That solution is 1% acetic acid... sounds pretty important. Until you realize that you can buy it at the grocery store as white vinegar. It desiccates the tissues and removes the mucopolysaccarides and other shiny agents off the surface of your gingiva that cause reflections which may confuse your eye when you are looking for a different white reflectance of light from the enlarged nuclei of damaged cells.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.