"Alcohol use in mouthwash and possible oral health concerns".
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.
Haq
Muhammad Wasif
MW
Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi.
Batool
Mehwish
M
Ahsan
Syed Hammad
SH
Qureshi
Navid Rashid
NR
D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009067:Mouthwashes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009909:Oral Health
D009067:Mouthwashes; D000431:Ethanol