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Does Using Hydrogen Peroxide As An Oral Rinse Affect The Taste Buds?
does using hydrogen peroxide as an oral rinse affect the taste buds? I've been using hydrogen peroxide for about a month, and while it's helped my gingivitis very much I've noticed that I've lost a degree of tasting ability on my tongue. I'm also using a fluoride rinse in the morning with the peroxide, and a Crest gingivitis rinse at night with the fluoride.
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
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As such there are no studies that prove that hydrogen peroxide causes damage to taste buds. But still excessive use of it causes altered taste sensation.
Better you should discontinue with the mouthwash for sometime and observe the response.
Continue with only one mouth wash at a time otherwise combined they will
As such there are no studies that prove that hydrogen peroxide causes damage to taste buds. But still excessive use of it causes altered taste sensation.
Better you should discontinue with the mouthwash for sometime and observe the response.
Continue with only one mouth wash at a time otherwise combined they will
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