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Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by 1718627440 »

Birch-san wrote: post #93
mcswell wrote: post #30

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This semantic variability in the relation between the two nouns of a compound is pretty common in compound nouns: "Y made of X", like "tomato paste", "Y used (somehow) for X" (like "toothpaste", "paintbrush", "electrical outlet"--here an adjective, but still a lexicalized phrase), "Y in X" ("treehouse"), "Y for X" ("doghouse"), "Y containing X" ("paint can"), not to mention metaphorical uses, with some etymological r…

“Windows Subsystem for Linux” is probably the most confusing example of this (an environment subsystem which provides a Linux userspace to a Windows NT kernel). more intuitive would be to call it a Linux Subsystem for Windows, but presumably for branding purposes they wanted Windows in front.

That one isn't an example of this. It is actually a Windows Subsystem (at least WSL1) that exposes Linux syscalls, so is for Linux userspace programs. There is also the Windows Subsystem for Win32 and there used to be a Windows Subsystem for Unix.

Linux Subsystem would be completely wrong, because it is a Subsystem of Windows not of Linux.

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by 1718627440 »

ffsm8 wrote: post #44
tchalla wrote: post #33

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Isn’t it Zahnpasta in German too?

Sometimes you need a (language) barrier to realize a inconsistency/detail which you'd never take notice of otherwise.

Tomato paste is Tomatenmark, not Tomatenpaste though.

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by readthenotes1 »

ben_w wrote: post #4

Was thinking about oddities of language recently (happens a lot since moving to Germany), specifically how "toothpaste" isn't made from teeth and "tomato paste" isn't something you rub onto a tomato. So anyway, should we be calling this "hairpaste for teeth", or "toothpaste from hair"?

I only clean my teeth with a dentifrice. I do not want to have to risk turning my teeth into paste!

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by eth0up »

majkinetor wrote: post #74
eth0up wrote: post #56

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Hydroxyapatite based paste is incredible, and has astonished a few of my incredulous friends dealing with dental problems. It always seemed very interesting in a cynical way that Sensodyne Repair and Protect has a European version with hydroxyapatite but doesn't offer it in the US. The only reputable US brand I'm aware of is Dr Collins Biomin, which is excellent but weak on the hydroxyapatite. I'll be abused for it h…

Not everybody agrees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqP5y3iYHo

I appreciate the info, but it honestly seems this person is blabbering, barely presenting even anecdotal evidence and literally just saying it's bad because she thinks maybe it is, because, hey look at my friend over here who nods. Definitely makes me wonder if the "Dr" in her handle is more than text.

That said, I'm not surprised people argue against it. But my teeth haven't "crumbled" after more than a decade of regular apatite use, and that's under various impacts and hard use. If there's any validity to her concerns about it, she should actually discuss them, instead of talking about charcoal and her friend.

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by aruggirello »

thePhytochemist wrote: post #113
vasusen wrote: post #54

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Chewing plant twigs to clean teeth is an ancient way of tooth cleaning in many cultures[1]. I wonder if the Lignin or Suberin in plants acts the same was as Keratin in this study. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth-cleaning_twig

Yes! I've seen people with some very striking white teeth in India which is a place where people often do have horrible teeth (often from betel nut use). So the twig users sometimes really stand out. The Wikipedia article has a good point about frequent use though - some people clean their teeth with these twigs almost like a nervous habit and are very intense about it. What the article doesn't mention is the salivat…

I used a Neem based shampoo for a short period, but my wife complained that it had an atrocious smell. Guess Neem based oral hygiene would take this to the next level...

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by panny »

>Unlike bones and hair, enamel does not regenerate, once it is lost, it’s gone forever.

This simply isn't true. I've chipped two teeth at separate times. Both healed up over the years. I still have all my teeth, including wisdom teeth. No dental work in my lifetime.

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by cmckn »

panny wrote: post #137

>Unlike bones and hair, enamel does not regenerate, once it is lost, it’s gone forever. This simply isn't true. I've chipped two teeth at separate times. Both healed up over the years. I still have all my teeth, including wisdom teeth. No dental work in my lifetime.

> Both healed up over the years.

They….did not. Maybe the sharp edges eroded into smoother curves, and the nerve acclimated so any sensitivity resolved, but your teeth did not “heal” as in “replace the lost portion”.

Re: Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

agensaequivocum wrote: post #103
BenjiWiebe wrote: post #72

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What product(s) do you recommend? I'm in the US.

https://betterbiom.com/products/nobs-toothpaste-tablets

Nobs is good because they only use rod-shaped NHA, not needle-shaped NHA which has a worse safety profile. Safety profile is important for anything nano
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