Oral Health

Importance of Oral Health: It Affects More Than Just Your Mouth

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Importance of Oral Health: It Affects More Than Just Your Mouth

Jan 26, 2018

Throat
 

Are you prone to get throat infection, such as sore throat or tonsillitis? You may consider starting on oral probiotic to protect your oropharynx, which is the middle part of the throat (including the back of the tongue, upper throat and tonsils).

The common symptoms seen in throat infection are inflammation and swelling of the infected parts. Researchers found that taking probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 able to reduce these incidence around 84% for adults and 90% for children4 by providing a protective barrier against pathogen colonization, and account for anti-inflammation activity2.

Ears
 

Otitis media, commonly known as middle ear infection prone to happen especially among children. It may be due to direct bacterial infection, or because of throat or oral infection whereby the bacteria travel and colonize in the middle ear. By taking probiotic Streptococcus salivariusK12 daily has shown to reduce recurrence infection among young children by about 40%4.

What is Streptococcus salivarius K12?
 

Streptococcus salivarius K12 is a type of good bacteria naturally present in human’s oral cavity and upper respiratory tract. It is not found in any food source and can only be obtained through supplementation. Numerous clinical studies have reported this probiotic plays important role in control bacterial infection around oral cavity, throat and ear, and is suitable for children and adult to consume.

Find out more about probiotic supplement containing clinically tested Streptococcus salivarius K12 strain. 

References
 
  1. World Health Organization. 2012. Information sheet: Oral Health.
  2. Di Pierro F et al. 2014. Use of Streptococcus salivarius K12 in the prevention of streptococcal and viral pharyngotonsillitis in children. Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety. 6: 15-20.
  3. Wescombe PA et al. 2012. Review article: Developing oral probiotics from Streptococcus salivarius. Future Microbiology. 7(12): 1355-1371.
  4. Evans JL. 2016. Think outside the gut: Probiotics for oral health. Agro Food Industry Hi Tech 27(3): 48-53.
  5. Di Pierro F et al. 2012. Preliminary pediatric clinical evaluation of the oral probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 in preventing recurrent pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis cause by Streptococcus pyogenes and recurrent acute otitis media. International Journal of General Medicine. 5: 991-997.
  6. Burton JP et al. 2010. Extended safety data for the oral cavity probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12. Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins. 2(3): 135-144.
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