HEALTH
Think of your mouth as a little city. One that's home to between 500 and 700 types of microbes, each with their own neighbourhoods (tooth, tongue, gums) and jobs. Some are helpful – like the bacteria that supply teeth with minerals to keep them strong – but others? Not so much. “In a healthy mouth, the two types of microbes keep each other in check,” says Dr Kami Hoss, a dentist and author of . But if the balance tips and less-helpful ones take hold? “Not only can problems occur with teeth and gums, but the microbes – or their toxins – can get into the bloodstream,
