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Craig Poole wrote:
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>>From: "Eric Thompson" <>
>>If I brush 5 times a day and rinse with the hated HYDROGEN PEROXIDE each time I
>>can rid myself of the PAIN in 2 days. GIVE ME SOME SIMPLE PENICILLIN AND IT'S
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> GONE OVERNIGHT!
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> The peroxide ( H2O2) is what keeps the level of bacteria down in that nice
> moist oxygen free environment under the gums - it's the antibiotic that
> tries to "kill" the bacteria but you need to continue the penicillin for
> 10-14 days unless you want the same infection to come back chronically and
> antibiotic resistant the next time around.
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I wonder if the chemical action of H2O2 has anything to do with it's
antiseptic powers? Those bubbles of oxygen are there because the
peroxide is taking electrons from somewhere... maybe from germs?
Before you all roll off your settees laughing, remember, I'm a
chemist, not a biologist.
--
Don Moses
"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
worth doing as simply messing around in boats."
...Water Rat to Mole, "Wind in the Willows"
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