I know it’s bacteria, but where is that bacteria coming from? Why doesn’t brushing, flossing, mouth washing, or getting a deep clean at the dentist get rid of it entirely?

  • cizra@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    There are bacteria everywhere, indeed. Inside canned food, there are dead corpses of bacteria only, thankfully.

    Hypothetically, if you sterilized your mouth somehow to ideal cleanliness, it’d get contaminated next time you inhale unsterilized air.

    Let’s give a moment of appreciation to our immune systems. Otherwise, we’d be like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_combined_immunodeficiency

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      5 months ago

      indeed. Inside canned food, there are dead corpses of bacteria only,

      Well, not just that right? I mean some tuna or Spam makes it in as well surely.