Researching. Could it be true?

Over the last two weeks or so, i've been doing quite a bit of research on the topic i want to test. Through my internet research i've discovered news articles on the matter as well researching the bacteria within a human and dogs mouth.

 The news article i found talked about the myth about a dogs mouth being cleaner than a humans. The Veterinarian agreed that this is quite true and that the saliva of a dog is quite different to a humans. It has been proven that when a dog licks on his wounds, the wound heals faster.

Most people are familiar with the TV Show, Mythbusters, where they strive to prove whether myths such as the one i am doing are true or not. In October 2005, an episode aired where they did this exact same experiment. They concluded after collecting samples from inside both a human and dog mouth that it COULD be true. There was certainly MORE bacteria in the human mouth, but the severity of the bacteria in the dogs mouth is unknown.

When researching about the bacteria in a humans mouth, i found that there is about 100 million types of different bacteria for every MILLILITER of saliva in our mouths. However, most of these are harmless to us, as most are killed my enzymes in our saliva or our stomach. Although, other bacteria in our mouth can result in mouth diseases such as tooth decay and gum disease.

The bacteria a dogs mouth, as like a humans, plentiful. Most do not effect them, but it is known that there are certain bacteria in a dogs mouth, that is not in a humans and vice versa. In the site about the bacteria in a dogs mouth, it is stated that comparing the bacteria inside a dogs mouth and humans is like comparing 'apples and oranges'. I believe this to be quite true because we are two different species. However, assuming we rule out this variable and just concentrate on the AMOUNT of bacteria in the two different types of mouths, i believe this will be a successful experiment.

From the information i have gathered, i think my theory will turn out positive. The opinion of my fellow classmates, who have dogs also agree with me on this experiment. I think it will be very interesting to see whether this will turn out how i hope it will.