Mouthwashes containing alcohol may cause oral cancer and dentists should advise patients against using them, claim experts.What a lot of qualifications and 'maybe's' in that report.
One might almost think it was yet another pointless waste of trees...
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All part of the ongoing moves to make drinkers as welcome as smokers.
Expect passive drinking scares any day now.
Followed by further tax raises on alcohol to save us all from the horrors of oral cancer, no doubt.
Surely the dentists would be the experts? Therefore, why would they need "encouraging" to tell their patients not to use them?
You missed the joke of the day - pop over to Dick P who has a slightly different take on this!
http://www.dhmo.org/
Alcohol in mouthwash could indeed be dangerous very soon. Especially to those who use it in the mornings and then drive to work.
When the drink-drive limits hits zero, that minty freshness could cost you your licence.
Might as well just rinse with vodka.
The British Dental Association is not too pleased about the perennial Listerine-causes-cancer hoax.
For a lot of people, using Listerine means the difference between losing and keeping their teeth as it keeps gum disease at bay.
Listerine is also is thought to prevent mouth cancer... I'm too lazy to type this much, but if you compare the level of mouthwash consumption between France and the UK, you find that many more % of people in the UK use mouthwash than in France, and France is one of the world's capitals of oral cancer.
There is only one minor caveat: don't use Listerine and smoke directly afterwards, as it makes the contents of the fumes stick easier to the mouth tissue (also remember that rule in case you're quaffing things like Poteen...). But that also has been known long before the hoax was ever launched, and not many people smoke right after brushing. Also, don't bother eating chillies right after enjoying Listerine either as this too will stick *smirkle*
The mouthwash hoax has long ago been debunked(several times so far...), and the actual paper that caused this edition of the scare was yet another mess that occurs when people without math skills are let lose on data. (check out the original paper for a classic piece of junk, google, it's not hard to find)
Btw, if you have gum problems(even small ones), see a qualified periodontist, don't let the dentist anywhere near your gums with plans of debridement of any kind.
Ps.: non-alcohol mouthwash tastes just as awful as Listerine, but doesn't help you very much if you're attempting to fend off gum disease, even if they can be extremely pricy.
"Expect passive drinking scares any day now."
I think that's already been done, hasn't it?
"Surely the dentists would be the experts? Therefore, why would they need "encouraging" to tell their patients not to use them?"
All part of the government's flawed approach to 'experts'.
"You missed the joke of the day - pop over to Dick P who has a slightly different take on this!"
Heh! Someone's having some fun at 'The Fail' at last... ;)
"The British Dental Association is not too pleased about the perennial Listerine-causes-cancer hoax.
For a lot of people, using Listerine means the difference between losing and keeping their teeth as it keeps gum disease at bay."
A small price to pay for the chance to demonise a perfectly legal drug further...
"The mouthwash hoax has long ago been debunked(several times so far...)..."
It won't die while the NuPuritans find it 'useful' though...
Yup, just further de-normalising of alcohol; the brewers can expect a fire-storm from fag-end labour come the New Year binge stories from their lapdogs in the press.
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