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Interesting work! Are there any treatments that kill the pathogenic but leave the beneficial microbes? Does mouthwash kill them equally? What about h2o2 or x

Interesting work! Are there any treatments that kill the pathogenic but leave the beneficial microbes? Does mouthwash kill them equally? What about h2o2 or xylitol?

david_l_lin 6y ago
A majority of the products marketed today non-specifically ablate the microbiome. While they are effective at reducing the microbial titer as a whole, they are ineffective at specifically targeting pathogenic microbes associated with disease.
- bmau5 6y ago
  I'd just add that we're hoping to develop products that specifically reduce/eliminate oral pathogens while encouraging growth of probiotic species
  - mrfusion 6y ago
    That sounds great. Does xylitol do that to an extent?
    - bmau5 6y ago
      It seems that more research is needed to confirm, but there are some studies and use cases where Xylitol seems to prevent tooth decay. This study has a great review[1] under "Xylitol and other polyols": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830181/