Unlocking the Power of the Oral Microbiome

Delicious BasicBites boosts enamel health by coating and replenishing teeth with our nature inspired arginine bicarbonate, calcium carbonate prebiotic, postbiotic technology. The oral microbiome is a community of billions of bacteria and there are hundreds of species in the mouth. World renowned researchers in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine discovered beneficial pH-raising bacteria that coexist with the harmful acid generating bacteria in microbial ecosystems on tooth surfaces.

Arginine, an amino acid naturally found in saliva, was isolated as a key substrate that nurtures these protective or commensal arginolytic pH-raising bacteria– a prebiotic process.

When the beneficial bacteria breakdown arginine, they generate alkali (base) as a byproduct– a postbiotic process. These buffers provide immediate and sustained neutralization of harmful plaque acids that helps inhibit tooth demineralization. This postbiotic process also helps create a sustained pH balanced microbial ecosystem that favors oral homeostasis.

The pH response of the mixed bacteria in salivary sediment with BasicBites in the presence and absence of glucose generating acid

Conclusion: Evaluation in this study demonstrated that BasicBites, in contrast to its control, is a powerful oral care product that helps maintain healthy teeth by sustaining dental plaque pH levels at or near neutrality even after the introduction of sugar.

Study conducted at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine and sponsored by Ortek Therapeutics, Inc.