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by TaupeRanger 262 days ago
The research doesn’t really imply any conclusion. You can’t cherry pick 4 studies that show an association (not causal connection) and use it as a plausible argument.
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Fair point about association vs causation. To clarify, these studies don’t prove mouthwash causes these conditions, but the pattern across multiple independent studies in different populations suggests we shouldn’t assume ‘more cleaning = automatically better.