title: "Alcohol use in mouthwash and possible oral health concerns".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the presence and quantify Ethanol in commercially available mouthwashes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Samples from twelve commercially available mouthwashes were tested for the presence of Ethanol followed by the estimation of percentage of Ethanol in five brands in Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (P.C.S.I.R) and Husein Ebrahim Jamal (H.E.J.) labs, Karachi.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten out of twelve brands of mouthwashes were found to be Ethanol positive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alcohol (Ethanol) in the mouthwashes does not contribute to any therapeutic action. It is alarming to find the presence of alcohol in the mouthwashes which claim to contain no alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi.
authors.forename: Muhammad Wasif
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Mehwish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batool
authors.forename: Syed Hammad
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahsan
authors.forename: Navid Rashid
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009067:Mouthwashes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009909:Oral Health
chemical_list: D009067:Mouthwashes; D000431:Ethanol