Defined Terms

bEV Cascade

The five-step conserved pathological program by which oral bacterial extracellular vesicles drive systemic disease.

Biomineralization Hypothesis

The hypothesis that bacterial extracellular vesicle pathways driving soft-tissue pathology also mediate pathological vascular calcification via mechanisms homologous to physiological bone mineralizati

Campfire to Ivory Tower

Conductor Beat System

Fasolati Triad

IT-from-Qubit

The information-theoretic framing of biological signal transduction applied to bEV-mediated pathology, adapted from Wheeler's 'it from bit.'

Network Medicine, Mouth Outward

The application of network medicine principles to oral-systemic disease with a directional claim: the oral microbiome is an upstream source node seeding pathological signals into cardiovascular, neuro

OVN Nexus

Oral-Vascular-Neural Nexus — the organizing thesis that oral bacterial extracellular vesicles serve as conserved pathological vectors connecting periodontal disease to cardiovascular, oncological, and

Terminal Event Pedagogy