Another Simple Solution

Recently, I learned from an Internet posting in Chinese(1) that the old standby mixture of salt and water(2) can help us prevent periodontal disease, a common dental complaint. I remember before the advent of store-bought oral rinses, we often mixed salt with water at home and used it as a mouth wash.

Periodontal disease is a gum ailment caused by the bacteria in the mouth. These invisible germs can infect the gum around the teeth and cause the gum to bleed. Infected gum is the reason why many lose their healthy teeth prematurely. And the bacteria in the month can also infect body’s other organs and tissues such as heart and blood vessels.

Therefore, it is important that we keep our gum free of these harmful bugs. To do this, whether we like it or not, we visit our dentist periodically to get our teeth cleaned. During the many sessions in a dentist’s chair, we are also subject to a procedure called “root planning” that involves digging below the gum line of each tooth to keep the gum around the root firm and healthy. And these preventative measures hurt not only our pocket books. Simply, the thought of the next dentist’s appointment makes me grimace with fear.

Now according to this unknown writer’s angelic dentist, there is a simple and painless measure to ward off periodontal disease: Just remember to rinse our mouth twice a day with salt water. - Ayee

Notes:
(1) Author unknown
(2) For individuals on a low/no-salt diet, check with your doctor before switching your month rinse to salt water.