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TheraFresh: The Toothbrush disinfectant and freshener

A Previously Overlooked Source of Bad Breath Germs: Your Toothbrush!

Scientific Studies show your toothbrush harbors millions of bad breath germs along with dangerous microbes linked to colds, flu, pneumonia, and worse!

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Here's what Dr. Tom R. Glass, professor of Pathology - Oklahoma State University says: "The bathroom is clearly the most unsanitary room in the house. Every time you flush the toilet, you propel the (dangerous) germs in your toilet into the air, where they can land on your nice wet toothbrush."

What do YOU do with YOUR toothbrush after YOU brush YOUR teeth? Do you just run some water over the bristles and place it back into the dirty toothbrush holder that sits in the bathroom all day and all night, ready and waiting for germs. Well, that doesn't work at all according to a scientific research study done for a Boston TV Station recently. That's right, washing your toothbrush under the faucet does not kill any germs.

But, you can now kill the germs on your toothbrush with just 1 or 2 shpritzes and never have to worry about re-placing those germs in your mouth again? TheraFresh Disinfectant & Freshener contains proven ingredients to kill off at least 99.99% of dangerous microbes. Just $7.95 per 1 oz. spray bottle (lasts up to 3 months), Or save money: 3 bottles for only $19.95. Order Here

Plus, it works great on ALL types of toothbrushes, including all electronic types (Sonicare, etc ), all tongue cleaners, retainers, bleaching trays, dentures, partials, etc.

The 10 commandments of toothbrush health& hygiene:
1. Everyone should have at least 2 toothbrushes, which should be alternated after each use.
2. Never use a toothbrush that has not yet dried out. (Bugs love wet, damp toothbrushes).
3. Immediately after each brushing, spray your toothbrush (and the handle) with TheraFresh.
4. Store the sprayed toothbrush in your bedroom (not in the bathroom!) and let it dry out.
5. For added safety, spray the hard surfaces in your bathroom that can become easily contaminated by dangerous microorganisms every day (toilet handles, faucets, door knobs, etc)
6. If you've been sick, dispose of your toothbrush immediately. Use a new toothbrush during your illness. When you've recovered, get a new toothbrush. (Same applies to anyone in your family).
7. Healthy people should discard their toothbrush after 2 weeks. To order a bulk supply (1 dozen) of our toothbrushes (soft nylon bristles, made for us in England), click here. Only $24.95 for a dozen.
8. Do not store your toothbrush next to or near someone else's toothbrush.
9. Never use a natural bristle toothbrush. Never use a Medium or Hard bristled brush either. Only a SOFT toothbrush.
10. AND - NEVER share a toothbrush or bathroom drinking/rinsing cup with anyone! NEVER!

Scientific Facts about the bugs breeding in your toothbrush:
Can bad breath come from your toothbrush? Yes! And not only bad breath, but an increase in tooth decay, as well as gum disease and potentially hepatitis, pneumonia, and AIDS.

The Bacterial Kill Rate of our active ingredient (Stabilized ClO2):

MicroOrganism	Percentage of microbes killed
Aspergillus fumigatus spores	99.999%
E. Coli	99.999%
Legionella pneumonophila	99.999%
Listeria monocytogenes	99.9999%
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	99.999%
Candida albicans (Oral Yeast - Thrush)	99.9999%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	99.999%
Proteus mirabilis	99.9999%
Salmonella typhimurium	99.9999%
Streptococcus faccium	99.9999%
Staphylococcus aereus	99.999%
Proteus vulgaris	99.999%

"Toothbrushes can harbor bacteria, viruses, and other disease-causing organisms. Toothbrushes can also become contaminated with saliva and blood. In fact, the Parainfluenza virus can survive on toothbrush bristles for over 24 hours"...Dr. Kim Loos - Clinical instructor University of Pacific School of Dentistry. (TheraFresh kills the parainfluenza virus instantly.)
A New Zealand study found that toothbrush sharing was a risk factor for transmitting the hepatitis B virus between children. (Atmore et. al., "Modes of hepatitis B virus transmission in New Zealand" New Zealand Medical Journal (1989) 102 (869): 277-280.)
Dr. John Rippin, BDS, PhD, FRC, Pathology (Head of Oral Pathology at the University of Birmingham [UK]), has gathered research showing that within only 48 hours, even a new toothbrush becomes infected with potentially disease-producing bacteria, viruses, and fungi, some of which can remain alive and multiply on a toothbrush for hours and even days.
Natural Health Expert and respected author, Dr. Andrew Weil, recommends a combination of tea tree oil and chlorine dioxide to keep your toothbrush safe. (and those are just 2 of the potent, natural compounds in TheraFresh)

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The Infected Toothbrush and Transmission of Disease: A Review

“...The infected Toothbrush
The first toothbrush study, published in 1986, found that toothbrushes from both healthy and oral-diseased patients had substantial numbers of pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms...”

