The oral microbiome: Role of key organisms and complex networks in oral health and disease.
October 2021
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Periodontol 2000
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Sedghi L, DiMassa V, Harrington A, Lynch SV, Kapila YL.
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87(1):107-131.
7.2. Toothpaste
The effects of toothpaste on the oral microbiota have been investigated more thoroughly than the effects of toothbrushes. In the same study as previously described,33 the researchers also compared the oral and toothbrush microbiotas of participants who used either traditional Chinese medicine toothpaste or antibacterial toothpaste. While both types of toothpaste effectively reduced the numbers of a selection of pathogenic bacteria, they also suppressed oral S salivarius and L