[dpflan]

Is one test sufficient to really be valuable to a customer? The oral biome seems pretty wild and varying, even just with changes in diet. It seems one test may be useful, but it seems that many tests at some interval are more useful (assessing change, intervention outcomes, etc.). It seems like you would want your initial customers to be people with chronic issues or genetic history predisposing them. Wouldn’t a single test result be more of personal trivia to the average person?

[david_l_lin]

Great question! We recommend a cadence similar to that of a dental checkup (at least every 6 months) depending on your oral health status. We will eventually provide insight into whether applied interventions are effective at improving your oral health, and can prescribe personalized recommendations based around your oral microbiome. A single test can provide unique insight and objective data to users about their oral health status, and in the near future we hope to be able to provide a complete end-to-end solution (from test to diagnosis to treatment) even after just your first test.