Richard T. Glass, DDS, PhD
Chairman and Professor of Oral Pathology
Adjunct Professor of Pathology
Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

(Look at compend contin Educ Dent, Vol. XIII, No. 7)

Special Report: Toothbrush contamination: A potential health risk?

Richard T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D.* / Mary Lare, R.D.H., D.D.S.**

“...bacteremia was found in 5 of the 30 brushing patients and in all nine extraction cases...”

*Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral Pathology, University of Oklahoma, Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190.

**Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190.

(Look at Quintessence International Volume 17, Number 1/1986)

Residual contamination of toothbrushes by microorganisms (Infection)

Katsuyuki Kozai, PhD*
Taisuke Iwai, DDS*
Kazuo Miura, PhD*

“...most of the microorganisms transferred to the toothbrush from the oral cavity or another toothbrush are indigenous microbiota; in cases where the toothbrush was used, however, by patients with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, or Aids, pathogenic microorganisms can also be transferred. Streptococcus mutans, the cariogenic bacterium, is readily transferred, thus increasing the risk of dental caries, particulary for children...”

*(The authors are with the Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan)

Can Changing or Disinfecting Your Toothbrush Prevent Microbial Infections?

Toothbrushes are used by millions of people everyday as part of our oral hygiene procedure. But can the bacteria that accumulate on in-use toothbrushes be contributing to periodontal disease or other microbial infections? Every time a person brushes their teeth, they are developing more bacterial growth on their toothbrushes. This also means that every time we brush our teeth, we are reintroducing contamination into our mouths with the bacteria that have since grown on the toothbrushes bristles and handle.

Dentist tell their patients that the optimum usage time for a toothbrush is two months. However, studies conducted have shown that toothbrushes can become contaminated after four to seven days of continuous use and heavily contaminated after seventeen to twenty four days.

It is relevant that toothbrushes play a major role in the contribution and retrieval of infections. In one study, 55 out of 59 patients showed improved symptoms by just changing their toothbrush every two weeks. But as consumers, changing our toothbrushes every four to fourteen days can be rather impending to our expense accounts*

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In this day of organ transplants and alteration of the immune system, it is important to consider the toothbrush as a source of potential pathogens. Given the fact that very often people will traumatize themselves with their toothbrush, this trauma may become a potential portal of entry for organisms.
In our study, there was no clear-cut time of contamination; however, there was a suggestion that contamination occurs sometime after one week but before one month. An exception did occur with on patient demonstrating a contaminated brush after only two days. Conversely, one brush was not contaminated by pathogens after one year.
The data suggest that further study is indicated to determine the length of time it takes for brushes to become contaminated, to consider the range of microorganisms that might be found on a toothbrush, and to determine whether there is a correlation between either local or systemic disease and the microorganism in the toothbrush*

Summary

Toothbrushes can be contaminated after approximately one month of use. These contaminated brushes may play a role in systemic or localized disease. We recommend that patients about to undergo major surgery procedures and debilitated or immunosuppressed patients be considered candidates for disposable brushes. Further, we recommend that for the general population, toothbrushes be changed at least once a month and after any illness.

In order to determine whether viruses could retained on toothbrushes and, further, whether they could be transmitted by a device, toothbrush from varying manufacturers were exposed to a known concentration of herps simplex virus-1. The virus was found to be retained on toothbrushes, the number of organisms surviving being dependant on such factors as humidity, temperature, and whether the toothbrush was rinsed after exposure to the virus. The virus was found to be transmissable and infectious by the measurment process (eg, the virus could infect and kill Vero cells). It is also clear from the results that toothbrush design plays a major role in the retention/retrieval of the virus. As demonstrated in both culture and vital staining, the organism was found both in the bristle defects and the smooth surfaces. We have had similar results in the previous experiments, using Candida albicans as our infecting organism.¹⁰. Similarly, an increased number of tufts and an increased number of bristles per tuft increased the retention/retrieval of the virus. Historically, no mention in the literature was found regarding a biological basis for bristle tuft design. Microscopic examination of the toothbrushes from many manufacturers revealed frequent sharp or jagged edges of bristle ends. This finding was more common in natural-bristle brushes and brushes that did not claim bristle-end smoothing or beveling. Yet, even in those brushes which had bristle-end manipulations, some bristle remained jagged, and these were the ones that tended to retain microorgansima. These same sharp bristle could theoretically lacerate the soft tissue of the gingiva or the mucosa, providing a portal of entry for the virus. With this information available, recurrent herps labiitis patients have been encouraged to change their toothbrushes during either the prodrome or the vesicular stage of the disease. They are again asked to change their toothbrushes either three days later or after the visicle breaks. Early reports from these patients indicate that either the lesion do not develop, or if they do develop, they do not spread. While this report deals with the herps simplex virus-1, it would also seems applicable to other virus. The HSV-1 is not the most resistant virus know to produce disease, but it is also not the most sensitive to death.⁶. In a pratical sense, it appears that the toothbrush may be responsible for either viral reinfection or the spread of viral infection to other indiviuals, similar to that found with other microorgansims.^1.11. From these findings, is would seem reasonable to po]stulate that the spread of cold and flu viruses through a family can occur via toothbrush/toothpastecontamination. Finally, several recommendations seem advisable to lessen the possibilty of virual reinfection or spead of viral infections. First, the toothbrush should be changed on a regular basis. In previous studies, we suggested changing toothbrushes every month for healthy individuals. Considering the longevity of viruses, it may be more appropriate to change the toothbrush every two weeks. For medically compromised patients, toothbrush change weekly or every three days may be appropriate. Each member of the family should have his or her own toothpaste tube; these tubes should be small and changed with toothbrush frequency. Given the virus temperature-and-humidity-sensitivity, it is recommended that the toothbrush not be stored in the humid and contaminated environment of the bathroom. Rather, it should be stored vertically, with the bristle up, preferably in a less humid environment such as the bedroom. The brush should not be covered or enclosed because this may prevent the bristles from drying. While some chemical disinfectants will kill the HSV-1 on the toothbrush, these same chemicals do not kill all pathgens¹⁰. Lack of complete killing has also been found true of microwave sterilization , soaps, and boiling water. The latter methods also tend to distort and/or destroy the tootbrushses. Ultimately, toothbrushes should be designed in such a way microorganism retention is lessened.

