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Effortlessly implement oral microbiome testing through your office. Use root-cause insights to guide functional care.
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"Our understanding of the importance of pathogenic microbes to oral health is important because the three main oral diseases—dental caries, periodontitis, and oropharyngeal cancer—begin with an underlying microbial dependence."
Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA
U.S. Surgeon General
See what you've been missing
Stop just treating symptoms and start managing health
Root-cause ID
Get a complete breakdown of good and bad microbes driving oral health & disease.
Systemic links
Understand the mouth-body connection & how the oral microbiome influences systemic risk.
Guided care
Optimize care through precision guidance with in-office & at-home protocols.
Joining is simple
Good health starts with a healthy mouth, and that starts with you.
1. Sign up
Sign up online and speak with our team to see if it’s a fit.
2. Onboard
Get 1:1 training from our team & become an expert in oral microbiome testing.
3. Start testing
Order kits directly to your office. Only pay for the tests you use.
Join 50+ functional dental practices reinventing oral health
How does Bristle Health work?
We analyze the oral microbiome to provide you with insights into oral health.
1. Saliva collection
Collect patient saliva samples in-office & send them back to our lab with the prepaid envelope.
2. Biome analysis
We identify and measure 700+ good and bad bacteria related to oral health and disease.
3. Results & care
You get root-cause insights into the oral microbiome and all of the information you need to guide care.
Who should you test?
Attract new patients, optimize care & improve outcomes
Screen new patients
Establish a baseline & uncover underlying risk.
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Solve tough cases
Take the guesswork out of treating chronic & recurring conditions.
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Transform perio care
Implement protocols to treat the most common disease on the planet.
Learn about the results
Functional dentistry at your fingertips
Get oral and overall health root-cause insights. Measure risk for conditions. All from a single saliva sample.
Periodontal disease
Caries
Beneficial bacteria
Nitric oxide
Digestive health
Functional dentists & hygienists love Bristle Health. Here's why.
Read about how offices are transforming the care they provide through oral microbiome testing.
Best-in-class technology so you can provide best-in-class care
Detects good and bad bacteria, fungi & viruses
Insight into multiple oral health conditions
Oral & systemic biomarkers
Patient & provider friendly reports
Tailored in-office & at-home recommendations
Personalized care plans based on results
OralDNA / HR5
Complex
Focused on antibiotics
Developed in collaboration with dental leaders
Dr. Mark Burhenne
Functional Dentist & Founder of Askthedentist.com
"The mouth is the gateway to your body and oral bacteria have been associated with a higher risk for systemic conditions including Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and poor pregnancy outcomes. You can’t be healthy without a healthy mouth. And what you don’t measure, you cannot manage.”
Bristle Health White Paper
Explore our cutting-edge, affordable oral microbiome test to assess periodontal disease and dental caries risk.
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The Oral-Gut Axis
The oral cavity is more than just an entry point to the digestive system. Explore the intricate relationship between oral and digestive health further!
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Case Study: Serratia Marsecans
A patient with good oral hygiene and a healthy lifestyle faced recurring periodontal abscesses of unknown cause, alongside bleeding during cleanings and excessive interdental plaque.
Jen Chiang, DDS, used Bristle Health testing to identify the root-cause and restore this patient's oral health.
Download the case study