An imbalanced oral microbiome can be a significant risk factor for various systemic diseases including heart disease and Alzheimer's.

“having an imbalanced oral microbiome increases your risk of oral diseases like gum disease and decay, but also can increase your risk of other systemic diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, infertility, Alzheimer's.”

Antiseptic mouthwash and fluoride toothpaste are harmful because they destroy the oral microbiome responsible for nitric oxide production.

“they don't know that most toothpaste and mouthwash is killing the oral microbiome that's partly responsible for production of nitric oxide”

Dr. Whitman states that common oral care ingredients like alcohol and harsh astringents disrupt the oral microbiome and can lead to adverse health outcomes.

“So much of oral health is a less is more approach and it's not so product heavy it should be more focused on diet and lifestyle like anything with health uh unfortunately Dentistry has been separated in compartmental specialized out of the body like much of medicine”