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Everyone always goes to wine and spirits here... But this should ha e implications for mouthwash too

• q1w2 5y ago
  Does the alcohol from mouthwash enter the blood stream in meaningful quantities?
  • vba616 5y ago
    I doubt it's unknown for carcinogenic substances to affect skin or mucus membranes they are in contact with. It's certainly not unthinkable. I know I've heard the phrases "mouth cancer" and "skin cancer". The former probably in connection with chewing tobacco. I genuinely don't know the answer to whether mouthwash could be harmful, assuming one doesn't swallow. But I've thought of the question before.
• q1w2 5y ago
  That is an open research subject. https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2009.1014 https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2009.1014
• CollinEMac 5y ago
  The article is clearly about drinking alcohol -- not trace amount of alcohol in your mouth.