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Hi manjit0123,
What is the composition of the whitening agents and what scientific research has been done on them mate,
the manufacturer's wonderful description did nothing to make me feel comfortable with using the product. Remember the wonderful praise heaped on Listerine as a preventative for tooth decay, well now there is real concerns about oral cancer caused by the alcohol content of Listerine, but the manufacturer's are still advertising it, without any mention of oral cancer. I am always amazed at the lack of ethics where money is concerned.
Cheers
What is the composition of the whitening agents and what scientific research has been done on them mate,
the manufacturer's wonderful description did nothing to make me feel comfortable with using the product. Remember the wonderful praise heaped on Listerine as a preventative for tooth decay, well now there is real concerns about oral cancer caused by the alcohol content of Listerine, but the manufacturer's are still advertising it, without any mention of oral cancer. I am always amazed at the lack of ethics where money is concerned.
Cheers
HOME REMEDIES FOR WHITINING OF TEETH:
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The 2 basic types of whitening kits come in the form of strips or bleaching trays. Bleaching trays are usually given to the patient by a whitening specialist at a clinic, or you can pick them up at a department store. The bleaching trays can be quite expensive and bulky, and are usually worn for several hours during the day or even overnight.
Teeth whitening strips can be had for less than $50, and contain some type of peroxide bleaching ingredient. The strips adhere to your teeth like bandaids, and can be worn all day without anybody noticing. The strips are also quite comfortable and unless you are eating a meal, you hardly notice them.
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The 2 basic types of whitening kits come in the form of strips or bleaching trays. Bleaching trays are usually given to the patient by a whitening specialist at a clinic, or you can pick them up at a department store. The bleaching trays can be quite expensive and bulky, and are usually worn for several hours during the day or even overnight.
Teeth whitening strips can be had for less than $50, and contain some type of peroxide bleaching ingredient. The strips adhere to your teeth like bandaids, and can be worn all day without anybody noticing. The strips are also quite comfortable and unless you are eating a meal, you hardly notice them.
Teeth are the most important part of the of face it help us in doing many important things. Hence it should be taken care, this will be take care of. Above all it should be noted that one should visit a dentist every six month.
I would just like to say that Vitamin C will damage teeth quicker than anything else. So brushing with Lemon juice is BAD. It makes your teeth whiter at first because it breaks down the composition of your teeth...first the stained layer, then the regular layers of enamel until you are getting them pulled. I would suggest only using lemon juice when brushing for a short time, and very sparingly!
You need to evaluate a teeth whitening program in the context of your entire dental hygiene program. Using a kit alone won't be enough. Here's a good review of some teeth whitening programs as well as a good program to follow in order properly and effectively whiten your teeth.
Hi bewellness,
How safe is bleach to use on your teeth, it is a pretty potent liquid with quite nasty side effects from what I can see.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts184.html
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/eh/chemfs/fs/chlorine.htm
Cheers
How safe is bleach to use on your teeth, it is a pretty potent liquid with quite nasty side effects from what I can see.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts184.html
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/eh/chemfs/fs/chlorine.htm
Cheers
QUOTE(John Bobbin BNat @ Jun 10 2009, 03:54 PM) 
Hi manjit0123,
What is the composition of the whitening agents and what scientific research has been done on them mate,
the manufacturer's wonderful description did nothing to make me feel comfortable with using the product. Remember the wonderful praise heaped on Listerine as a preventative for tooth decay, well now there is real concerns about oral cancer caused by the alcohol content of Listerine, but the manufacturer's are still advertising it, without any mention of oral cancer. I am always amazed at the lack of ethics where money is concerned.
Cheers
Hi John, I've been using listerine for so long but I am not aware about the concerns that listerine can cause oral cancer. This is interesting and I want to read some articles about the issue. Do you have them? Thanks in advance John...
Hi Kim Robin,
I have used Listerine myself over the years but I have been concerned about it for awhile, it's common knowledge that high concentrations of alcohol have been linked to oral cancer, I stopped drinking anything stronger than red wine and I have stopped using Listerine. The research is still controversial but the fact that it has appeared again causes me some concern, because you and I know that manufacturers always gang up on researchers wherever the research is likely to reduce their profit margin, I was factory manager for a multinational company for 17 years and I often found myself fighting with them about the B...S.. they keep propagating to increase or maintain profits margins. Truth should always prevail !!!
