# Probiotic Mouth Primer
> What does it mean to add live bacteria to the mouth? A beginner's introduction to the idea, the early evidence and the open questions.

## Guides
- [What Oral Probiotics Are Meant to Do](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/what-oral-probiotics-are-meant-to-do/): Oral probiotics are live microorganisms taken with the idea of influencing the community of microbes in the mouth.
- [Candidate Species Studied for the Mouth](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/candidate-probiotic-species-mouth/): Researchers have looked at several bacterial groups as candidate probiotic species for the mouth, mostly from the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium families.
- [Delivery Formats: Lozenge and Chewable](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/delivery-lozenge-chewable/): Lozenges dissolve slowly in the mouth and chewables are chewed or softened and then swallowed, so the two formats expose the mouth to a product differently.
- [Early Evidence in One Page](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/early-evidence-summary/): The early evidence summary is short: research on oral probiotics is still developing, and the findings so far are limited and mixed.
- [Questions Still Open](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/questions-still-open/): Many questions are still open about oral probiotics: which strains matter, whether they settle in the mouth at all, and how long any effect lasts.

## About
- [About Probiotic Mouth Primer](https://probiotics-oral-microbiome-intro.rorutolu.workers.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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