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Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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Read the article. If you have not already, you might rethink consideration of this product.

They just needed to humble brag, the article wasn’t important.

I don’t think that’s the case at all - it’s a common concern in endurance sports, you really do have huge quantities of sugar.

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the article. If you have not already, you might rethink consideration of this product.

Th article just confirms my suspicion that the worst thing is I could be out $500

How is that your takeaway?

Either you didn’t read the article, or you’re blatantly ignoring that we don’t understand the long term implications of having this bacteria in your mouth and gut microbiome.

There may be no problems at all… but we don’t know. This is why FDA regulations exist. The product being sold in Prospera to skirt regulations should be a red flag anyway.

I’m not saying that it can’t or won’t work. I’m saying, be careful. If you can prevent cavities by brushing with fluoridated toothpaste and flossing, why would you adopt a potential risk that could affect your health?

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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Or, just use oil pulling with coconut oil. simple, natural and easiest way to reverse and prevent cavities. keeping the oil in the mouth for 20 minutes (before spitting out into the sink) is also a great way to maintain silence, and develop awareness of oral process, as you can't swallow. More generally, am highly skeptical of this whole genetic modification drive for replacement of undesirable creatures like mosquit…

What’s your evidence or rationale for the oil routine? Serious question, not trolling

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Th article just confirms my suspicion that the worst thing is I could be out $500

How is that your takeaway? Either you didn’t read the article, or you’re blatantly ignoring that we don’t understand the long term implications of having this bacteria in your mouth and gut microbiome. There may be no problems at all… but we don’t know. This is why FDA regulations exist. The product being sold in Prospera to skirt regulations should be a red flag anyway. I’m not saying that it can’t or won’t work. I’…

I googled and got multiple results that I couldn't tie with your comment. what do you reference with Prospers?

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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Or, just use oil pulling with coconut oil. simple, natural and easiest way to reverse and prevent cavities. keeping the oil in the mouth for 20 minutes (before spitting out into the sink) is also a great way to maintain silence, and develop awareness of oral process, as you can't swallow. More generally, am highly skeptical of this whole genetic modification drive for replacement of undesirable creatures like mosquit…

This went on so many tangents that it came full circle

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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post #33

Or, just use oil pulling with coconut oil. simple, natural and easiest way to reverse and prevent cavities. keeping the oil in the mouth for 20 minutes (before spitting out into the sink) is also a great way to maintain silence, and develop awareness of oral process, as you can't swallow. More generally, am highly skeptical of this whole genetic modification drive for replacement of undesirable creatures like mosquit…

What’s your evidence or rationale for the oil routine? Serious question, not trolling

Thousands of years of test of time stood with ayurveda. also validated with citations as experiments catch up

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654187/

Re: Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated

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I have a feeling that the people who would trust a product like Lumina are probably the same people who will never use flouride.

Since you bring up fluoride—does anyone know the state of the literature on the effectiveness of fluoride treatments? I’ve been getting them for years. But with the recent trends towards PE owned dental practices and efforts to juice their profitability, I’m more and more skeptical of anything my dentist tries to sell me on.

You can get high fluoride tooth paste (i.e. ~2% fluoride vs the 0.25% found in normal toothpaste) just by asking from most dentists. Costs about the same per bottle too.

Been doing this for years and have nearly perfect teeth due to it, flossing, and non alcohol based anti-gingivitis/anti-plaque mouth washing.

Also, people who think fluoride is bad for you or think it's not effective for teeth are exactly the kind of people I'm terrified of paying in the context of developing software. I really wish people would wear their love of homeopathy, and other psudo-scientific bullshit more clearly so they can be more easily avoided.

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