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Luke salt water gargel
Respected sir or mam plz tell me is it ok to do salt water gargling 3 time in a day for maintaining a proper dental hygiene
Without any side effects
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It is not required regularly. Only during certain conditions.
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Hi,
For maintaining dental hygiene, salt water rinse once or twice a day is enough.
You can rinse thrice daily with salt water if you have any pain or bleeding.
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Greetings,
Sir salt water gargle you can continue but you can do it once a day or alternative day.
Hope this will help you.
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Hello dear
Please be calm
See salt water rinses are given in specific conditions.they are not recommended for routine conditions.for further details you can consult me on online or off-line mode
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Brush properly twice a day with flossing. That will keep your oral hygiene good.
Gargling with salt water is not done for maintaining oral hygiene.
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Dr. Nilofer Akhtar
Dentist
8 yrs exp
Kolkata
Don't use it unnecessary as it won't do any good. Lukewarm salt water has no significant benifit for cleaning. For cleaning and maintenance of oral hygiene you need mouth rinse which should have anti microbial and anti cavity agents. Even though u can't use mouth rinse everyday. Just brushing twice a day and rinsing mouth after every meal is enough.
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Dr. Deepak Narayan
Pediatric Dentist
11 yrs exp
Chennai
If you feel it's ok then continue ... not a mandatory one....it can kill normal flora in mouth
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Dear Patient
Anything too much is bad. Thrice a day gargle is not a problem . But you can reduce it to twice a day. Unless you have some oral infection presently.
As such there are no side effects. But too much salt is also not good.
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