Excessive levels of bad mouth bacteria can contribute to bad breath. In fact, if your breath smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, there's a good chance that you have an explosion of bad bacteria and not enough good bacteria.
Pain in your teeth, gum or jaw. Tooth sensitivity to hot or cold foods. Sore or bleeding gums. Swelling of the gums, jaw or lymph bodes.
The saliva test is quite easy: the patient swishes a saline solution in his or her mouth and spits it into a tube that is sent offsite to OralDNA Labs. The results are then sent back to our office with a recommended treatment plan. Did you know that 11 different types of bacteria can trigger periodontal disease?
The causes
Poor dental hygiene: When we eat food, some of the food gets stuck in our teeth or other parts of the mouth. These particles later become the medium for bacterial growth. To prevent this from happening, it is suggested by dental professionals that people rinse their mouth after every meal.
Like other areas of the body, your mouth teems with bacteria — mostly harmless. But your mouth is the entry point to your digestive and respiratory tracts, and some of these bacteria can cause disease.
Some bacteria like Streptococcus, Granulicatella, Gemella, and Veillonella are amongst the predominant microorganisms of the oral cavity; however, the majority of bacteria are explicit to certain sites.
Said another way, they are doubling their numbers five times every 24 hours. Dividing 24 hours by 5 = 4.8 hours, the amount of time it takes for the microbes in our mouths to double their number. Those calculations are based on average numbers. The actual numbers may be even higher.
High in phosphate and calcium, cheese (and milk) helps neutralize the acid in the mouth, killing bacteria and preserving tooth enamel. This prevents cavities and gum disease. Chewing celery (or apples or carrots) produces saliva, neutralizing the bacteria Streptococcus mutans that causes cavities.
The two most common types of bacteria that cause cavities are Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus. Treponema denticola and Porphyromonas gingivalis can multiply and cause your gums to swell and lead to gum disease.
You'll likely take antibiotics for 7 to 10 days to get rid of your tooth infection. Dentists usually have a few different options of antibiotics that they prescribe, which we'll cover below.
Your dentist will likely perform an X-ray to determine the extent of the infection. If there's any suspicion that the infection has spread to other parts of the body, your dentist may also perform a CT scan.
Salt water rinse can remove some bacteria from the area of infection and may help relieve pain, but it does not cure the gum infection. You should speak with your dentist or healthcare provider about treatment.
Bacteria aren't discriminating about where they domicile, as they can be found on the tongue and teeth, and in the biofilm that coats the cheeks and oral mucosa.
The most common oral mucosal infection is periodontal disease. This condition is considered a major public health problem in many countries.
Unhealthy Gums. If you have healthy gums, they will look firm and pink. Some signs of unhealthy gums include redness and swelling, gums that bleed when you brush or floss your teeth, and gums that appear to be pulling away from the teeth.
Teeth that ache, gums that bleed, and breath that smells bad are all indicators of poor oral health. Bacteria from the mouth can easily get into the bloodstream and cause infection and inflammation wherever it spreads.
Your mouth can tell you a lot about the health of your body. The mouth shows signs of tooth decay, gum disease and other oral health problems. It can also show signs of other disease, if you're missing certain foods from your diet and unhealthy habits such as using tobacco and tobacco-like products, and alcohol.
The bacteria from the mouth can pass into the intestines, contributing to inflammation and digestive problems. This may be especially likely to happen in individuals with severe gum disease, who have an imbalance in their oral microbiome due to an abundance of disease-causing bacteria.
When enough bacteria builds up and is left untreated, it will lead to periodontal disease. This also can be linked to stress. Stress causes excess bacteria in our mouths, the excess bacteria then bonds with the fluids naturally in our mouths and eventually forms plaque.
In general, periodontal bacteria can actively modulate the innate immune response and their products can provoke the inflammatory response, whether this is at oral or extra-oral sites.