ORAL DNA TESTING
Our mission is to help assist joint efforts of the dental and medical professions in determining the identity of etiological factors and to determine better how to correct and eliminate the problem rather than try to cover up the symptoms with drugs.
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Note: Dental DNA's CLIA license is for high complexity for bacteriology, mycology, virology, routine chemistry, and toxicology testing. They are a Biosafety level 2 laboratory. Dental DNA provides the CDC recommendation for treating all microbes on your test results. As Dental DNA is not a diagnostic lab, you will review your test results with Dr. Lebo to discuss your personal health and plan of action to wellness.
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How is it done? An agarose gel indicates 60 of the microbes that we can identify by their DNA. The brightness of the band indicates a higher amount of the microbe’s DNA that was present in the sample. This brightness gives an idea of how badly the patient is infected with a particular pathogen. The brightest bands represent an overwhelming infection process. The brightness of the band (amount of the microbe), the virulence of the microbe (how deadly it is), and other factors yields a pathogenicity value for each pathogen which indicates which microbe(s) should be targeted for therapy first . The general description, symptoms of infection and current CDC treatment recommendations are included in the report for each microbe.