHumaid and Bamashmous 2022; Janakiram, Kumar, and Joseph n.d.; Nayak, Nayak, and Khandelwal 2014).
2 Gingivitis and Alzheimers
Bleeding gums kill your brain, maybe?
(Dominy et al. 2019; Fitzpatrick, Wijeyewickrema, and Pike 2009; Poole et al. 2015)
3 References
ALHumaid, and Bamashmous. 2022. “Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Xylitol in Caries Prevention.” Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry.
Dominy, Lynch, Ermini, et al. 2019. “Porphyromonas Gingivalis in Alzheimer’s Disease Brains: Evidence for Disease Causation and Treatment with Small-Molecule Inhibitors.” Science Advances.
Fitzpatrick, Wijeyewickrema, and Pike. 2009. “The Gingipains: Scissors and Glue of the Periodontal Pathogen, Porphyromonas Gingivalis.” Future Microbiology.
Janakiram, Kumar, and Joseph. n.d. “Xylitol in Preventing Dental Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.” Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine.
Nayak, Nayak, and Khandelwal. 2014. “The Effect of Xylitol on Dental Caries and Oral Flora.” Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry.
Poole, Singhrao, Chukkapalli, et al. 2015. “Active Invasion of Porphyromonas Gingivalis and Infection-Induced Complement Activation in ApoE -/- Mice Brains.” Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.