Bacteria Quote by Mallory Ortberg

“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically…

— Mary Roach

Bad dental hygiene can lead to respiratory infections and an increased risk for heart disease and strokes.

— Mallory Ortberg

KISSING, While, medically, it may not spread infection -- it sure lowers a girl's resistance;

— Nikhil Saluja

We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.

— Luc Montagnier

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

“I encouraged my patients to floss. It was hard to do some days. They should have flossed. Flossing prevents periodontal disease and can extend…

— Joshua Ferris

It turns out dentists don't like it very much when you show up for a cleaning in full vampire gear.

— Demetri Martin

Bacteria live in unbelievable mixtures of hundreds or thousands of species. Like on your teeth. There are 600 species of bacteria on your teeth…

— Bonnie Bassler

“Your mouth bleeds, and you bleed around your teeth, and you may have hemorrhages from the salivary glands—literally every opening in the body bleeds,…

— Richard Preston

In the mouth of Society are many diseased teeth, decayed to the bones of the jaws. But Society makes no effort to have them…

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Nikhil Saluja

I made some friends at Listerine and they taught me a little bit about oral care. That half of adults suffer from oral disease,…

— Ginnifer Goodwin