{"id":235077,"date":"2026-04-13T18:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/new-toothpaste-stops-gum-disease-without-killing-good-bacteria"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:04:35","slug":"new-toothpaste-stops-gum-disease-without-killing-good-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/new-toothpaste-stops-gum-disease-without-killing-good-bacteria","title":{"rendered":"New toothpaste stops gum disease without killing good bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-toothpaste-stops-gum-disease-without-killing-good-bacteria.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have developed a new way to fight gum disease without wiping out the mouth\u2019s helpful bacteria\u2014a major shift from traditional treatments. Instead of killing everything, this targeted approach blocks only the harmful microbes that drive periodontitis, allowing beneficial bacteria to thrive and restore balance naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have developed a new way to fight gum disease without wiping out the mouth\u2019s helpful bacteria\u2014a major shift from traditional treatments. Instead of killing everything, this targeted approach blocks only the harmful microbes that drive periodontitis, allowing beneficial bacteria to thrive and restore balance naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}