Immune system Quote by Anne E. Maczulak

Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you…

— Mary Roach

Because the oils work in a different way from antibiotics, they do not have the usual side effects, and they tend to stimulate the…

— Robert Tisserand

The oil acts like a cleanser. When you put it in your mouth and work it around your teeth and gums it ‘pulls’ out…

— Bruce Fife

Teeth represent only 10 percent of the surface of your mouth and bacteria live throughout the whole mouth. When you stop brushing, bacteria left…

— Bruce Fife

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

— Jewish Proverb

“Human saliva contains histatins, which speed wound closure independent of their antibacterial action.”

— Mary Roach

Learned from my dentist that mouthwash is actually useless(you can't commit suicide with it)

— Nikhil Saluja

“Sugar contributes to tooth decay only indirectly. Like humans, bacteria are fond of it. “Bacteria get all crazy—party, party—they metabolize the sugar, break it…

— Mary Roach

All these bacteria that coat our skin and live in our intestines, they fend off bad bacteria. They protect us. And you can't even…

— Bonnie Bassler

What doesn't kill you makes antibodies that protect you..

— 9gag

“Here is what William Beaumont had to say about saliva: “Its legitimate and only use, in my opinion, is to lubricate the food to…

— Mary Roach

“Tea tree oil and manuka oil contain antibacterial and anti fungal properties, along with anti-inflammatory properties.”

— Ronald Williams