Disruption of the oral microbiome by antiseptic mouthwashes or antibiotics can suppress nitric oxide production, leading to increased blood pressure.

“Disruption of the microbiome by antiseptic mouthwashes or antibiotics can do the opposite of ED meds like Viagra by suppressing bacterial nitric oxide (NO) production, causing blood pressure to increase.”

“if you are killing the gram-negative bacteria in your mouth you are stopping the natural pathway from nitrate to nitrite to nitric oxide and if you're on blood pressure medication and you're not getting the nitric oxide that is naturally being produced then your blood pressure will go up”

“if your patients are using an antimicrobial mouthwash every day they are damaging or disturbing that pathway the pathway is this when you eat foods that have natural nitrates in them your body absorbs the nitrates mainly in the duodenum and literally 60 70 percent of these nitrates get into your salivary glands and the salivary glands obviously are pouring saliva out of your mouth or into your mouth constantly and these biologically active nitrates get into your mouth now the nitrates react with the gram negative bacteria on the top of your tongue creating a little chemical reaction so it reduces it from nitrate to nitrate and then you swallow the nitrites not consciously you just swallow an irregular and it gets into your gut and several things happen but the majority of what happens with the nitrites that get into your gut is it becomes nitric oxide nitric oxide is critical for cardiovascular health health it's actually important for gum health in your mouth but it also reduces naturally your blood pressure”