Alcohol-based mouthwash is not like an alcoholic beverage because it contains a higher concentration of alcohol and is exposed to your teeth for a longer period of time By swirling around an alcohol-based chemical in our mouth twice a day, we run the risk of serious health problems further along in life.
Dr Karan Rajan, a British surgeon who works for the NHS, explained in a podcast focusing on dental health that there's one kind of mouthwash you need to avoid buying and using.
Dr Rajan said: "Some early evidence suggesting that chronic mouthwash use has been linked, from a correlation point of view, to increasing rates of colorectal cancers because of that disrupted oral microbiome."
Doctor's stern cancer warning to anyone who uses mouthwash A doctor has warned against using certain types of mouthwash.
Dr Rajan explained that any alcoholic mouthwash will disrupt this microbiome, killing off essential functions.
