Take Control of Your Oral and Overall Health with Oral DNA testing
Crossroads Dental is proud to offer oral DNA testing to our guests in Longmont, Colorado, and the surrounding locations. Also known as salivary testing, oral DNA testing is a quick and painless procedure that gives us information about your oral and systematic health. The biomarkers in your saliva help Dr. Amy Farmer establish your vulnerability to periodontal disease, heart problems, and other conditions.
What can I expect from the procedure?
Saliva contains the biochemicals and proteins found in blood, which are crucial in getting a clear picture of your health. Saliva gives us nearly all the information we can get from your blood, only less invasively.
The process of oral DNA testing is fast and painless. We’ll collect a sample of your saliva and send it to a lab for analysis. The lab uses special analytic techniques to identify genetic markers in the saliva that may predispose you to gum disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions.
Once Dr. Farmer receives the results, she’ll interpret them for you and devise a personalized treatment plan. Instead of waiting for the worst to happen, saliva testing identifies risk factors to allow for proactive treatments.
Benefits of oral DNA testing
Saliva testing is a non-invasive procedure that gives us powerful details about your oral and overall health. With a drop of saliva collected with a cheek swap or spit, oral DNA testing provides handy information to address your oral health beyond the traditional approach.
The following are the benefits of saliva testing.
- Fast and effective treatment
- Identifying gene markers helps understand your risk profile against certain diseases
- It helps identify the risk of HPV strains linked to oral cancer
- It’s more affordable than blood tests
Do you have a history of periodontal disease? In that case, saliva testing can help pinpoint the root cause of your problem so that appropriate treatment can be done. However, that’s not the only reason you should consider saliva testing. Anyone can benefit from the procedure because it forms the “baseline” of the current state of your oral health. By comparing subsequent results with the initial ones, we can see whether your health is improving, declining, or maintaining.
Oral DNA Testing Near Me
Mouth DNA testing reveals unforeseen health risks to have an all-rounded understanding of your oral and systematic health. If you’d like to learn more about how the test can benefit your health, call (970) 703-8556 to talk to Crossroads Dental.
