Dry Mouth Is a Dental Problem, Not Just an Annoyance
Around 30% of people over 65 have dry mouth, and medication is usually the reason. Why reduced saliva changes caries risk, and what the ADA actually recommends.
Simply Health Daily Editorial
What Antiseptic Mouthwash Actually Does to Your Mouth
A 2020 crossover study measured what a week of chlorhexidine rinsing does to oral bacteria, salivary pH and the nitrate pathway. The findings are real, and widely overstated.
Your Mouth Has Its Own Ecosystem. Here Is What Lives There.
Around 700 bacterial taxa have been catalogued in the human mouth, and roughly a third of them have never been grown in a lab. A plain-language look at what is actually known.