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Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Post by evanjrowley »

sp332 wrote: post #19
evanjrowley wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 hydroxy L apatite, but it's usually spelled without the L in toothpastes. There's a heated debate about this on the wikipedia talk page.)

I can't say for sure. The first non-fluoride toothpaste, and the one I used for the longest amount of time, was Coral White brand[0]. Hydroxy(l)apatite is not listed as an ingredient, but I also found that it has been derived from coral since at least 1974[1]. Best I can do is... maybe?

[0] https://coraltoothpaste.com/products/coral-white-mint-toothp...

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/247220a0

Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Post by egberts1 »

gumby wrote: post #12
Grazester wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought it was in the water to rot your mind! Wasn't there a link between flouride and lower IQ in children?

Not IQ directly, but rather higher fealty to the Qanon joke, a phenomenon correlated to lower IQ

Dammit, you're Gumby!

Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Post by wodenokoto »

evanjrowley wrote: post #18
sp332 wrote: post #15

Why 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.

It was the sugar, not removing fluoride.

Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Post by mdekkers »

evanjrowley wrote: post #18
sp332 wrote: post #15

Why 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.

Toothpaste is a fantastic and cheap abrasive that makes short work of cleaning up hard metals. I don’t want that stuff anywhere near my teeth.

Re: Why dentists say you shouldn't rinse after brushing

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Post by mikae1 »

mjrpes wrote: post #16
CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #4

The 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.

Floss, rinse thoroughly with water, brush with fluoride toothpaste (and do not rinse after).
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