Mouthwash linked to cancer
By Clair Weaver From: The Sunday Telegraph January 11, 2009 12:00AM
Mouth cancer warning ... Listerine. Source: The Sunday Telegraph
AUSTRALIA'S top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately.
Leading independent experts have issued this strong warning after investigating latest scientific evidence linking alcohol-containing mouthwashes to the deadly disease.
Their review, published in the Dental Journal of Australia, concludes there is now ``sufficient evidence'' that "alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer''.
The ethanol in mouthwash is thought to allow cancer-causing substances to permeate the lining of the mouth more easily and cause harm.
Acetaldehyde, a toxic by-product of alcohol that may accumulate in the oral cavity when swished around the mouth, is also believed to be carcinogenic.
Listerine, the nation's biggest-selling mouthwash and a brand endorsed by the Australian Dental Association (ADA), contains as much as 26 per cent alcohol.
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Mouthwash is one of the fastest-growing grocery products in Australia, with the category now worth more than $75 million, according to latest Nielsen market research.
Lead review author ProfessorMichael McCullough has told The Sunday Telegraph alcohol-containing mouthwash should be reclassified as prescription-only and carry written health warnings.
Prof McCullough, chair of the ADA's therapeutics committee and associate professor of oral medicine at the University of Melbourne, is calling on the ADA to urgently re-assess its seal of approval on mouthwashes containing alcohol.
"We see people with oral cancer who have no other risk factors than the use of alcohol-containing mouthwash, so what we've done in this study is review all the evidence that's out there,'' he said.
"Since this article came out, further evidence has come out too. We believe there should be warnings.
"If it was a facial cream that had the effect of reducing acne but had a four- to five-fold increased risk of skin cancer, no one would be recommending it.''
Oral cancer is a gruelling and mutilating disease that afflicts more than 800 Australians each year and kills half of them within five years of being diagnosed.
Smoking and alcohol consumption are well-established risk factors, but alcohol-containing mouthwash use is more controversial.
Prof McCullough and co-author Dr Camile Farah, director of research at the University of Queensland's School of Dentistry, recommended mouthwash be restricted to ``short-term'' medical use or replaced by alcohol-free versions.
"(We) further feel it is inadvisable for oral health-care professionals to recommend the long-term use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes,'' they concluded.
The review reported evidence from an international study of 3210 people which found daily mouthwash use was a "significant risk factor'' for head and neck cancer, irrespective of whether users also drank alcohol or smoked.
But the effects of mouthwash were worst in smokers, who had a nine-fold increased risk of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.
Those who also drank alcohol had more than five times the risk - and even those who neither drank nor smoked still ran a four- to five-fold risk of contracting cancer.
A Brazilian study has also found regular mouthwash use is associated with oral cancer regardless of alcohol or tobacco consumption.
"Mouthwash products are in contact with the oral mucosa as much as alcoholic beverages, and may cause chemical aggression of the cells,'' researchers from the University of Sao Paulo said.
They said the role of ethanol in causing DNA damage needed to be explored further.
A review in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology last year said it would be "prudent, precautionary public-health policy to generally refrain from using ethanol in (mouthwash) products'' because of "doubts about the safety of alcohol-containing oral products''.
Prof McCullough said the most popular mouthwashes contained higher concentrations of alcohol than drinks such as wine or beer.
"If you have a glass of wine, you tend to swallow it,'' he said.
"With mouthwash, you have a higher level of alcohol and spend longer swishing it around your mouth.
"The alcohol that is present in your mouth is turned into acetaldehyde.''
Regular alcohol consumption was a cancer risk, Prof McCullough said, but usually did not involve swishing it around the mouth.
Eating while drinking increased salivation, which lowered the risks, he said.
"The most significant difference (between alcohol and alcohol-containing mouthwash) is that one is for pleasure and the other is being recommended as a health product.''
Cancer Council NSW chief executive Andrew Penman said the review was "interesting'', but called for further research.
"I think it's quite a well-thought-out proposition, but it does warrant further investigation,'' he said.
Cheers
I have used Listerine myself over the years but I have been concerned about it for awhile, it's common knowledge that high concentrations of alcohol have been linked to oral cancer, I stopped drinking anything stronger than red wine and I have stopped using Listerine. The research is still controversial but the fact that it has appeared again causes me some concern, because you and I know that manufacturers always gang up on researchers wherever the research is likely to reduce their profit margin, I was factory manager for a multinational company for 17 years and I often found myself fighting with them about the B...S.. they keep propagating to increase or maintain profits margins. Truth should always prevail !!!
