Question: Rinse with salt water
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> >What is the disadvantage and advantage of rinsing salt water? I notice
> >people who rinse with salt water from young age rarely have toothache.
> >If it has an advantage, please explain the mechanism on how it act on
> >your teeth or gum. thank you.
Salt water is a wonderful taste killer for something like a draining
infection which leaves a horrible taste in your mouth. Other than that any
and everything you may have heard about rinsing with salt water is an old
wives tale. Salt water will not toughen your gums or make anything heal
faster. Rinsing with it after an extraction can cause a dry socket because
of the rinsing - I have seen this all too often.
theGreen
