Oral bacteria

Recently, information about 600 known bacteria living in the human mouth were published as a product of 10 years of work from researchers at King's College, London and The Forsyth Institute in Boston.

600 known bacteria....
I really do not want to think about all the unknown!!!

It is great when scientists discover things like bacteria and, of course, DNA.

In a small village in The Netherlands, in 1994, a stewardess was found dead in her grandmother's house. It grew into one of the most 'famous' Dutch murder cases. Two brothers in law spent an undeserved seven years in prison. Only this week, a 33-years-old man was arrested. The most important technical lab finally worked some of the enormous arrears and matched the DNA at the murder scene with this man's.

Back to the oral bacteria...

Dental plaque is composed of oral bacteria that have attached themselves to the tooth and gum surfaces, and to each other. It is the major cause of periodontal disease, which affects the gums, bone and other supporting tissues of the teeth. Gum inflammation is very common and 10% of the people suffer from the kind that causes loss of jaw bone and teeth. Very often, there are no side effects noticable until it is 'too late', so please have your dentist check for periodontal disease regurarly!