Choosing the Best Mouthwash

Choosing the Best Mouthwash

Rinsing after you brush and floss is a good idea. It washes away bacteria and other microbes you’ve just spent the last few minutes removing from your teeth. And if you use an antimicrobial rinse, you get a little extra protection from that, as well. But not all...
Oral Health Benefits of Green Tea

Oral Health Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea mouthwash may help ease pain caused by the swelling of oral tissue. That’s according to a small but promising study published last month in the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. The research involved 97 participants suffering from...
Choosing Mouthwash with Care

Choosing Mouthwash with Care

Just as we recommend choosing toothpaste with care – steering clear of things like fluoride and triclosan, for instance – so, too, mouthwash. For years now, there’s been some concern that alcohol-based rinses like Listerine, Scope and other...
Mouthwash, Bacteria & Your Heart

Mouthwash, Bacteria & Your Heart

Can using mouthwash really raise your risk of heart attack? Maybe so, says research published last month in Free Radical Biology and Medicine. Specifically, the authors looked at whether changes in oral flora – bacteria in the mouth, both “good” and...
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