People brush their teeth for many reasons. To feel clean and confident, to have a beautiful smile, to eliminate bad breath, to protect from gum diseases, to ensure oral health, to prevent tooth decay. In the days of the Covid 19 pandemic we live in, these include the Corona virus. We can easily add preventing infection.
Brushing teeth properly for 3 minutes with toothpaste and toothbrush 3 times a day, and then using an antiseptic mouthwash can reduce the risk of the Corona Virus settling in the mouth and spreading from there to the lower respiratory tract. Therefore, brushing our teeth and using mouthwash, which we often neglect in a hurry, before leaving home every morning, minimizes the transmission of the virus in possible contact with other people. Even if we wear a mask in close contact with others, we are exposed to the other person's saliva droplets during talking, sneezing and coughing. It has been revealed that in a severe sneeze, droplets can be effective up to 4 meters and remain suspended in the air for up to 14 minutes. Even if masks prevent droplets coming out of you, they cannot fully prevent virus particles that are small enough to be seen with an electron microscope from infecting our mouth and nose. No mask is porous, and the virus can easily pass through these pores. In special filtered masks called respirators that provide 100% isolation, rebreathing of polluted air rich in carbon dioxide and low in oxygen occurs, which causes shortness of breath, headache, loss of balance, palpitations and dizziness.
Mask. If we brush our teeth with a suitable toothpaste and brush for 3 minutes before wearing it, and then use an antiseptic mouthwash for 3 minutes, we will take precautions. Because most toothpastes contain sulfactant (active surface cleaner) and sodium or magnesium lauryl sulfate as detergent. Detergents are active compounds with foaming properties. By remaining active for 5-7 hours, in case of possible virus infection, it breaks down and inactivates the outer lipid membrane of the virus, just like soaps, and eliminates its virulence. Likewise, antiseptic mouthwashes also have an effect on the mouth. a, they prevent the virus from settling and multiplying in the epithelial tissue of the throat.
There are many mouthwashes on the market containing chlorhexidine, povidone iode, triclosan, cetylpyridinium chloride, tea tree oil, tymol, and hydrogen peroxide. All of these mouthwashes are effective by disrupting the binding of the glycoproteins on the surface of the lipid membrane layer of the virus with the receptors in the oral epithelial cells.
I wish you healthy days without disease, sir.
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