Gotta get my wisdom teeth pulled...

[TheSnail]

Alcohol dries your moth out and leaves the perfect neutral envoronment for surviving germs to multiply. And there will always be surviving germs... germs are hard core sons-a-bitches.

Are you serious? shit, Im no doctor I just thought booze kills germs, far aswell the reverse effect. Off to brushing my teeth twice a day now.

[Total_Blender]

Are you serious? shit, Im no doctor I just thought booze kills germs, far aswell the reverse effect. Off to brushing my teeth twice a day now.

If its just beer you're drinking it wouldn't really have much effect anyway since most beer is only around 5% alcohol. It'd really just mildly annoy the germs more than it would kill them. Since beer is full of sugar and carbs it would probably help germs as much as hurt them.

If you were drinking straight 100 proof vodka you would have the antiseptic action, but once you killed most of them the survivors would just repopulate. Because your mouth would be dry from the alcohol (the acidity/antibodies in saliva keeps germs in check)

The best thing to do is to use salt water in place of mouthwash. The salt water will kill most of the germs but not corrode your teeth or dry out your mouth.

[Atlblkz06]

If its just beer you're drinking it wouldn't really have much effect anyway since most beer is only around 5% alcohol. It'd really just mildly annoy the germs more than it would kill them. Since beer is full of sugar and carbs it would probably help germs as much as hurt them.

If you were drinking straight 100 proof vodka you would have the antiseptic action, but once you killed most of them the survivors would just repopulate. Because your mouth would be dry from the alcohol (the acidity/antibodies in saliva keeps germs in check)

The best thing to do is to use salt water in place of mouthwash. The salt water will kill most of the germs but not corrode your teeth or dry out your mouth.

Booze doesnt do shit to germs. My friend had 3 shots of vodka after surgery at a bar and got an infection from that

Salt water kills germs eh? I guess it uses osmosis to make em go "pop"?

[Total_Blender]

Booze doesnt do shit to germs. My friend had 3 shots of vodka after surgery at a bar and got an infection from that

Exactly. Once the temporary antiseptic effect is over with germs will just re-multiply. And when you get drunk your blood alcohol is way less than even 1%. Once it gets absorbed into the bloodstream theres not even an antiseptic effect. And it dehydrates you which is bad for your immune system.

I don't really know how salt kills germs specifically, but I do know that it does because they use it to preserve meat. Thats why smoked meats like bacon and ham are so salty.