{"id":171,"date":"2008-04-25T21:14:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T04:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2021-05-17T18:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:13:19","slug":"can-i-catch-an-oral-yeast-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/can-i-catch-an-oral-yeast-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I catch an oral yeast infection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Hall,<br \/>\nMy girlfriend has an oral yeast infection. Can I catch that by kissing her?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Answer:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/dental\/oral_yeast_infection.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oral yeast infection<\/a> isn&#8217;t catching. People have it because their resistance is down for some reason or another&#8211;the yeast that causes the infection is present in everyone&#8217;s mouth, but when the mouth bacteria get out of balance, the yeast grows more than it is supposed to and causes inflammation.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dr. Hall<\/p>\n<p>Other links:<br \/>\nClick here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/askdr.htm\">ask Dr. Hall<\/a> a question.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"728\" bgcolor=\"#A9C5A5\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">We thank our advertisers who help fund this site.<\/font>\n        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-4419877247826466\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"728x90_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\n\/\/2007-03-26: CosmDent Blog\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"9579159778\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"A9C5A5\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"1B703A\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>\n        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Hall, My girlfriend has an oral yeast infection. 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