Oral Health's Effect on Longevity

The longevity movement is obsessed with biohacking — but it's almost entirely ignoring the mouth, despite research linking gum disease to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, dementia, and early death. Dr. Mike Czubiak explains how the oral cavity is one of the body's primary sources of chronic systemic inflammation, the same low-grade, smoldering inflammation that longevity researchers now identify as a central driver of accelerated aging and disease. The good news: a healthy oral microbiome is modifiable, the interventions aren't exotic or expensive, and the data increasingly shows that people who manage their gum health live longer — and live better.