“…Coughing once or having a five-minute conversation can produce up to 3000 droplets of saliva, whereas a sneeze can produce up to 40,000 droplets [ 18 ]. It has recently been shown that mouthwashes can rapidly inactivate SARS-CoV-2 through in vitro [ 2 , 16 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ] and in vivo studies [ 3 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Subsequently, there have been extensive discussions regarding the utilization of mouth rinses to possibly complement current prevention measures such as facemasks, hand disinfection, and social distancing in order to reduce the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 [ 18 ].…”