In the mucosal department of a dental hospital, there are often patients who have a new disease or worsen a pre-existing disease due to improper use of mouthwash. Therefore, it is very important to use mouthwash correctly, because "gargling" correctly can cure diseases, and "gargling" wrong will cause diseases.
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There are many types of mouthwashes, which can be broadly divided into two categories: health mouthwashes and therapeutic mouthwashes.
Healthy mouthwashes are available in supermarkets and have the effect of freshening breath and removing food debris.
Therapeutic mouthwashes are available only in hospitals or pharmacies and have the effect of treating periodontal diseases and diseases of the oral mucosa.
Who needs to use mouthwash
Healthy people generally do not need to use mouthwash, as long as they brush their teeth in the morning and evening, and use dental floss to clean it, they can choose to use health care mouthwash when it is inconvenient to brush their teeth when they go out.
Patients with oral mucosal disease or periodontal disease (e.g., oral ulcers, periodontitis, gingivitis, etc.) need to use a symptomatic therapeutic mouthwash prescribed by a doctor.
Can therapeutic mouthwashes be used for a long time
Therapeutic mouthwashes contain antiseptic ingredients and need to be used under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist, and should not be used for a long time.
There are some normal flora in our mouth, and long-term use of therapeutic mouthwashes with bactericidal effects can lead to dysbiosis in the oral cavity, and in severe cases, it can also cause fungal lesions in the oral cavity, resulting in aphthous ulcers.
Is a therapeutic mouthwash more effective the longer you take it each time?
Some patients use mouthwash frequently every day, and some patients use mouthwash in their mouths for a long time each time they rinse their mouths, thinking that this will better treat the disease, but often the effect is the opposite, and even some patients do not use the mouthwash correctly according to the drug instructions, resulting in mucosal diseases becoming cancerous. Therapeutic mouthwash should be used 2~4 times a day, each gargle for 1~5 minutes, and must not be used too many times a day or each gargle for too long for the treatment of heart disease, which will increase the risk of deterioration of the condition.
Can you use mouthwash directly?
Most mouthwashes can be used directly, but some therapeutic mouthwashes need to be diluted before they can be used, such as compound borax gargle (diluted 5 times with warm boiled water each time and then gargle), concentrated tinidazole gargle (2ml gargle with 50ml of warm boiled water) and 1% povidone-iodine solution (diluted 1~2 times with cold boiled water).
What the doctor has to say:
Mouthwash is suitable for use after meals or after brushing your teeth in the morning and evening.
Mouthwashes should not be swallowed, except for Rehabilitation New Liquid and Sipa Gingival Fluid.
After rinsing your mouth with mouthwash, don't rinse your mouth with water and don't drink or eat for half an hour.
If you use both mouthwashes at the same time, you need to wait at least 2 hours apart.
Mouthwashing is not a substitute for brushing, which removes plaque from the surface of your teeth through physical friction, which is not possible with mouthwashes.
Source: "Human Health Health" WeChat public account