The mouth is a gateway to the body's health, and the evidence is no longer in question.

Periodontal disease is now linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes across decades of published research. Yet the science that proves the mouth-body connection rarely reaches the professionals who could act on it. It stays in journals, fragmented across disciplines, while care remains divided between dentistry and medicine.

Over 1 billion people live with severe periodontal disease.
The mouth-body link is established science, not hypothesis.
Dentistry and medicine still work as separate worlds.

Not adding years to life. Bringing life to more years.

To lead the advancement of mouth-to-body health through science-driven innovation and collaboration, empowering people worldwide to live healthier lives through better oral health.

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Translate

We turn scientific truth into practical action and solutions that improve people's lives.

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Advance

We push the boundaries of mouth-to-body health science, helping shape the future of preventative healthcare.

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Lead

We go first, and bring the field with us: a commitment to change how the industry thinks about prevention.

The work follows three themes

Microbiome

The ecosystem where mouth and body first meet.

Oral Health Science

Prevention the evidence can stand behind.

Periomedicine

Where the evidence becomes medicine.

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Led and reviewed by named experts in periodontology, medicine and nutrition, across three continents.

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