Get healthy and radiant teeth by rinsing with salt water

Before toothpaste was invented, people rinsed their mouth with salt water to prevent oral diseases. Did you know that saltwater not only cleans your mouth but also soothes ulcers and freshens your breath?

Benefits of saltwater

Salt has many wonderful health benefits such as:

• Supporting digestive and heart health.
• Facilitating body movement.
• Preventing iodine deficiency - an important element of rehydration.
• Reducing your risk of diabetes.
• Promoting oral health.
• Improving respiratory health. 
• Decreasing appetite.
• Removing toxins.
• Assisting with the maintenance of normal blood pressure and blood pH.

Rinsing with salt water is one of the easiest ways to keep your oral health on track as it helps remove excess bacteria from the mouth and reduce their impact on your health.

Using saltwater as a mouthwash acts as an effective method of managing strep throat, mouth sores, as well as lowering your risk of gingivitis or for managing toothaches. In some toothpaste, salt plays the role of major whitening agent as the micronized sized molecules are quite effective in brightening teeth.

Although rinsing with water is effective and simple, it can’t replace other conventional methods of oral hygiene. You should still brush and floss regularly to make sure your oral health stay in good shape.