Oral Microbiome Test – Understand Your Mouth-Body Health Connection
Oral Microbiome Test – Understand Your Mouth-Body Health Connection

Oral Microbiome Test – Understand Your Mouth-Body Health Connection

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Bad breath, bleeding gums, or cavities that keep coming back? The Oral Microbiome Test looks at the balance of bacteria in your mouth—some of which can increase your risk of gum disease, tooth decay, digestive problems, and inflammation throughout the body. This simple saliva swab helps you protect both your oral and overall health.

✅ Analyses good vs bad bacteria in the mouth linked to oral and gut health
✅ Ideal for bleeding gums, bad breath, mouth infections & chronic inflammation
✅ Receive personalised dietary, supplement and lifestyle recommendations from our expert team.

THIS TEST IS AVAILABLE FOR WORLDWIDE DELIVERY

Included in the cost of your test is advice, interpretation and support from our functional medicine team on your results. Choose package options below. Video calls are 30 minutes and you are sent a link to book your call once your results are ready.

Consider the Oral Microbiome Test for a general health check in patients over 2 years old or when assessing risk factors and symptoms of dental caries, gum disease (plaque, gingivitis, periodontitis), halitosis, and oral thrush. This test is also valuable for evaluating the oral microbiome's impact on overall health, inflammation, and cardiovascular health.

Test turnaround time - approx 3 weeks.

  • Lab test results & personalised written report = £415

  • Lab test results & 30 minute zoom call = £435

  • Lab test results & 30 minute zoom call & personalised written report following your call = £455

 

£415.00
 
 

The Oral Microbiome Test provides a detailed analysis of bacteria, archaea, and fungi in the mouth, essential for oral and overall health. Using advanced shotgun sequencing, it evaluates a saliva sample, identifying up to 700 microbes. It reports on 25 potential pathogens linked to plaque, cavities, gum disease, and inflammation, as well as 16 opportunistic taxa, highlighting patterns associated with specific health risks. Only detected microbes are reported, focusing on the balance of beneficial (commensal) and harmful (pathogenic)microbes. Unlike gut or vaginal microbiomes, where diversity is linked to health, oral health depends more on microbial balance than diversity, so diversity metrics are excluded. This test helps assess functional capabilities and the oral microbiome's role in health.

Emerging research underscores the vital link between oral and overall health. Conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even cognitive decline can have ties to the oral microbiome.

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In addition to your lab report we provide the following options which are INCLUDED in the package prices:

A) Follow up personalised written report produced by our clinical team highlighting dietary and lifestyle advice plus links to supplement protocols, specific doses and any further testing requirements. We use the patient information you provide us at checkout along with your results to compile personalised action points for you.

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B) Follow up 30-minute video call to discuss your results and answer any questions you have. Once the lab has completed your results you will be sent these via email with a link to book a time and day online. You will also then be given the option to upgrade your 30-minute call to a 45-minute call for an additional £30 if you wish. During the call your practitioner will explain the results in more detail and what they mean for you. After your call you are sent a personalised list of supplements & the dose your practitioner advises with links to purchase from our supplements store.

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C) Both Zoom call and written report with personalised next steps (Zoom call is first and written report follows).

The test detects 700 oral microbes, including:

25 microbes linked to plaque buildup, cavities, gum disease, and inflammation.
16 opportunistic pathogens associated with oral and systemic health concerns.
Yeasts implicated in oral thrush.
Bacteria with beneficial properties

[Eubacterium] sulci
Actinomyces naeslundii
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Campylobacter concisus
Campylobacter rectus
Campylobacter showae
Candida albicans
Candidatus Saccharibacteria
Capnocytophaga granulosa
Capnocytophaga periodontitidis
Corynebacterium durum
Corynebacterium matruchotii
Dialister invisus
Dialister micraerophilus
Dialister pneumosintes
Eikenella corrodens
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Fusobacterium periodonticum
Fusobacterium pseudoperiodonticum
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Helicobacter pylori
Lancefieldella parvula
Leptotrichia buccalis
Leptotrichia shahii
Ligilactobacillus salivarius
Limosilactobacillus fermentum
Neisseria flavescens
Neisseria mucosa
Neisseria perflava
Neisseria sicca
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Prevotella denticola
Prevotella histicola
Prevotella intermedia
Prevotella melaninogenica
Prevotella nigrescens
Prevotella veroralis
Rothia aeria
Scardovia wiggsiae
Schaalia odontolytica
Selenomonas sputigena
Solobacterium moorei
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptobacillus
Streptococcus gordonii
Streptococcus mitis
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus oralis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus salivarius
Streptococcus sanguinis
Streptococcus sobrinus
Tannerella forsythia
Treponema denticola
Treponema putidum
Veillonella dispar
Veillonella parvula
Veillonella rogosae
Veillonella tobetsuensis

This is a self test kit that can be done at home. Follow the instructions for packaging your sample and registering your test online, and use the included prepaid envelope to return your sample by post.