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An assortment of natural mouthwashes to beat bad breath
By Kevin Raub
Addressing bad breath has been a long time coming in this column. I mean, what good is a cute boy (me) if I’m spitting forth a nasty plume of disagreeable air every time someone leans in for the kiss? Brushing regularly helps, but those organic toothpastes— sometimes weaker than their chemical counterparts—just usually don’t get the job done on their own. Without the complement of a shot of minty love swished around the old kisser afterwards, I fear all I’d be smooching is one of my five cats, who have no room to complain about anybody’s bad breath.
Ophelia (picking herbs): There's calendula and witch hazel, licorice root and yerba maté...
Hamlet: She's mad.
"A person's daily diet plays a very important role with not only their oral health but also their overall health" says Dr. David Villarreal, the Los Angeles-based dentist who has developed the new herbal-based Estrella Oral Tonic Rinse (WWW.ESTRELLABRITE.COM) and toothpaste recently launched into the retail marketplace.
Causes for Dry Mouth include:
-Certain medications, such as those that treat Depression, Anxiety, Obesity, Epilepsy, Hypertension, etc.
-Certain medical treatments such as Chemotherapy for Cancer patients.
-Smoking
-Alcoholism
-Etc.
“Effect of an Essential Oil Herbal Mouthwash on Oral Malodor”
Study performed at University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center, NY, USA
Objective: To evaluate the effect of an essential oil/herbal extract rinse on oral malodor over a 6 hour period.
June 1, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned consumers to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China, and issued an important alert to prevent toothpaste containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) form entering the United States. DEG is used in antifreeze and as a solvent.
WHAT IS IN YOUR TOOTHPASTE?
Essential Oils are the volatile,aromatic liquid extracts obtained from herbs in there living state (plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bark and seeds) These oils contain oxygenating properties which help to effectively transport nutrients to the cell of the body and to increase available cell oxygen.
