Breastfeeding vs infant formula: How does infant feeding impact a baby’s ORAL MICROBIOME?

Toni Harman
7 min readOct 23, 2023

New review study highlights how mode of feeding (breastfeeding vs infant formula), amongst other factors, affects the infant oral microbiome.

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Quick facts about the oral cavity, aka “the mouth”:

  • It’s the first part of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman