Mouthwash & dentistry during the pandemic
Inside Health
Is There Any Evidence That Mouth Wash Can Improve Cardiovascular Health?
Bacteria in the mouth can convert nitrate to nitrite, which is a powerful vaso dilater. If you kill off the bacteria that cause this conversion from nitrate to nitrites, you actually lose that beneficial effect of blood pressure reduction. At present, there isn't any advice to avoid mouth wash or anything like that. For the moment, just look after your teeth and look after your heart. That's pretty much that.
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