Q: Can peroxide help fight gum disease?
A: There was a professor name Dr. Keyes, a microbiologist in the late sixties, early seventies, who came up with a mixture of sodium peroxide and baking soda that patients brushed on their gums. In the lab, it kills bacteria. But then researchers found that peroxide causes cancerous or pre-cancerous changes in the gingival gum tissue. So we stopped using peroxide. I used to put peroxide on after gum surgery with a Q-Tip. No more. Never rinse with hydrogen peroxide.
