Always buy flouride toothpaste.
Comment on flouride
Im_old@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The question is: does it make sense to buy toothpaste with fluoride then or can I buy one without? Just because my kids don’t like the peppermint ones and other flavours are most of the times without fluoride
aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
For other toothpaste that still strengthens enamel, there is toothpaste with hydroxyapatite (which can be ingested, at least that specific ingredient). Though it is probably more expensive.
tomalley8342@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Unfortunately hydroxyapatite is not approved for dental use in the United States of America.
insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
I mean you can buy it here in a normal store. So I’m not sure if you mean a dentist can’t use/sell it, or if you’re thinking about the nano forms of it.
Rookwood@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fluoridated toothpaste is more effective than drinking water. The fluoride works by direct contact with then enamel. Another reason it doesn’t make sense to put it in drinking water.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fluoride in the water is beneficial in the pre-eruptive phase (when teeth are still growing). Fluoride ingestion increases tooth resistence to cavities if the ingestion happened while they were growing.
This does mean that fluoride in water isn’t really useful after you have all your permanent teeth though.