My mom still prefers gel over paste but it is getting increasingly more difficult to purchase so she often ends up with this kids stuff…no longer in a cool star shape though :(
There is so much stupid misinformation and misunderstanding around fluoride.
Can fluoride be dangerous to have in your water supply? Absolutely. In the 80s, “the decade of water”, UNICEF helped build wells all over the world in places without access to clean drinking water. In some places they did not dig the wells deep enough, and in some places there is a high amount of natural fluoride in the ground’s surface layers. As a result, people drinking from those wells got legitimate fluoridosis. Children grew majorly deformed bones, and it straight up killed some the elderly. Its a legitimately dangerous thing for the body in high concentrations.
That said, the level of fluoride in tap water is infinitely lower than even being anywhere near that kind of danger. The old standard level that was used up until the early 2000s was only lowered because people got fluoride spots in their teeth. I have some from when I was a kid. The medical difference between having fluoride spots versus actual fluoridosis is like the difference between having a sore throat and dying of asphyxiation. Fluoride is absolutely beneficial. I may have a couple fluoride spots, but Ive also never had a cavity filled. The only cavity I have had was in a wisdom tooth, which did not have as much fluoride exposure when I grew it later in life
A big part of the sickness is the surfactant and abrasives. The amount of fluoride in a standard tube will likely not require medical treatment for an adult, particularly because they’ll throw most of it up from the bubbles and grit.
Kid toothpaste has less or no fluoride and is often a smooth gel because the goal is to encourage brushing habits, so any amount of possible discomfort is less good.
This stuff was delicious.
microplastics yay
It… err… helps with abrasion?
My mom still prefers gel over paste but it is getting increasingly more difficult to purchase so she often ends up with this kids stuff…no longer in a cool star shape though :(
That’s kinda cool tbh
Fuck yeah, fluoride poisoning.
That’s the whole (or maybe just one) point AFAIK of the children toothpaste, it has much less flouride.
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This is stupid. It’s about eating toothpaste.
There is so much stupid misinformation and misunderstanding around fluoride.
Can fluoride be dangerous to have in your water supply? Absolutely. In the 80s, “the decade of water”, UNICEF helped build wells all over the world in places without access to clean drinking water. In some places they did not dig the wells deep enough, and in some places there is a high amount of natural fluoride in the ground’s surface layers. As a result, people drinking from those wells got legitimate fluoridosis. Children grew majorly deformed bones, and it straight up killed some the elderly. Its a legitimately dangerous thing for the body in high concentrations.
That said, the level of fluoride in tap water is infinitely lower than even being anywhere near that kind of danger. The old standard level that was used up until the early 2000s was only lowered because people got fluoride spots in their teeth. I have some from when I was a kid. The medical difference between having fluoride spots versus actual fluoridosis is like the difference between having a sore throat and dying of asphyxiation. Fluoride is absolutely beneficial. I may have a couple fluoride spots, but Ive also never had a cavity filled. The only cavity I have had was in a wisdom tooth, which did not have as much fluoride exposure when I grew it later in life
I think they were just replying facetiously to ‘This stuff was delicious.’
If you eat a tube of fluoride toothpaste you will almost certainly get sick. There’s a reason the packaging tells you not to swallow it.
A big part of the sickness is the surfactant and abrasives. The amount of fluoride in a standard tube will likely not require medical treatment for an adult, particularly because they’ll throw most of it up from the bubbles and grit.
Kid toothpaste has less or no fluoride and is often a smooth gel because the goal is to encourage brushing habits, so any amount of possible discomfort is less good.