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I thought it was in the water to rot your mind! Wasn't there a link between flouride and lower IQ in children?
No.
Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing
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#13The tl;dr: If your toothpaste contains Flouride, it needs to stay on your teeth for 20-30 minutes in order to work properly. If you don't want to do that—or you don't have a toothpaste containing Flouride—you can followup the brushing with a Flouride-containing mouthwash, which you do not wash out. This is what I do. I use a mouthwash with Flouride, and don't rinse my mouth for ~30 minutes after using it. This remind…
I used to rinse with mouthwash after brushing but was told the toothpaste has a much higher concentration, so it's better to leave the toothpaste.
You could also rinse the toothpaste from the brushing, and then you can apply additional toothpaste and swish it around some (and not rinse).
That may seem odd to do, but if the main reason you rinse is to wash away the junk that you loosened by brushing then it makes sense.
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My understanding is that fluoridation of municipal water supplies serves a different purpose than fluoride in toothpaste. The fluoride in the water supply is low concentration and is intended to cause teeth to develop with stronger cavity resistance, toothpaste is a much more superficial and immediate measure.
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And apparently only available from China for municipalities now. So Chinese mind control.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/chinese-fluoride-in-mass-water-...
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#15Why are teens getting so many cavities?
Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing
#16The tl;dr: If your toothpaste contains Flouride, it needs to stay on your teeth for 20-30 minutes in order to work properly. If you don't want to do that—or you don't have a toothpaste containing Flouride—you can followup the brushing with a Flouride-containing mouthwash, which you do not wash out. This is what I do. I use a mouthwash with Flouride, and don't rinse my mouth for ~30 minutes after using it. This remind…
I need to rinse after brushing to feel clean, so my solution has been to swish around a tiny dab of toothpaste in my mouth afterward and spit out the excess.
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#17The tl;dr: If your toothpaste contains Flouride, it needs to stay on your teeth for 20-30 minutes in order to work properly. If you don't want to do that—or you don't have a toothpaste containing Flouride—you can followup the brushing with a Flouride-containing mouthwash, which you do not wash out. This is what I do. I use a mouthwash with Flouride, and don't rinse my mouth for ~30 minutes after using it. This remind…
> I use a mouthwash with Flouride
Does anyone want to commit? Name a brand and why?
Most mouth wash seems to have fluoride and they don't say how much, but you also have a fluoride mouth rinse.
I just bought a fluoride mouth rinse that was Sodium Fluoride 0.2mg/mL (Equivalent to 220 PPM Fluoride ION) which matches this study - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525928/ - "the weekly use of 0.2% sodium fluoride mouthwash program has been successful in elementary schools of Tabriz"
How much is in normal mouth wash?
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#18Why are teens getting so many cavities?
My teenage cavities stopped after 1) eating less sugar, and 2) switching to a non-fluoride toothpaste. Now that I'm in my 30s, I have had no cavity issues thus far, but I do have a lot of chipped teeth. I should try fluoride toothpaste again, in order to see 1) if it was the lack of sugar that reduced my cavities, and 2) potentially strengthen my teeth.
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#19Why are teens getting so many cavities?
My teenage cavities stopped after 1) eating less sugar, and 2) switching to a non-fluoride toothpaste. Now that I'm in my 30s, I have had no cavity issues thus far, but I do have a lot of chipped teeth. I should try fluoride toothpaste again, in order to see 1) if it was the lack of sugar that reduced my cavities, and 2) potentially strengthen my teeth.
Have you tried hydroxyapatite? Just curious. (The chemical name is hydroxyLapatite, but it's usually spelled without the L in toothpastes. There's a heated debate about this on the wikipedia talk page.)
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#20Why are teens getting so many cavities?
My teenage cavities stopped after 1) eating less sugar, and 2) switching to a non-fluoride toothpaste. Now that I'm in my 30s, I have had no cavity issues thus far, but I do have a lot of chipped teeth. I should try fluoride toothpaste again, in order to see 1) if it was the lack of sugar that reduced my cavities, and 2) potentially strengthen my teeth.
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