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Dental Tartar Prevention & Removal - The Story of Periogen

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Dental Tartar Prevention & Removal - The Story of Periogen

The inventor of Periogen was the late Doug Andersen. His purpose in creating Periogen was to empower the consumer to prevent & treat gum disease at home by inventing a method to reduce dental tartar buildup. Dental tartar is simply hardened (calcified) plaque and is comprised of dead bacteria and elements in saliva including free calcium. Dental tartar buildup is the cause of nearly all gum disease as it harbors and shelters bad bacteria.  If not removed, tartar will expand into the gum/tooth margin resulting in periodontal infection and tooth loss. Doug’s background was not that of a chemical engineer...

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Animal Testing - The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry

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The term “cruelty free” has become a well-known label for a product that does not use animals in the safety testing of its products. Organizations, such as PETA, Leaping Bunny Program, and Cruelty Free International have helped bring awareness to the plight of animals in laboratories around the world.  From a cosmetic manufacturing standpoint their voices have been heard and governments around the world are acting on this by restricting the use of animal testing in the manufacture of cosmetics. For example, the European Union (EU) in 2004 banned the use of animals in cosmetic safety testing along with products...

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Bad Breath

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Bad Breath

Chronic bad breath afflicts a large percentage of the adult population especially older adults and by some estimates is over 50% of the population. We are not talking about bad breath resulting from that plate of pasta you had for lunch, rather we are referring to that umistakable sulphur like smell that never seems to go away. All of us at some point have caught a whiff of someones funky breath or perhaps you have even noticed it eminating from your own mouth. Bad breath, known to your dentist as halitosis, is actually a sign of poor oral health resulting...

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Pet Teeth Brushing

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Pet Teeth Brushing

We have received numerous inquiries asking if Periogen Oral Rinse powdered  concentrate can be used to clean their pets’ teeth and if we can recommend any of the oral care products sold at pet supply outlets. The issue is that dogs and cats can be afflicted the same as humans with gum disease related to diet and poor oral health. The processed cat and dog food, both canned and dry, simply lacks the ability to naturally clean teeth and most of these pet foods contain large amounts of "fermentable carbohydrates” (sugars) that feed bacteria in the mouth that later become...

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The Wall Street Journal Shares Mouthwash Makers Claim They Can Slow Covid-19 Spread – True or False?

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The Wall Street Journal Shares Mouthwash Makers Claim They Can Slow Covid-19 Spread – True or False?

By: Dr John Andersen, DBA - The Periogen Company.  Recently the Wall Street Journal had an article on the potential of mouthwash slowing the spread of Covid-19:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/gargling-could-slow-covid-19-spread-mouthwash-makers-say-11607769000, I was happy to see oral care make the headlines in the WSJ and recognition that a healthy mouth can contribute to our overall well-being. This is so often overlooked to the detriment of many.   However, the implications to the reader from this story is that the cetylpyridinium chloride, or CPC containing mouthwash can have a substantiative impact on SARS-CoV-2 (Covid ) which in actual practice is only partly true. Use of antiseptic...

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