A YouTube discussion (uploaded Jan 4, 2025 by Jeffrey Jaime, CISSP) about how antiseptic mouthwashes can kill oral bacteria that convert dietary nitrates into nitric oxide, potentially affecting cardiovascular function (e.g., raising blood pressure) and interfering with tooth remineralization; the speakers also discuss glycerin in dental products and its perceived effects.
Because I think what you were saying is if you nuke all these bacteria in your mouth that convert nitrates into nitric oxide, you could theoretically affect cardiovascular function.
Oh, yeah. And it has been shown in the literature you can do that. You can take mouthwash that is chlorhexidine, which is like an antibiotic, mouthwash, and you can give it to people and literally raise their blood pressure by killing the bacteria in their mouth with that mouthwash.
I've heard that that might actually impede tooth remineralization. Glycerin. But yet you've got it in your products.
Yep. You and everybody else so fully expected this question, and I'm really glad you brought it up. This is what you call misinformation. So it has four different benefits. It keeps its preservation, so it keeps our formula from drying out in the tube texture, of course, because most individuals do prefer to brush with something that is pleasant. It's a binder though, too, so it helps equally distribute our active ingredients and keeps them bound together. And finally, it is bacteriostatic.
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