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I thought the medical consensus these days is aligning on mouthwash being actively harmful? Kills good bacteria in your mouth, increases risk of oral cancer, et
by thematrixturtle 5y ago
I thought the medical consensus these days is aligning on mouthwash being actively harmful? Kills good bacteria in your mouth, increases risk of oral cancer, etc.
- IncRnd 5y agoYou're thinking of mouthwash with ethanol alcohol.
- noduerme 5y agoListerine is 21% to 26% ethanol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine Personally, too weak for me; I gargle with moonshine.
- jafitc 5y agoif you're worried, you just need to buy a non-alcohol non-chlorhexidine based one. Listerine offers it too. https://www.listerine.com/mouthwash/listerine-zero https://www.listerine.com/mouthwash/listerine-zero
- waych 5y agoThis may be medical disinfo. Listerine was long considered a great remedy and preventative care against flus and colds for a long time. This was lobbied against, they were sued and the ftc made them stop advertising as such.
- astrange 5y agoWhy would a mouthwash be effective against a virus in your nose? Using alcoholic mouthwash is bad for the same reason taking antibiotics is - and you may actually want to take oral probiotics for the same reason the ones you eat are healthy. Though I don't know the current state of evidence for them.
- thematrixturtle 5y ago"Disinfo" by who, exactly? Mouthwash is a very American phenomenon though, AFAIK it's not used as commonly anywhere else in the world. Which suggests at least part of its American popularity is due to marketing.
- bennysomething 5y agoI'm not in America and I use it twice a day, non alcoholic one though. Dentists have all told me it's good to use. is it not!?
- eptcyka 5y agoMy dentist has told me it's useless.