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Study: The Extensive Use of Mouthwashes for Oral Hygiene is Not Safe

A study pitting six essential oils from spice plants against synthetic oral cleansing and teeth whitening products like mouthwashes showed that the essential oils were the safest and most effective to use, according to Springerplus. Not only that, the synthetic products cause “very expressive and severe” DNA damage to human cheek cells, while the oils effectively protect against such damage. This groundbreaking study, which also showed adverse effects of synthetic products on...