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001 Pathogens and Why Baseline Testing is Essential 02:25 More on Plaque 03:34 The Vital Tests for Confidence
We can't just look for clinical disease because when they do those CIMTs, the carotid intermediate thickness, and they're looking for these soft plaques, they are more related to the microbial levels. We have to know if those pathogens are there, if those microbes are there or not. We always want to clinically address our patients and be looking at them in diagnosis, but we've been missing a key piece to be competent in our treatments. And that's what is there microbially.
Baseline testing is the essential takeaway, an objective point of view. It allows us to answer, "are the pathogens even there? How much of those pathogens are there? And then what is the growth pattern?" For more information, visit
Gina Pritchard
Did you know that 80% of people in the United States have gum disease, some form of inflammation in the mouth? And you may even look great when you go to the dentist for evaluation. You may like your smile and your breath may be good, but you can have bacteria and other pathogens or microorganisms lurking and living in your mouth.
50% of people who have heart attacks, the heart attacks are triggered by one of these bacteria or pathogens in the mouth. 70% of people that will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia have these bacteria in their mouth. You have a 50% increased risk of developing cancer. If you have diabetes, 85% of the individuals with diabetes are likely to have these bacteria in their mouth. It's more difficult to control your blood sugar and more difficult to achieve the health you that you want. Periodontal disease and gum disease are the most underdiagnosed, undiagnosed, and undertreated disease out there. And as I said, many of us have gum disease and periodontal disease. 85% of us.
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