Everyone
would already know that one of the ways to maintain a healthy mouth and teeth
is to brush a teeth at least twice a day. But sometimes people think it's not
enough. Therefore they use mouthwash to
remove bacteria that may have been left in the mouth.
Keep in mind that many microbial flora present in the
mouth surface. Microorganisms contained in the oral surface include: S.
sanguis, Veillonella, Bacteroides gingivalis, streptococcus salivarius, S.
mitis, S. mutans and other.
Among
these microorganisms, streptococcus mutans is a gram-positive bacteria, which
have the nature asidogenik and asidodurik which is a contributor to tooth
decay. Mikroorgansme present in the dental plaques are pathogenic and can
spread to other organs which can cause fatal diseases such endokardi
bacteraemia and infective. In addition, because it has the ability to ferment
carbohydrates into acids that result in a decrease pH of the tooth surface,
then the microorganism Streptococcus mutans is the most likely to cause caries.
Bacteria
in the mouth and the tongue surface due to poor oral hygiene are well
preserved. Therefore cleanse the mouth of leftover food is a very important
factor that bacteria do not multiply. The bacteria that cause a variety of
health problems in the mouth and teeth as: dental caries, halitosis, tooth
cancer, swollen gums, and others.
As
you know that the oral and dental diseases that are found are tissue supporting
the teeth, and dental caries. The cause of the disease is caused by lack of
oral hygiene and care of the teeth resulting in the accumulation of plaque.
Plaque is a thin layer of very strong attached to the tooth surface and
contains a collection of bacteria. Maintain oral hygiene and tooth was not
enough just to brush your teeth regularly. As a complement, still needed mouthwash are very useful as an
anti-microbial.
Mouthwash is a solution for rinsing the
mouth with some purpose such as: clean up leftover food, get rid of the
destruction of bacteria, eliminate odors, eliminate the infection or prevent
dental caries.
Such
as toothpaste, mouthwash have functions categorized as cosmetic, therapeutic,
or both. In cosmetic function, mouthwash
used to help get rid of oral debris before and after brushing, after fossing or
after plaque control procedures. Besides, it can provide a fresh taste in the
mouth and breath, preventing the bacteria or normal flora of the oral cavity
and reduce bad breath quickly. While the therapeutic function has an additional
active ingredient that can prevent, stop and help cure the disease process in
the mouth.
It
can be said that in general the content of mouthwash
has more than one active ingredient. Mouthwash product may be different from
one another depending on the purpose of the mouthwash produced, whether just
eliminate bad breath or more than that. However, some active ingredients as
well as the general functions that can be found in mouthwash are :
1. Hydrogen peroxide, perborate - an oxygenic material, which is
actively attacking anaerobic bacteria in the oral cavity.
2. Hexylresorcinol, chlorhexidine, thymol,
chloride, boric acid, hexatine, and hypochlorous - the material is
anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, can also reduce the number of microorganisms in
the oral cavity.
3. The derivative of phenol, eucalyptol oil, oil
watergreen - Anodyres, can relieve pain and pain.
4. Alcohol, zinc chloride, zinc acetate, aluminum,
and acid - organic acids such as tannic, asetic and citric acid - Astrigents,
causing local blood vessels to contract so as to reduce the swelling in the
tissues.
5. Chlorophyll - deodoring agents, neutralizing the
odor due to the decomposition of food scraps.
6. Detergents - reduces surface tension, causing
the material contained become soluble, it can also destroy the cell walls of
the bacteria that cause bacterial lysis.
7. sodium perborate, sodium bicarborate - Buffers,
reducing the acidity of the oral cavity fermented food scraps.
Besides the active ingredient,
mouthwash also contains some inactive ingredients such as:
1. Sweeteners, such as sorbitol,
glycerol, saccharin and karanul.
2. Dyes
3. flavorings agents
4. Water, the largest percentage
constituent of the volume of the solution.
Mouthwash
is a lot of help in terms of addressing the problems of the mouth and teeth.
However, there are some negative aspects of this mouthwash, such as mouthwashes
containing alcohol potential in enhancing the development of oral cancer.
Therefore, doctors do not recommend using mouthwash to patients with head and neck irradiation and immune system disorders. For
that, use a non-alcoholic mouthwash is a wise move.
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