New research: Mouthwash is harmful

It advertised heavily on various kinds of mouthwash on television. They are presented to mouthwash can cure everything from bad breath to the relationship, but now new research shows that there is one side of the coin. Mouthwashes often contain antibacterial substances, namely, and if you take too many of them may ultimately mean that you develop resistance to antibiotics, writes BBC News.

Risk of resistance
At Dental Association has precisely been made aware of the problem.

- The mouthwashes available, containing either alcohol or antibacterial agents, and if you put antibacterial agents in something you use every day, so it would be inappropriate, as may occur resistance, explains Ole Mark, who is a dentist and assistant director the Dental Association.

You become resistant to antibiotics may mean that the body gets more difficult to fight infections, for example, in the oral cavity or elsewhere in the body.

Mouthwash should not be used
The findings were presented Thursday at the Dental Society Semester Course of the Norwegian professor and dentist Anne Scheie, who is behind the research. She recommended that we generally do not use mouthwash.

- Generally it is such that normal healthy people do not use such products. They must instead learn to use their toothbrush, floss and brush between the teeth. It is in the long run also the cheapest for patients Ole says Mark.

Only symbolic
There is not much good to say about the mouthwash according Dental Association.

- The only thing I see as a dentist is that some people think it's been more interesting to take care of his mouth. But we will not recommend that you do it every day because it is not necessary for the normal patient, explains Ole Mark.

According to Ole Mark, there is a very small group of people, where mouthwash may be beneficial and he recommends that you ask at his dentist if you have any doubts.

Advertisements for toothpaste and mouthwash shoot far above the target

A clean mouth for up to 12-24 hours. This is often in advertisements for toothpaste and mouthwashes, but the claims in advertisements are often directly untrue. That is why many consumers around with unrealistic ideas of what the type of products can accomplish. It said lead dentist Bo Danielsen, focusing on the problem in Dental Society Semester Course the 2010th

A toothbrushing can not be replaced by a fancy product that promises gold and green forests. One can not take a shortcut to a healthy oral hygiene. One has to make its own efforts by remembering to brush her teeth thoroughly. In addition, fluoride in toothpaste is most important to avoid getting cavities, says the senior dentist, MBA, MIL Bo Danielsen from SKT, School of Dentistry in Aarhus. Bo Danielsen is among speakers at the Dental Society Semester Course, which takes place 15th-17th april 2010 in Bella Center in Copenhagen.

Toothpastes and mouth rinses can help to make brushing a little more comfortable and give a sense of purity and freshness in the mouth. But if it really was such that these products on their own to keep the mouth clean for up to 12-24 hours, we would dentists probably be informed of it, says Bo Danielsen.

My advice to consumers: "Drop the expensive products, brush your teeth thoroughly with toothpaste containing fluoride," emphasizes Bo Danielsen.

He gets along with dental, Ph.D. Alan Richards focus on what advice dentists and dental carers can give their patients about the use of toothpaste and mouthwashes on dental association Semester Course the 2010th Semester Course is the largest training event in dentistry and gathers this year over 3000 dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and others interested in dental health.