You know your health begins in your mouth. Periodontal disease and other oral microbiome issues are a risk factor for catching Covid.
Oral Health and Advanced Covid
Now is the time to pay attention to your oral health behind the mask. This means keeping your teeth cleaning appointments, investing in an electric toothbrush and or water pic, flossing a few times per day, using ozone toothpaste and ozonated mouthwash and avoiding sticky sugars and carbs that coat the teeth and oral pathogens with a biofilm.
A new study published in the highly respected, peer-reviewed British Dental Journal in June 2020 reflects that in a very relevant and urgent way. It concludes that poor oral hygiene may be connected to serious COVID-19 complications due to high levels of harmful oral bacteria. And that supporting good oral health should be included in your best practices during the pandemic.
COVID-19 affects people in different ways, with patients exhibiting a range of symptoms and severity. So why do some people suffer more severely? It’s become clear that bacterial superinfections are common in patients suffering from a severe case of COVID-19.
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Over 80% of COVID-19 patients in ICUs exhibited an exceptionally high bacterial load, with more than 50% of deaths exhibiting bacterial superinfections.
So while COVID-19 has a viral origin, it’s suspected that in severe cases, complications such as pneumonia and acute respiratory distress (ARDS) may be caused by bacterial superinfections. That bacteria originates in your mouth.
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How bacteria travel from the mouth to the lungs
Doctors know that lower respiratory infections are often caused by the inhalation of microorganisms—bacteria—into the body’s airways. The oral cavity houses more than 700 bacteria, viruses and fungi that can colonize the mouth. Various microbiological habitats exist within the mouth; however, the primary bacterial inhabitants are P. intermedia, S. mutans, F. nucleatum and P. gingivalis.
Bacteria that colonize the mouth are shed into the saliva. The pathogenic bacteria within the saliva can then be aspirated into the lower respiratory tract and cause or aggravate an infection. Periodontitis and decay are the two most common oral diseases associated with an imbalance of pathological bacteria in the mouth. This illustration from the British Dental Journal shows how that works.
Image by British Dental Journal
Reduce your risk with good oral hygiene
One key takeaway from this study is that, with COVID-19 and other viral diseases, inadequate oral hygiene can increase the risk of inter-bacterial exchanges between the lungs and the mouth, increasing the risk of respiratory infections and potentially post-viral bacterial complications.
Good oral hygiene has been recognized as a means to prevent airway infections in patients, especially in those over the age of 70. In fact, studies show that improved oral care can significantly reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients.
“We recommend that oral hygiene be maintained, if not improved, during a SARS-CoV-2 infection in order to reduce the bacterial load in the mouth and the potential risk of a bacterial superinfection.”
The other key takeaway? Improved oral hygiene may play a part in reducing the risk of complications. The authors write, “We recommend that oral hygiene be maintained, if not improved, during a SARS-CoV-2 infection in order to reduce the bacterial load in the mouth and the potential risk of a bacterial superinfection.”[1]
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20002297.2020.1848135 for the full article
The above link to the study investigated the presence of SARS-CoV2 in periodontal tissue. The study was able to show the presence of SARS-CoV2 in periodontal tissue in Covid-19 positive patients after autopsy.
