General Health Information

To achieve and maintain healthy gums and mouth, the necessity of saliva
goes further than simply having antibacterial fighting properties.
Since saliva is directly a part of the digestive process, it serves to
break down food, and frequently minute food particles are lodged
between teeth. Without the aid of saliva, these particles may remain in
between the teeth and there have the opportunity to provide fodder for
bacteria. With the saliva, however, these particles are being at least
partially digested to such an extent as to permit dislodging from their
dangerous locale; when the time for your next routine oral hygiene
activities rolls around, these particles may already be gone.