Most american toothpaste brands don’t include ingredients that can remineralize teeth for patent fight reasons IIRC. I import my toothpaste from singapore (hydroxyapatite is active ingredient)
I should’ve seen something like this coming, but I didn’t. Oops. I wonder if the situation from which I was generalizing (toothpaste in Germany) is sufficiently different that I was just extrapolating too far, or if my assumption is wrong even there.
Hydroxyapatite looks like it might be better, but regular fluoride can remineralize teeth too. Though how much fluoride remineralizes is quite dose dependent. I spent most of life rinsing my mouth out with water after brushing and only recently switched to simply spitting and leaving the toothpaste on my teeth, and I haven’t had a cavity since that switch.
Most american toothpaste brands don’t include ingredients that can remineralize teeth for patent fight reasons IIRC. I import my toothpaste from singapore (hydroxyapatite is active ingredient)
I should’ve seen something like this coming, but I didn’t. Oops. I wonder if the situation from which I was generalizing (toothpaste in Germany) is sufficiently different that I was just extrapolating too far, or if my assumption is wrong even there.
Can I get anything on amazon that has that ingredient, or are there other things I should know?
Just that many such brands advertise as Fluoride free, but you want fluoride. I just use a fluoride mouthwash also.
I’ve read somewhere that while mouthwash kills bad bacteria, it can also kill good bacteria.
That’s why alcohol free is typically recommended now
Has anyone looked into how it compares to stannous fluoride?
Hydroxyapatite looks like it might be better, but regular fluoride can remineralize teeth too. Though how much fluoride remineralizes is quite dose dependent. I spent most of life rinsing my mouth out with water after brushing and only recently switched to simply spitting and leaving the toothpaste on my teeth, and I haven’t had a cavity since that switch.