Hello Hanna,

Thanks for pointing that out. I seemed to have mixed up my comments concerning activated and unactivated use of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement for a mouthwash.

Sorry for any confusion...

The unactivated mouthwash solution has about 1000 PPM available ClO2 in it. This is the strength that the dentists have found to be effective and safe to use on a daily basis.

To mix up the mouthwash you need to start with the strength of the sodium chlorite solution you are using, multiply that by 60% to account for the conversion losses, then adjust the dilution to the PPM you are shooting for.

MMS is a 28% sodium chlorite solution. This means that it has a theoretical 280000 PPM of available ClO2.

[28% = 0.28, 0.28 x 1000000 = 280000]

Now we have to throw in the conversion losses, and come up with a solution that has 168000 PPM available ClO2.

[280000 x 60% = 168000]

Now, let's look at making a liter of solution. 1 ml of sodium chlorite in 1 liter of water will give us a solution with the strength divided by 1000.

[1 ml = 1/1000 liter]

So, if we put 1 ml of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement (28% sodium chlorite) in 1 liter of water, we would end up with a solution that has 168 PPM of available ClO2.

We want a solution that has around 1000 PPM of available ClO2, so we would need just under 6 ml for 1 liter of mouthwash.

[1000 / 168 = 5.95]

Since we are only interested in making a 250 ml solution of mouthwash, we would divide the 6 ml for the 1 liter of solution by 4 and come up with 1.5 ml of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement required for a 250 ml solution of mouthwash. If you wanted to make a 500 ml solution of mouthwash, you would add 3 ml of MMS.

Now we have to look at drops...

MMS has a higher specific gravity than water does. The standard is 20 drops will make up 1 ml of water, but because of the higher weight, it only takes about 17 drops of MMS to make up 1 ml.

Looking back at our 1 liter calculation, we need 6 ml of MMS to make 1 liter of mouthwash. Using 17 drops per ml for the MMS, that works out to about 102 drops for the 1 liter solution, about 50 drops for a 500 ml solution, and about 25 drops for a 250 ml solution of mouthwash with 1000 PPM available ClO2.

This solution will only have trace amounts of free ClO2 in it, and it is activated by the acid in your mouth. The usual usage is to take some in your mouth, swish it around, and spit it out. If you happen to swallow some, it will become activated by the acid in your stomach.

Tom