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My patients always like to ask me can mouth wash replace flossing? What mouthwash is the most effective for my oral health? There are hundreds of different brands of mouthwashes but all of them really just have a few active ingredients- According to the American Dental association these are what they allow in an American mouthwash. Active ingredients that may be used in therapeutic mouthwash include: Cetylpyridinium chloride; - crest prohealth Chlorhexidine;- peridex Essential oils; Listerine Fluoride; ACT  Peroxide. colgate peroxyl mouthwash- Whitening So here is my take on how mouthwashes work. Using mouthwash to to clean your mouth is like using a pouring putting out a candle with bucket full of water. You'll put out the candle but you'll also get everything else in the room wet. When you use antiseptics like chlorhexidine, cetylpridinum chloride and peroxide it kills almost all of the bacteria in your mouth.  That sounds like a great thing doesn't

Top 6 reasons to bring your child to see the dentist before its too late. My childs teeth are going to fall out anyways why should we treat the cavity? First of all an infection is an infection. I don't care where the infection is on your body . Just because you can not see a stomach or bladder infection does that make the infection any less threatening? When your child is walking around with cavities he/she can develop infections if that cavity remains untreated. Why risk it? Here are a list of ways this can affect your child in the long run Infections can affect/stunt the child's growth and development.   If the tooth has to be extracted or a large portion of the teeth has been decayed the child will tend to have more severe crowding due to inability of the baby tooth to hold the space. This means more expensive orthodontics and less ideal orthodontics in the future.  If the infection reaches the lower tooth bud it can prevent the lower adult teeth from ever erupt