The Writing
The Oral Longevity Files
Plain-English answers about your mouth and a longer life, from a dentist who reads the research so you don’t have to.
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Three doors
Start here
What oral longevity is, where the idea came from, and what the evidence does and does not support. The one page everything else links back to.
Read the definitionMeasure
The Oral Longevity Index. Thirty-five questions, four pillars, an oral age you can compare with yourself in a year. Free. A reading, never a diagnosis.
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One question about the mouth, answered properly, every week. Every number carries its source. Every article stays free.
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The standard
Every claim here gets sorted before it gets said.
This field is full of overstatement. So every finding in the Files is graded, and the grade decides the verb. An association is never written as a cause. A screen is never called a diagnosis. Underclaiming slightly, always, is the rule.
About
Dr. Melanie Silvestrini, DMD, FICOI
I’m a cosmetic and implant dentist with degrees in biochemistry and chemical biotechnology. I practise under one idea: the mouth is one of the primary determinants of how fast, and how well, you age. I call that framework oral longevity.
The Files is where I read the research, grade it, and write down what it does and does not support. One question a week, answered properly.