Hydrogen peroxide or peroxide is present in every home medicine cabinet. This solution is an excellent antiseptic, allowing quick and painless cleaning of the surface of pathogenic bacteria. As a rule, it is used externally, on the surface of the skin, but more often patients of the dentist are interested in whether it is possible to rinse the mouth with hydrogen peroxide. It would seem that this drug has no contraindications and side effects, but there are still dangers in its use.
Is it possible to rinse the oral cavity with hydrogen peroxide?
Like all mucous membranes, the inflammatory processes of infectious nature often begin in the oral cavity due to the multiplication of pathogens. To cope with such pathologies helps a complex of medical procedures, consisting of taking systemic preparations, as well as using local antiseptics ( Tantum Verde , Stomatidin).
In fact, it is possible and even necessary to rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide, but it is not recommended to do it yourself. The fact is that in inflammatory processes in the oral cavity microbes are located in the most remote places - corners of the gums, periodontal pockets, the spaces between the teeth. Homemade rinses with a weakly concentrated hydrogen peroxide solution will simply be ineffective. To kill bacteria, it is necessary that the drug contains the right amount of the active ingredient, be supplied under pressure and exactly at the location of pathogenic microorganisms. Independent attempts to wash the gums will not succeed. Most likely, there will be a strong irritation of the mucous membranes, which will only aggravate the existing problems.
It is strictly forbidden to use peroxide as a bleach for teeth. This technique not only does not help make them lighter, but will also provoke the destruction of enamel .
How to rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide during stomatitis and other gum diseases?
In the dental office, the procedure for washing the gums is performed as follows:
- A concentrated solution of hydrogen peroxide is poured into a special syringe.
- The sharp end of the needle gently breaks off.
- The edge of the periodontal pocket is moved away, the syringe is inserted into it with the blunt end of the needle.
- Under pressure comes a solution of hydrogen peroxide.
Only in this way it is possible to remove bacteria from the oral cavity, wash the periodontal pockets and clean the gums qualitatively.