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I'm not a dentist but run an oral health/microbiome testing company, so I've been "in the industry" for some time as a non-incumbent and I've had the opportunity to connect with al…

Exciting to see more research around the role oral health might play in systemic disease. Given the prevalence of oral disease there's still a lot more to do on establishing a mech…

Trying to do some research to see if there was an overall increase in 1) primary care utilization and 2) specialty care utilization in the US as a result of the increase in virtual…

We'll be continually updating your early access report with new discoveries we uncover along the way, but we may not be able to provide treatment recommendations from the early acc…

A huge reason we started Bristle was to answer this exact question!

A few resources: The Economist, “Microbial ecosystems in the mouth and gut are linked to many ills”: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/10/... Personal health…

Hi Hacker News! We’re Danny, Shivam, David, and Brian from Bristle https://www.bristlehealth.com/ . We’re developing an at-home saliva test to detect the earliest signs of cavities…

I’m sorry you feel that we were misleading you - that is not our intention. As I stated in my previous response: we are not a HIPAA covered entity but maintain HIPAA compliant prot…

David put it nicely (and more succinctly) in another reply: "In short, there is a network effect with our platform. Each sample we sequence contributes to a database of novel bacte…

A little bit of both actually - as our user base grows we create a network effect that will spur new statistical associations. We can apply those new findings to new and existing u…

Hi Astura, apologies for the delay. To answer your question: no, we are not a covered entity - but we still maintain HIPAA compliant protocols with your data: We follow all HIPAA c…

Thanks! We're continuing to develop and iterate the final product, and we hope that this program will provide some early user feedback. Current and new users will have their report…

Would love to say we thought this far ahead but this was a total coincidence through a text from a friend who is avid on HN

Ditto to David and we expect to have info on this in the next few days

Beautifully said! Also feel free to reach out to info@bristlehealth.com with any specific questions - we’ll get back to you.

Hi everyone - looking into shipping capabilities. CA should be doable but will have to look into Europe further and will follow up tomorrow! We really appreciate the widespread int…

Yes and no!

We follow all HIPAA requirements and de-identify our data accordingly. That said, as a company we are committed to patient privacy and I’m interested in hearing about the experienc…

Yes! We are 100% HIPAA compliant

Regarding the "about" page - our website is brand new and we're building out more information to coincide with announcements over the coming weeks. One of those is around our advis…

Hi everyone! We’re planning to submit our formal launch on Hacker News in a few weeks, but given this post and all of the discussion around it I thought I would share a quick backg…