They also have fewer bacteria known to check the growth of other, harmful germs.
The study's authors suggest their study offers clear evidence that drinking is bad for maintaining a healthy balance of microbes in the mouth and could help explain why drinking, like smoking, leads to bacterial changes already tied to cancer and chronic disease.
The team's study may offer evidence that rebalancing some of the 700 types of bacteria in the mouth – or oral microbiome – could potentially reverse or prevent some health problems tied to drinking.
This new report is the first to directly compare drinking levels and their effects on all oral bacteria.
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