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New research shows that the body’s microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing oral infections. A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers found that antibiotics actually kill the “good” bacteria keeping infection and inflammation at bay. Overuse of antibiotics can do more harm than good, it can cause antibiotic resistance.
Pushpa Pandiyan, an assistant professor of biological sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, led a team of researchers to examine “resident” bacteria, their fatty acids and their effect on certain types of white blood cells that combat infections in the mouth.
Researchers looked at the “short-term maintenance” of Tregs and Th-17 cells in fighting fungal infections, such as Candida, in a laboratory setting. They found that natural defenses were very effective in reducing infection and unwanted inflammation and antibiotics can prevent such natural defenses.
Antibiotics can kill short-chain fatty acids produced by body’s good bacteria, good bacteria protect the mouth, killing them with antibiotics is bad, mouth infections will disappear with the help of good bacterial without using antibiotics. Antibiotics are needed for life threatening infections not all infections. Overuse of antibiotics can destroy the good bacterial in the mouth.