I had actually had the same thought. What if it could be used as a daily mouth wash for treatment/prevention of periodontal conditions since bacteria/inflammation are drivers of that disease process.
When Brilacidin was first obtained by CTIX, the talk was how it had to be saved as a precious last resort drug for the terrible afflictions like ABSSI and perhaps those other flesh eating organisms. CTIX had to be careful not to overexpose our precious molecule, lest it fall prey to "resistance" development by the organism(s) being treated. Based on those assumptions I was under the impression that even "swish and spit" would not be into a sink, but into a special container so that the contents could later be boiled to eliminate any possible remaining organisms surviving and coming back later and resistant.
I recently watched the PBS documentary THE FORGOTTEN PLAGUE which was about fighting tuberculosis in the U.S. from 1910 to 1950. When Penicillin first came out in early 1940s it was found to be very effective in "curing" TB. But within 4 years, it became useless against TB because of resistance developed.
I hope IPIX management is keeping this issue in mind.
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