Mouth Wash, Yes or No?

[GoCubsGo]

50% listerine and 50% hydo peroxide. The peroxide is really the most effecetive way of preventing gum diease.

 

[PlaceofDis]

yes. it leaves a nice tingly feeling.

 

[iGary]

Then Rob really needs to change his eating habits.

OK, the cat just looked at me like I am retarded I laughed so hard.

 

[PlaceofDis]

yeah, like the kind they use at hospitals. BLECK! some of the "better" mouthwashes smell terrible i think, it's a shame they (listerine and it's derivatives) can't make a more pleasant smelling/tasting one.

have you tried the 'Orange' one? while not a vast improvement, it is certainly better than their blue or green varieties.

 

[ITASOR]

there's always water picks, i didn't work well with floss when i had braces either.

I used a water pick when I had braces, ALONG with flossing and using mouth wash...let me just tell you one thing...

Your bathroom can get pretty flooded when you get preoccupied with using that water pick...told from experience.

 

[EricNau]

no, nothing can replace flossing.

listerine does more than just kill bad breath, in fact it stinks to high heaven, but it goes a long way towards healthy gums too. i had a root canal done and thus had no sensation in that tooth. i apparently didn't floss around it well enough a few times and it irritated my gums. i was told to (duh) floss better and use listerine. since then the problem has stopped. although i've found out the crown is just wrong needs to be replaced now, i am most unhappy about that fact. i HATE going to the dentist and will do anything to avoid it. so if it means using weird mouthwash, so be it.

Ya, you're right. Listerine will help keep gums healthy, but wont help much against cavities (that's where fluoride helps).

 

[SpaceMagic]

I love my mouth wash.. it tastes soo good that an automatic response would be to drink it

 

[EGT]

Oh yes, always use mouthwash. I tried that Dentyl stuff recently. Mainly because it's colorful and you have to shake to activate it.

Mmm. Colorful.

But it doesn't really give me the same "fresh feeling" as listerine. Anyone here a dentist? Does it actually work as well as listerine?

I'm back to that stuff meanwhile. It burns like hell but it works like a charm.

And I've hit a new low. Saturday night on a computer forum, talking about mouthwash.

*shakes head*