a few people have told me to use warm salt water after havin a tooth out but why?
2006-08-13 03:22:07 · 12 answers · asked by College Dropout 2 in Health ➔ Dental
do u jus gargle it or wot?
2006-08-13 03:26:51 · update #1
the bacteria in your mouth love it in there cos its warm, moist, the right pH, full of sugary goodies and not too salty. If you have a gum injury eg a cavity or a hole where the tooth was removed, bacteria will make themselves at home. Bacteria are little cells that are full of water. A lot of salt will cause the water in the cells to come out to the salt (osmosis) bursting (lysing) the bacteria. So a very salty mouthwash, GENTLY slooshed around for a couple of minutes and gargled should keep infection at bay if you do this every couple of hours until it heals.
2006-08-13 10:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Allasse 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been told this by my dentist after I had a wisdom tooth out. I think it's something to do with the salt helping with preventing bleeding
2006-08-13 03:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dentist should tell you to use warm salt water. There is something in the salt water that helps with the healing process. Try it, it works.
2006-08-13 03:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by have to know 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't be rinsing with anything for the first 24 hours. The salted water is healing, but rinse carefully so as to not disturb the clot.
2006-08-13 05:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Donna Lu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It provides a cheap and simple form of disinfectant for your mouth, sometimes called a 'saline' solution, it can also be used to clean wounds, althought it dont taste nice and can be stingy!
gargle then spit it out, or swish it around your mouth before spitting it out
2006-08-13 03:26:57 · answer #5 · answered by ryn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keeps the germs out
2006-08-13 03:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kills bacteria and sooths the pain, it also hardens the gums.
This is a very old method and effective natural anti bacteria
With no bacteria your gum will heal a lot faster
2006-08-13 03:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by claire1731manchester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it works well on superficial injuries....maybe because of osmosis? (the movement of liquid of a low concentration to a high concentration through a semi permeable membrane), so it 'sucks' out the bad
2006-08-13 03:27:12 · answer #8 · answered by syelark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually the salt will dry the bleeding up!
2006-08-13 03:25:27 · answer #9 · answered by cyndi b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it cleans out any infectionsand and prevents it.
the warmth is soothing
seasalt is even better
2006-08-13 03:24:27 · answer #10 · answered by franslaimbock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