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Got some gum soreness. Usually I’d dab hydrogen peroxide on it, but it’s strangely difficult to get here (in Portugal every supermarket sells it).

So instead I got chlorhexidine. Went and did a bit of Googling for scientific papers, which resulted in finding out that, and I quote, “chlorhexidine is more effective than povidone iodine and hydrogen peroxide for treating diseased or inflamed gums, but less effective than sodium hypochlorite”

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!

I have no plans to use sodium hypochlorite as a mouthwash.

You can’t make explosives with household concentrations.
Dr David Mills

@goatsarah you can, you don't even have to try very hard. Teenage me knows it very well.

@Dtl it’s 97% water. Buy a 500ml bottle, there’s 15ml of peroxide in it.

Good luck.

@goatsarah Oh, they've really reduced it!
No plans to try any time. Got my scare from that stuff when I made about 10x more than I thought I was going to. Still not much, but more than I was willing to be around.

@Dtl AIUI, the generic medical grade stuff has always been 3%. Much more and you start getting chemical burns.

@goatsarah I read your reply as 1.5ml in 500ml - 3% works, mixed acid catalyst needed. And I'm definitely not saying any more in public.