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Re: antiseptic
| Steven Bornfeld | 28 Aug 2006 00:40 |
> I saw a health magazine article which suggested mouth > wash with hydogen peroxide, as a germ killing antiseptic. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Rich I am not aware of any. Hydrogen peroxide is a pretty mediocre antiseptic at 3%. Furthermore, it isn't in contact with plaque long enough to be effective. Long term it can be somewhat irritating. The speculation is that it may be of some use with periodontal bacteria (Keyes method) because some periodontal pathogens are anaerobic. But this isn't true of most of the bacteria implicated in decay. A better antibacterial that MAY have an impact on decay is chlorhexidene gluconate rinse (available only by prescription in the US), but it has some drawbacks--chiefly staining and change in taste perception.
Steve
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| RichD | 27 Aug 2006 23:18 |
I saw a health magazine article which suggested mouth wash with hydogen peroxide, as a germ killing antiseptic. I've been doing this now for a month, once a day, for about 2 minutes.
Any research to support this, as a cavity fighting method?
-- Rich
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