See exactly what you get back.
This is the actual five-page report from the at-home Oral Balance Test — the same document that lands in your private OraPath account. Here it is page by page, with what each one tells you and what to look at. Read it before you order, not after.
This is a sample report for a fictional patient. The name, date of birth, collection date and every result are illustrative — your own report will show your own numbers in the same layout.
Your scores, at a glance
Where do I stand overall?
Page one leads with your Oral Balance Score out of 100 and the band it falls in — from Severe Dysbiosis through to Well Balanced — then breaks out the three things driving it: your nitric oxide system, your gum-disease risk, and your cavity risk. Each risk section lists the specific organisms behind it, so the number is never just asserted.
What to look at
- The headline score and which of the five bands it lands in
- The nitric-oxide pathway, drawn as five steps from leafy greens through to whole-body benefits
- Gum Disease Risk, with the six organisms that drive it and each one's detection level
- Cavity Risk, with the two organisms most linked to decay
- That a good overall score can still sit alongside one high-risk signal — in this sample the balance score is 83 (Mild Shift) while a single organism, A. actinomycetemcomitans, pushes gum-disease risk to High. That combination is exactly the kind of thing worth taking to your dentist.
Why your score is what it is
What's actually behind the number?
The second page explains the two forces the score weighs against each other. Protective bacteria are the ones competing with disease-causing organisms and keeping your mouth's pH stable — your first line of defence. Disruptive bacteria are the ones that push a mouth toward disease when they grow unchecked. Each gets a plain-language explanation of what it is, why it matters, and what your specific result means.
What to look at
- Protective Bacteria, scored and rated — the sample reads Moderate at 56 out of 100
- Disruptive Bacteria, where a lower number is the good outcome — the sample reads Low at 16
- "Your result" lines that interpret your own numbers rather than describing the test in general
- A "What's looking good" summary, so a mixed report still tells you what's working
The full panel — all sixteen organisms
What exactly did you find in my sample?
Nothing is hidden behind a summary score. Page three lists every one of the sixteen organisms tested, grouped by what they do: gum-disease bacteria, cavity bacteria, fungal organisms, protective bacteria, and the nitric-oxide producers. Each gets a category — Not Detected, Trace, Low, Moderate or High — a numeric Detection Level, and a one-line note on what that organism actually does.
What to look at
- The five groups, each labelled with whether high or low is the good result
- Category first, Detection Level second — the report says outright that the category is what matters and the number is there for completeness
- Detection Level is logarithmic: each step up is roughly twice as much bacterial DNA as the step below
- The one-line explanation under every organism name, so you are not left googling "Filifactor alocis"
Beyond your mouth
Does any of this matter for the rest of my body?
Some of the bacteria involved in gum disease have been studied in connection with conditions elsewhere in the body. This page shows those associations — heart and blood-vessel health, blood sugar and diabetes, brain health, joints and inflammation, and colorectal health — with the ones relevant to your sample first and in full colour, and the rest in grey as reassurance that nothing in your result raised them. Every claim is labelled by how strong the evidence is and cited to a numbered reference.
What to look at
- Evidence labels on each association: Well-established, Supported, or Emerging — so you can weigh them differently
- Associations that did not apply to you shown in grey rather than omitted, which is why an absence reads as reassurance
- Numbered citations to the actual published literature, listed at the foot of the page
- The stated boundary, repeated on the page itself: these are associations reported in research, not a diagnosis and not a personal risk score
What to do next
So what do I actually do with this?
The last page turns the result into a conversation. It names the specific findings worth raising, gives you a short list of questions to bring to your appointment, and suggests when to retest based on where your result landed. It closes with a glossary of the terms used, a plain explanation of the qPCR method behind the numbers, and the full source list.
What to look at
- Specific findings called out by name, drawn from your own result
- Four ready-made questions to ask your dentist — designed to be handed over, not memorised
- A retest window matched to your range; for this sample, three to six months
- Key terms defined in plain language: oral microbiome, qPCR, Detection Level, commensal, dysbiosis, periodontitis
- How the test works, and the laboratory and regulatory details in full
The Oral Balance Test measures your oral microbiome. It does not diagnose gum disease, cavities, or any medical condition, and it is not a substitute for a dental exam. Results are for adjunctive use and are meant to be reviewed with your dentist alongside an examination and your history. Systemic associations described in the report are reported in research and are not conclusions about any individual. Testing is performed by IMMYLabs (CLIA 37D2236199, COLA 32679); the test is a validated Laboratory-Developed Test and has not been cleared or approved by the FDA.
You've seen the report. Now get your own.
One saliva sample, collected at home in about two minutes. Your own version of this report lands in your private OraPath account about a week later — and it's yours to take to your dentist.
Results in your private OraPath account · not a diagnosis — meant to be reviewed with your dentist alongside an exam.