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Letter: Time to stop using mouthwash?

Published 9 July 2025

From Lyn Williams, Cilfrew, Neath Port Talbot, UK

In your look at the importance of the microbiome of the small intestine, you quote Gray Frost as saying that “most of these microorganisms are derived from the oral microbiome”. In which case, maybe we should question the use of things like mouthwash(21 June, p 40).

Issue no. 3551 published 12 July 2025

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