Can brushing your teeth with salt water cure bad breath?

Brushing your teeth with salt water has a certain effect in treating bad breath. This is because salt water has a bactericidal effect and can remove some dirt from the surface of the teeth. Therefore, when brushing your teeth, you can prepare some warm water and add a little salt, which has a certain effect on bad breath. At the same time, brushing your teeth with warm salt water can also prevent tooth decay and has a certain anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Of course, if the condition is more serious, formal treatment is required.

Is it okay to add salt to the water when brushing your teeth?

1. Prevent tooth decay

Oral secretions, food residues, etc. can easily get stuck in these crypts and cause chronic inflammation. Brushing your teeth with salt water can chemically inhibit bacteria, physically reduce inflammation, and the fluoride contained in table salt can prevent tooth decay.

2. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic

Salt water has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. Brushing teeth with salt water has a certain auxiliary effect on soft tissue inflammation such as gingivitis, pericoronitis, oral ulcers, and can improve oral discomfort symptoms. In particular, green salt has better effects in clearing away heat and reducing inflammation, and can relieve the pain of toothache caused by heat.

3. Eliminate bad breath

Light salt water can kill oral bacteria, reduce the reproduction of bacteria in the mouth, and eliminate bad breath.

What to put in toothbrush water to treat bad breath

1. Lemon juice + baking soda + water. Lemon juice is acidic and can help remove tartar and plaque, while baking soda whitens teeth. When brushing your teeth, remember to brush your tongue a few times and rinse your mouth with the mixed toothbrush water.

2. Watermelon frost + salt + water. Watermelon frost can clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It can assist in the treatment of inflammation and remove bad breath. Salt can strengthen teeth and whiten them. If the inflammation is severe, it is better to chew some tea leaves from time to time after brushing your teeth.

3. Rose juice + a small amount of white wine + water. Soak the rose petals in a small amount of white wine overnight and add the juice to the water for brushing your teeth. You can also add some baking soda or fine salt to remove bad breath. (You can carry a small bottle with you every day, it is a natural mouth freshener)

How to choose toothpaste and toothbrush

1. Choose a toothbrush

The brush head should not be too big. The bristles should be soft and thin, high-quality nylon threads (with good resilience, poor water absorption, easy to dry, and strong wear resistance). The top of the bristles should be ground and oval in shape. The brush handle should be easy to grasp. It is not suitable to be too thin or too short. If it meets the above four conditions, it can be called a "health toothbrush".

2. Choose toothpaste

Fluoride toothpaste is the first choice. Because an appropriate amount of fluoride can reduce the solubility of tooth enamel (commonly known as enamel), enhance the structural strength of enamel crystals, increase the hardness of teeth, promote the remineralization of slightly demineralized enamel, and play a role in preventing tooth decay. However, if the human body ingests too much fluoride, it will have adverse effects on health. Therefore, it is recommended that children under 3 years old use fluoride toothpaste with caution, and children aged 4 to 6 years old should use it under the guidance of adults. The amount of fluoride toothpaste used should not be too much, and each amount should be about the size of a soybean.