On Mouthwash

A mouthwash with alcohol dries out your mouth -- you'll smell nice and minty for a half hour, but then the bad breath comes back worse than ever.
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An Interesting Analogy

Dentists often tell patients with advanced gum disease to floss more often. But flossing alone is useless at that point. Imagine trying to clean out the bottom of a shirt pocket with a piece of string tied to your fingers

From a Readers' Digest article

A dentist in Virginia noted:

Some truly educated people think that if nothing in their mouth hurts, they're fine. High cholesterol doesn't hurt, either, but it's a big problem. I honestly think that the general population doesn't understand that their mouth is part of their body.