and another study that shows there s some association between the alcohol in this kind of mouthwash and oral cancers. there is no proof yet, but there seems to be some sort of a link. this particular study they looked at some patients who had cancer and some who didn t of the ones that used the mouthwash three times or more there seemed to be an increase in the oral cancer. a day? a day. that s part of the issue that we want people to know. most dentists will say they don t like the alcohol-based mouthwash because it drys up your mouth and has rebound bad breath that comes back. it may be questionable oral cancer in this particular one so look for alcohol nonalcohol kind of mouthwash. oral cancer is obviously a very common disease in this country. about 43,000 have diagnosed, 8,000 still die from this, and smoking, alcohol, chewing tobacco and also low
socioeconomic status is a risk factor so we want people to know. the role of a dentist is extremely critical. a good dentist can really look in and diagnose hiv, oral cancers and so many other even cardiac disease. we have t gingivitis, et cetera. my dentist looks under my tongue, which they never used to do before. mark, what do you think? three quarters of the oral cancers and throat cancers are due to smoking or alcohol or at least they are smokers who drink. if you cut down on alcohol and tobacco, you help the problem enormously. then what is your oral hygiene like? are you flossing? because that s how you get rid of gum disease or prevent it with flossing. and are you brushing a couple times a day? we have covered that on the show before. that s the key. are you using mouthwash to cover-up the fact that you have not brushed your teeth today? brush your teeth and floss, maybe if you re going out to an event you can have a little mouthwash, but don t use it three times a day.
flossing is so important with heart disease. that s absolutely important. and just going back to what mark just mentioned, a lot of time this is mouthwash can basically open up the membrane in the oral cavity. and some of the material can get in to cause this kind of problem. same thing, by doing the floss and toothbrush and brushing your teeth, you are reducing the number of bacterias to get into the blood that can cause endocarditis. in the old days, they used to say eat parsley for the stomach and even give it to dogs, i believe, so the stomach acid would neutralize to not have bad breath. i like parsley. that s a great idea. now we are into probiotics to neutralize bad bacteria. that word comes from bad breath? it usually comes from the stomach or bad oral hygiene. use the probiotics, yogurt,
talking, you re not watching where you re going, you re not thinking of what you re doing, you re not seeing what s in front of you. there is an app out there called walk and text, but i don t think it really takes care of the problem. because you re texting and the iphone will show right in front of you but where s your peripheral vision. just last year outside of fox news a car jumped a curb and hit four pedestrians. now, they weren t texting but imagine if people in the area had been. when i was doing this report, about every two minutes somebody walked by that was texting. i think it s a problem. it s a serious issue. people can just, a, bump into you. secondly a poor young man was killed recently because he had ear phones on and was headphones too. a truck backed into him. i think if you have to get that app with the camera, you need to go to texters anonymous. seriously. we ve got to give it up a bit. great report. thanks to both of you on that topic. eric has one that
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