Oral Health – Combating Bad Breath, etc

Oral health - A lot of people struggle with the problem of bad breath and many do not know the exact cause. For the majority of people who have bad breath, the single most frequent cause is associated with bacteria that live in their mouth. Bacteria, like each one of us goes through life, consuming food and then excreting waste and some oral bacteria excrete sulphur compounds and it is this type of waste product that is generally at the root of a person’s oral health problems.

So, as more and more plaque builds up in a person’s mouth, the bacteria that cause bad breath gain available living space and proliferate, thus increasing the odour causing compound which escapes with each breath that we exhale.

When you hear the words stabilised chlorine dioxide you probably think about chlorine, a harsh chemical used in back yard pools for example. The two are oxidising agents, but they have little else in common. Chlorine dioxide is a friendly compound commonly used today for water treatment, disinfecting various items that are used in the food industry and surface areas and is also being used for whitening teeth. When used as a mouth rinse, stabilized chlorine dioxide eliminates and neutralizes odour.

Chlorine dioxide is used also as an air disinfectant because of its ability to destroy many pathogens including bacteria, viruses and fungi.

Chlorine dioxide has even being used in several disaster type situations in the United States. First as an agent in the decontamination of buildings after the 2001 anthrax attack and more recently it was used after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It was used to eradicate dangerous mould from houses that had been inundated with water from massive flooding.

Although aggressive towards bacteria and microbes, stabilized chlorine dioxide is extremely mild and gentle on delicate mouth tissues and gums. In fact, stabilised chlorine dioxide is so safe that the EPA (or Environmental Protection Agency) rates its toxicity level the same as water. It is very effective in keeping the mouth clean and odour free and yet at the same time it is very gentle and perfectly safe for everyday use.

Please contact me in the email form below to learn about a mouth rinse that uses stabilized chlorine dioxide and Xylitol in their oral health products.

Xylitol is a natural sweetener and it is mostly derived from corn. It does not leave an after taste and it is also safe for diabetics to use. It has a glycaemic index of 7. Our own bodies produce a small amount of xylitol each day and it has many health benefits. For example it prevents tooth decay and may help to reduce a common ear infection in children (acute otitis media). It also has a general anti-microbial effect.

Several chewing gums that use Xylitol as the principal sweetener have already received official endorsement from six national dental associations.

Studies of Xylitol have demonstrated a dramatic reduction in new tooth decay along with the arrest and even some reversal of existing dental caries. Xylitol provides additional protection that enhances all existing prevention methods.

Xylitol is a natural substance. In fact, our bodies naturally produce up to 15 grams of Xylitol from other food sources using established energy pathways. Xylitol is not a strange or artificial substance, but a normal part of everyday metabolism.

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