{"id":40956,"date":"2025-06-16T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=40956"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:16:48","slug":"depression-linked-to-a-less-diverse-oral-microbiome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/depression-linked-to-a-less-diverse-oral-microbiome\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression linked to a less diverse oral microbiome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist.jpg\" alt=\"depression oral microbiome\" class=\"wp-image-40957 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist.jpg\" alt=\"depression oral microbiome\" class=\"wp-image-40957 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/woman-at-dentist-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: nonwarit 123rf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new study led by a US team has found that a lower diversity of microbes in the mouth is associated with depression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent study&nbsp;in mice found a potential link between depression and the diversity of bacteria in the gut, but less is known about the connection between the oral microbiome and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To explore the connection between the oral microbiome and depression, researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing examined survey and\u00a0biological data\u00a0from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-3025231561\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedby.engagemedia.com.au\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\r\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\r\nvar plc705185 = window.plc705185 || 0;\r\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_705185_'+plc705185+'\"><\\\/'+'div>');\r\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(165450, 705185, [720,300], 'placement_705185_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc705185++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedby.engagemedia.com.au', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Using data from more than 15,000 US adults collected between 2009 and 2012, the researchers compared questionnaires measuring symptoms of depression with saliva samples. Gene sequencing was used to identify the microbes in the saliva and measure the diversity of the oral microbiome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing their findings in<em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12903-025-06274-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMC Oral Health<\/a><\/em>,&nbsp;the researchers found that people with less diversity in their oral microbiomes were more likely to have symptoms of depression. Additional analyses showed that smoking, drinking, and&nbsp;dental care\u2014all of which can change the makeup of bacteria in the mouth\u2014influenced the relationship between the oral microbiome and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These findings suggest that, with more research, the oral microbiome could potentially be used to diagnose or treat depression. 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