In the US, drinking water supplemented with fluoride for this very reason, so feel free to rinse out your dislodged food scraps after brushing and ignore this advice from the NHS.
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#72It's weird that we don't know what teeth were like before fluoride was invented. The knowledge isn't directly accessible to everyday people. Sure, we know some examples, but what about the averages? Was everyone's teeth just completely screwed, all the time? How could evolution work that way? We need our teeth to eat. It's further complicated by the invention of processed sugar, which ruins teeth. Before that, presum…
I think wild animals in nature have pretty much perfect teeth - they don't eat sugar. Same with people in remote parts of Africa (whenever I see a photograph from national geographic, everyone seems to have perfect teeth).
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Hah. This is perfectly normal for me. I have never done the rinsing after toothbrushing thing. There's definitely something about childhood patterns though. The slight taste of toothpaste in my mouth makes me feel clean and refreshed. I brush my teeth several times a day, usually just before I go somewhere.
So you just walk away from the sink and let a poisonous substance sit in your mouth while you slowly but surely swallow it all?
I never thought about it that way, but I guess so. Sometimes I even have a sip of water if it is too toothpasty.
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#74I use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth due to some recessions (due to hard brushing, don't push so hard kids!) The dentist and manufacturer of the toothpaste both recommend you don't rinse post-brush to ensure the numbing agent stays on your teeth.
I can very much recommend an electric toothbrush against brushing too hard. Depending on the model it lets you know when you push too hard. It has helped me a lot.
Also, according to my dentist the receded gums don't grow back which is quite scary.
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#75This advice ought to be printed on every tube of toothpaste.
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#76I use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth due to some recessions (due to hard brushing, don't push so hard kids!) The dentist and manufacturer of the toothpaste both recommend you don't rinse post-brush to ensure the numbing agent stays on your teeth.
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Only about 10% of it, according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country (75% of those with community water systems in the U.S., for reference.)
10% of water in UK, not 10% of toothpaste.
Sure. Of course toothpaste has flouride. There's nowhere that's untrue, I assume. But the person I responded to made a claim about water flouridation in the UK which was mostly false.
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10% of water in UK, not 10% of toothpaste.
Sure. Of course toothpaste has flouride. There's nowhere that's untrue, I assume. But the person I responded to made a claim about water flouridation in the UK which was mostly false.
There are actually fluoride-free "natural" toothpastes that have unfortunately been growing more common. As one might expect, they are of dubious effectiveness.
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#79I use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth due to some recessions (due to hard brushing, don't push so hard kids!) The dentist and manufacturer of the toothpaste both recommend you don't rinse post-brush to ensure the numbing agent stays on your teeth.
I can very much recommend an electric toothbrush against brushing too hard. Depending on the model it lets you know when you push too hard. It has helped me a lot. Also, according to my dentist the receded gums don't grow back which is quite scary.
Oh, but you can grow it back through a gun graft, and I had it done successfully. Healthy gum tissue is removed from the roof of the mouth and uses to build the gum back up where it has receded.
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British people actually have quite healthy teeth. They are, however, famously unattractive.
Modern British dentists perform orthodontic and teeth whitening treatments just as American dentists to, responding to customer demand. It’s worth noting that elective cosmetic dentistry is paid for in the UK, it’s not free — and the demand comes for straight white teeth comes from people watching films and TV. Although the NHS does provide orthodontic treatment if there is real medical need (as opposed to cosmetic).…
The majority of dentistry is paid in the UK. Fillings, extractions and everything that isn’t a straight clean or absolutely required (ie; fighting infections)