India, June 7 -- Who doesn't love smelling like mint and all things nice all the time. After a nice date, everyone wants to make sure that their mouths smell fresh in case they get lucky. A mouthwash bottle always comes in clutch. But did you know that rinsing your mouth with mouthwash more than once in a while might be doing you more harm than previously thought?

California-based dentist Dr Miles Madison shared a video on Instagram recently to shed light on the same. Dr Madison says that using mouthwash is like 'carpet-bombing' all kinds of bacteria in your mouth, even the good ones.

"A lot of these alcohol-based antiseptic mouthwashes are killing not just the bad bacteria but also a lot of the good bacteria. These beneficial bacteria ...