Conclusions

It is apparent that HSV-1 can remain viable on a dried toothbrush for at least 48 hours and in a moist environment for more seven days. The organism appears to be transmissible in that it can infect and produce cytotoxicity in Vero cells. This study provides more support for recommendations of regular toothbrush changing and immediate toothbrush changing in the presence of disease. Further, the storing of the toothbrush between uses should be in the dryest non-contaminated environment possible.

Bibliography:

Toothbrush contamination: a potential health risk?: Bacterial Study (20 monitored participants) - University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry - Richard T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D., Mary Martin Lare, R.D.H., D.D.S.

More on the contaminated toothbrush: the viral story : Quintessence International Vol. 19 No. 11/1989 - Richard T. Glass, DDS, PhD*/ Harold G. Jense, PhD**

Detection of HIV proviral DNA on toothbrushes - Article in JADA - Richard T. Glass, DDS, PhD, Steven R. Carson, DDS, MEd, Robert L. Barker, PhD, Stephen C. Peiper, MD, Stewart Shapiro, DMD,MScH,PhD

Toothbrush types and retention of microorganisms:How to choose a biologically sound toothbrush?: Richard T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D.

The toothbrush, Kaposi's Sarcoma and Aids: A case demonstrating interesting associations: Richard T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D., Kyung-Whan Min, M.D., Vivian Adler, R.D.H.

Transmission of disease in dogs by toothbrushing: Quintessence Internaltional Vol. 20 No. 11/1989 - Richard T. Glass, DDS, Ph.D., Mary E. Martin, RDH, DDS**, Larry J. Peter, DVM, MS***

The effectiveness of a U-V toothbrush sanitizing service in reducing the number of bacteria, yeasts, and viruses on toothbrushes: ODA Journal Spring 1994 - Richard T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D., Harold G. Jensen, Ph.D.

Effectiveness of an Ultra-Violet light toothbrush sanitizer on three micoorganisms: (Candida albicans, Betahemolytic Streptococci, and Capnocytophaga gingivalis) - University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry - R.T. Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D., M. Furgason, D.S.III, J. Moody, D.S.III

Evaluation of an Ultra-Violet toothbrush sanitizer: Viral Study (Influenza, Herpes Simplex, and Polio) - State University of New York at Stony Brook - University Hosptial Health Sciences Center - George T. Tortora, Ph.D. , Head, Clinical Microbiologo

Bacterial study (Bacterial contamination that naturally occurs in toothbrush use): State University of New York at Stony Brook University Hosptial Health Sciences Center - A.J. Gwinnett, Ph.D., B.D.S., L.D.S.R.C.S., F.A.D.M., Professor, Oral Biology & Pathology, T.F. McNamara, Ph.D., Professor, Oral Biology & Pathology, Department of Oral Biology & Pathology, School of Dental Medicine

Viral study (Influenza, Herpes Simplex, and Polio): State University of New York at Stony Brook - University Hosptial Health Sciences Center - George T. Tortora, Ph.D., Head, Clinical Microbiology

Assessing the relationship between dental disease and coronary heart disease in elderly U.S. Veterans: Walter J. Loesche, D.M.D., Ph.D.; Anthony Schork, Ph.D.; Margaret S. Terpenning, M.D.; Yin-Miao Chen, M.S.; B. Liza Dominguez, D.D.S., M.S.; Natalie Grossman, R.D.H., M.A.

Hepatitis C: Growing chorus of concern over the `silent' epidemic : Carl T. Hall, Chronicle Science Writer

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