Peter Zilm, a University of Adelaide’s associate professor from the Adelaide Dental School, said, “There are over 700 bacteria that live in the mouth which make up the microbiome. Why some people naturally have a healthy microbiome regardless of whether they go to the dentist regularly or not is a mystery.”
For those of us who do all the right things but still struggle with tooth decay, there may be an interesting solution on the horizon.
An oral microbiome transplant involves taking a sample of plaque bacteria from a super donor – someone who naturally has a healthy microbiome in their mouth – and transplanting it into the mouth of a patient with an unhealthy microbiome.
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