Peroxide great for periodontal disease also

[Guest guest]

I loved reading about all the uses for peroxide!

I'm a Dental Hygienist and my patients have taught me a lot about peroxide.

When I was in Dental Hygiene school I was told the waterpik was outdated and

not used much anymore. Then when I started working I noticed many elderly

patients who had great oral hygiene. I asked them if they were flossing after

looking at their arthritic fingers. They said, " No we use 1/2 peroxide to 1/2

water in our waterpiks! " They had no signs of gum disease. Gum disease is

related

now to stroke and heart attacks big time!

I know peroxide is H2O2 which means it has more oxygen. Many bacteria that

causes disease/illness is anaerobic which means is cannot live in the presence

of oxygen. So peroxide kills many of the bacteria that can make us sick!

Carbamide peroxide is also what is used in the whitening bleach you get from

you Dentist ;-)!

Interesting!! Grandma was right!

Market RDH

[Guest guest]

> They said, " No we use 1/2 peroxide to 1/2

> water in our waterpiks! " They had no signs of gum disease.

This is a great idea. My dentist just suggested that I get a Shower Pik.

Apparently you hook it up to your shower head so you can do it more easily

every day and not worry about making a mess. I'll be sure to try it with the

hp.

Thanks, Lynne

[Guest guest]

> I loved reading about all the uses for peroxide!

well, there are many many more. Here are many uses:

http://healingtools.tripod.com/H2O2.html

> I'm a Dental Hygienist and my patients have taught me a lot about

peroxide.

since you are a dental professional, you might find this of

interest? It is a list about a dental device (used by

dentists) that uses ozone to treat cavities and other

dental problems. (Not available in the US, apparently mostly

used in the UK.) (Ozone is not the same as H202, but it is

related....)

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healozone/

> When I was in Dental Hygiene school I was told the waterpik was

outdated and

> not used much anymore. Then when I started working I noticed many

elderly

> patients who had great oral hygiene. I asked them if they were

flossing after

> looking at their arthritic fingers. They said, " No we use 1/2

peroxide to 1/2

> water in our waterpiks! "

guess I'll have to buy myself a waterpik!

> So peroxide kills many of the bacteria that can make us sick!

Yep. Peroxide is amazing stuff. It is one of the great great

killers of pathogens. There are lots of people who use it

for healing -- in many forms. (I read a couple of lists about

it.....)

> Carbamide peroxide is also what is used in the whitening bleach you

get from

> you Dentist ;-)!

I thought it was (more concentrated) hydrogen peroxide that was

used for that. Do you happen to know why carbamide peroxide is

used instead?

BTW, sorry to reply so slow to this message--- I wrote the

first version of this several days ago and yahoo made me

log in again and " lost " my post (grrrr --- I hate that!)

good wishes,

Moria