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Is Drinking water reduces the dental caries?
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No only drinking water will not reduce dental caries or decay. Please follow a good oral hygiene. Brush your teeth twice daily. Use mouth wash like listerine regularly and also get into habbit of gargling after every meal. Do visit yoir dentist every six months.
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drinking water certainly prevents dental caries but do not reduce which are already there
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NO.. if you got caries then you must have to go for filling of it...
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Yes n no it helps to clean but doesn't substitute brushing etc
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YESSOMEWHATNO
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No. It doesn't.
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