About TEEF for Life

Emily Stein, Ph.D. was inspired to find the cure for dysbiosis (imbalance of bad bacteria over good), the main cause of gum disease. She developed the unique technology in TEEF in 2008 after nearly losing both her grandmother and rescue dog to health issues directly related to their advanced dental disease. When searching for a solution, she found that many of the products on the market were either toxic and/or ineffective. Understanding that microbes and bacteria are the true drivers of dental disease, she went to work to create a solution that safely targets the bacterial source where it lives, below the gumline. As a microbiologist with deep expertise in infection and inflammatory disease, she has a profound understanding of the impact of the microbiome on overall health. She earned her B.S. in microbiology and immunology from the University of Iowa and her Ph.D. in microbial biology from the University of California at Berkeley. She then spent 7 years at Stanford University as a Medical Research Fellow in Rheumatology and Immunology. In 2008, she began developing Selective Microbial Metabolism Regulation Technology (SMMRT)®, a biofilm-based technology that safely and naturally leverages bacteria and their behaviors to our advantage, resulting in improved dental and overall health.Read their story