Mouthwash linked to cancer
By Clair Weaver From: The Sunday Telegraph January 11, 2009 12:00AM
Mouth cancer warning ... Listerine. Source: The Sunday Telegraph
AUSTRALIA'S top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately.
Leading independent experts have issued this strong warning after investigating latest scientific evidence linking alcohol-containing mouthwashes to the deadly disease.
Their review, published in the Dental Journal of Australia, concludes there is now ``sufficient evidence'' that "alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer''.
The ethanol in mouthwash is thought to allow cancer-causing substances to permeate the lining of the mouth more easily and cause harm.
Acetaldehyde, a toxic by-product of alcohol that may accumulate in the oral cavity when swished around the mouth, is also believed to be carcinogenic.
Listerine, the nation's biggest-selling mouthwash and a brand endorsed by the Australian Dental Association (ADA), contains as much as 26 per cent alcohol.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
Related Coverage
Health warnings on alcoholic drinks Herald Sun, 2 Aug 2009
10 health issues: fact or fiction? Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2009
Aids to quit smoking may cause cancer The Australian, 21 Apr 2009
River clean for Moomba Herald Sun, 6 Mar 2009
Row erupts over cancer paper authors The Australian, 17 Feb 2009
End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
Mouthwash is one of the fastest-growing grocery products in Australia, with the category now worth more than $75 million, according to latest Nielsen market research.
Lead review author ProfessorMichael McCullough has told The Sunday Telegraph alcohol-containing mouthwash should be reclassified as prescription-only and carry written health warnings.
Prof McCullough, chair of the ADA's therapeutics committee and associate professor of oral medicine at the University of Melbourne, is calling on the ADA to urgently re-assess its seal of approval on mouthwashes containing alcohol.
"We see people with oral cancer who have no other risk factors than the use of alcohol-containing mouthwash, so what we've done in this study is review all the evidence that's out there,'' he said.
"Since this article came out, further evidence has come out too. We believe there should be warnings.
"If it was a facial cream that had the effect of reducing acne but had a four- to five-fold increased risk of skin cancer, no one would be recommending it.''
Oral cancer is a gruelling and mutilating disease that afflicts more than 800 Australians each year and kills half of them within five years of being diagnosed.
Smoking and alcohol consumption are well-established risk factors, but alcohol-containing mouthwash use is more controversial.
Prof McCullough and co-author Dr Camile Farah, director of research at the University of Queensland's School of Dentistry, recommended mouthwash be restricted to ``short-term'' medical use or replaced by alcohol-free versions.
"(We) further feel it is inadvisable for oral health-care professionals to recommend the long-term use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes,'' they concluded.
The review reported evidence from an international study of 3210 people which found daily mouthwash use was a "significant risk factor'' for head and neck cancer, irrespective of whether users also drank alcohol or smoked.
But the effects of mouthwash were worst in smokers, who had a nine-fold increased risk of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.
Those who also drank alcohol had more than five times the risk - and even those who neither drank nor smoked still ran a four- to five-fold risk of contracting cancer.
A Brazilian study has also found regular mouthwash use is associated with oral cancer regardless of alcohol or tobacco consumption.
"Mouthwash products are in contact with the oral mucosa as much as alcoholic beverages, and may cause chemical aggression of the cells,'' researchers from the University of Sao Paulo said.
They said the role of ethanol in causing DNA damage needed to be explored further.
A review in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology last year said it would be "prudent, precautionary public-health policy to generally refrain from using ethanol in (mouthwash) products'' because of "doubts about the safety of alcohol-containing oral products''.
Prof McCullough said the most popular mouthwashes contained higher concentrations of alcohol than drinks such as wine or beer.
"If you have a glass of wine, you tend to swallow it,'' he said.
"With mouthwash, you have a higher level of alcohol and spend longer swishing it around your mouth.
"The alcohol that is present in your mouth is turned into acetaldehyde.''
Regular alcohol consumption was a cancer risk, Prof McCullough said, but usually did not involve swishing it around the mouth.
Eating while drinking increased salivation, which lowered the risks, he said.
"The most significant difference (between alcohol and alcohol-containing mouthwash) is that one is for pleasure and the other is being recommended as a health product.''
Cancer Council NSW chief executive Andrew Penman said the review was "interesting'', but called for further research.
"I think it's quite a well-thought-out proposition, but it does warrant further investigation,'' he said.
Cheers
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