The Rise and Impending Fall of the Dental Cavity
by MrBuddyCasino on 1/23/2026, 10:32:05 AM
https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/the-rise-and-impending-fall-of-the
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by: andreareina
<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-technology/reports-death-dental-cavities-are-greatly-exaggerated" rel="nofollow">https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-...</a>
1/26/2026, 6:19:01 AM
by: nneonneo
Ok interesting, but I wonder: if you load up a bacteria that kills other bacteria in your mouth, and it ends up in your gut, will it mess up the microbiome there? The weight gain studies suggest not (and I’m not even sure if S mutans is a major component of the gut microbiome), but it seems like the kind of thing that’d be worth checking for. (If there are already studies on this - happy to see them).<p>Also - if these things produce ethanol, even small amounts, are they going to be safe for children? The assumption here is that this strain would be passed mother-to-child, so this isn’t an unreasonable concern.
1/30/2026, 2:23:37 AM
by: brikym
I don't know if the science is correct or not but people should know up front that there is an advert at the bottom of the article.
1/30/2026, 1:30:54 AM
by: pictureofabear
This is mostly an advertisement with some dubious information in it.
1/30/2026, 2:10:05 AM
by: reactordev
Wow! A research article disguised as an ad, or is it an ad disguised as a research article?
1/30/2026, 1:44:53 AM
by: stephenitis
doesn’t that bacteria strain need to colonize your mouth somehow? how would that happen if we are constantly exposing our mouths to various foods, liquids, and dental products?<p>citing the discovery from 1987? synthesis of the strain in 2002, and then moving onto the product recommendation without going into the mechanisms that allow such a bacteria to persist after just one magical application feels very snake oil to me.<p>we can use metagenomics to test the rna and dna of our oral microbiome. (testing is somewhere around $200-400 a swab currently)<p>show me the data even with a low N value of test subjects that give a oral microbiome analysis weeks, months, and years out after just 1 application and you’ll have my curiosity, maybe my money.<p>also give recommendations about if and what habits and behaviors would wreck this expensive bacterium’s viability in our mouths.<p>* this is coming from a father whose tested their child’s poop with inhale every 4 weeks or so several times to debug a believed to be rare (but science doesn’t truly know) staphylococcus aureus & eczema issue<p>i’m skeptical but i’ll stay open minded<p>found this explanation on why they went the probiotic route rather than seek FDA approval. from their subreddit that <a href="https://x.com/yishan/status/1780131552615420189" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/yishan/status/1780131552615420189</a><p>> 1. Move forward with manufacturing and distributing this as a probiotic supplement > 2. Once a critical mass of biohackers and early adopters take this treatment, other third-party research can get involved<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/lanternbioworks/s/01haEdviDz" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/lanternbioworks/s/01haEdviDz</a>
1/30/2026, 1:04:07 AM