Saliva Hacker: How Oral Health & Inflammation Impact the Body with Lora and Dr. Elmira

Episode Highlights With Lora and Elmira

• How they got into looking deeper at the oral microbiome and the connection to oral health
• Root cause factors of oral health that many people don’t realize 
• Oral health can be a missing part of the puzzle that most people don’t look into
• What oral testing is and what it can help reveal
• The specific pathogens they test for and the ones they actively work on
• Oral environment is microbially rich and the balance of bacteria matters
• Most common things they see flagged on oral tests and which ones they take seriously 
• A big myth about oral microbiome balance 
• H. pylori can appear in the mouth and be linked to periodontal disease
• How the airway can impact oral health and why this is important, especially with kids

Resources Mentioned

• Orobiome Test
• Follow Laura on Instagram

Just Thrive:
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LMNT
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