# Microbiome Myth Check
> Sterile mouths, overhyped probiotics and bacteria-free is better. Common myths about the oral microbiome, checked against what is known.

## Guides
- [Myth: A Sterile Mouth Is the Goal](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/myth-sterile-mouth-goal/): No, a sterile mouth is not a sensible goal, and it is not even possible.
- [Myth: All Bacteria Are Germs](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/myth-all-bacteria-are-germs/): No, most of the bacteria in your mouth are not germs in the sense of causing illness.
- [Myth: Natural Routines Reset the Mouth](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/myth-natural-routines-reset/): No, there is no natural routine that resets the mouth to a clean slate.
- [Myth: Microbiome Tests Diagnose Problems](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/myth-microbiome-tests-diagnose/): The idea that a mouth swab or saliva kit can diagnose what is wrong is a myth: microbiome tests list microbes in a sample, but a diagnosis needs an examination.
- [Myth: One Product Balances Everything](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/myth-one-product-balances-everything/): The idea that one product can balance the whole mouth is a myth, because the mouth's microbes respond to diet, cleaning habits, smoking, saliva and health, not.

## About
- [About Microbiome Myth Check](https://oral-microbiome-myths.pages.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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