toothpaste

[silentC]

I go from an 800 to a 1200 then finish off with green honing compound.

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So how many pints of blood do you need each time you smile?

[HappyHammer]

My biggest challenge with toothpaste is getting the kids to brush their teeth with it rather than just sucking it off the toothbrush. SWMBO buys it and we are a Colgate family.

HH.

[namtrak]

your deli has fresh fish!!! I'm fed up of the little signs saying "thawed for your convenience" (

Yeh, its only Coles - but after shopping around at all the local "fresh fish" places - the local Coles here has by far the best set-up. The bulk they do sell is imported Basa, whiting etc and there is a fair bit which is "TFYC = Refreeze at your own risk". This is of course after coming down from FNQ where we were spoilt rotten. I could spend half a day out botton bashing and fill the chest freezer with all sorts of beauties - Journeyman Mick if you ever leave Kuranda, make sure you get your fill of Fish, Lychees and Mangoes cause it just isn't quite the same!!

[Wongo]

My biggest challenge with toothpaste is getting the kids to brush their teeth with it rather than just sucking it off the toothbrush.

Tell me about it. :mad:

"No, just spit it out. I said spit it out. NOOOOOOO!!!!" :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Zed]

I understand that colgate total in gel form is the best - I saw independant studies when I was at big school.... thats what we buy... by the way the polishing pastes evidently use baking soda which is an abrasive.

[Tikki]

No amount of teeth cleaning will ensure their longevity. Cleaning your gums is just as important. Good gums = good teeth

Tikki (wearing her dental nurse hat!)

[AlexS]

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Colgate baking soda & peroxide whitening with tartar control Brisk Mint Paste

I used to buy plain old Colgate with baking soda. Most pastes contain abrasive pumice powder, various flavours and binders, and I think the baking soda may give a slight 'effervescent' effect which you may or may not find pleasant. Probably the only effective ingredient in this was the pumice powder. This worked for me, & tasted OK.

Now they've stopped making this, and you can only get the one with 'peroxide whitening with tartar control Brisk Mint Paste'. Probably will cost an arm & a leg more and I won't like the taste.

[Termite]

I used to buy plain old Colgate with baking soda. Most pastes contain abrasive pumice powder, various flavours and binders, and I think the baking soda may give a slight 'effervescent' effect which you may or may not find pleasant. Probably the only effective ingredient in this was the pumice powder. This worked for me, & tasted OK.

Now they've stopped making this, and you can only get the one with 'peroxide whitening with tartar control Brisk Mint Paste'. Probably will cost an arm & a leg more and I won't like the taste.

Well why not switch over to EEE?

[silentC]

Charcoal is meant to be good for cleaning teeth. There's a woody connection there, that should appeal to some.

Hands up if you've ever 'cleaned' your teeth with your finger after waking up on someone else's lounge room floor (or in their bed :eek: )

[craigb]

No amount of teeth cleaning will ensure their longevity. Cleaning your gums is just as important. Good gums = good teeth

Tikki (wearing her dental nurse hat!)

Only too true. I know from sad experience

Nowadays I brush my gums not my teeth.

Craig (who'd still rather watch paint dry than floss )

[HappyHammer]

Hands up if you've ever 'cleaned' your teeth with your finger after waking up on someone else's lounge room floor (or in their bed :eek: )

Considered using their toothbrush before I sneeked out the door but thought that wouldn't be polite.

HH.

[MathewA]

If you're finding that brushing and flossing are not enough. At night, before bed, after brushing and flossing try rinsing your mouth with a hot cup of water fully saturated with table salt. Swill it around for about a minute and then spit it out but don't rinse out your mouth after. This will kill most of the bacteria that are left in your mouth. At night, when you're sleeping is the worst time for your gums. You don't flush out your mouth when you're sleeping like you do when you are awake. This allows the bacteria to build up and cause damage to your gums; which causes them to recede and your teeth to fall out. Tooth sensativity is often related to receding gum lines.

It's all about numbers really. If you have 1 million bacteria in your mouth before you brush and 500 000 after you brush; bacteria double every 30 mins. After 8 hours of sleep youn could have 32,700,000,000 bacteria feeding on your gums and other organic material in your mouth leaving behind a mountain of bacteria ***** dentists call plaque.

If you have 1 million bacteria and brush and then flush with a strong anti-bacterial agent such as salt (and don't rinse) you will have maybe 100 000 of the little buggers left when your head hits the pillow. After 8 hours of sleep you could have 3,270,000,000. Nearly 30 billion less bacteria feasting in your mouth by morning and a lot less bacteria turds to brush away in the morning.

Less bacteria turds = reduced gum problems and over all less problems with your teeth.

Any anti-bacterial mouth will work but I don't like ingesting man made chemicals that are for the most part poisons if I can avoid it, salts been around since time began and unless you eat it by the table spoon a day won't hurt you.

Side note: some bacteria like a high salty environment they're called extreme halophiles and are not normally found in human mouths. All other bacteria implode in a high brine solution, if I remember correctly it has to do with osmosis.

Has anyone seen the North American show Cheers? That was my Cliff Claven moment...

[silentC]

I suddenly feel a bit ill. And no, it is not the 4 schooners I had for lunch.....

[MathewA]

You will notice after only using a tooth brush and nothing else that your teeth don't feel clean. The pumice is only an abrasive used to aid in scrubing the bacteria, tartar and caked on plaque off your teeth anything else in tooth paste has little if any benefit.

I'd stay away from those teeth "whitening" agents. Hydrogen Peroxide is extremely caustic and it wouldn't surprise me if they finally found these agents to be damaging to your teeth and gums. In fact I doubt the tooth paste manufacturers and any other company producing these whitening gells... has ever done any sort of study to find out if they are damaging or not. That way they can legally say they didn't know.

I used to buy plain old Colgate with baking soda. Most pastes contain abrasive pumice powder, various flavours and binders, and I think the baking soda may give a slight 'effervescent' effect which you may or may not find pleasant. Probably the only effective ingredient in this was the pumice powder. This worked for me, & tasted OK.

Now they've stopped making this, and you can only get the one with 'peroxide whitening with tartar control Brisk Mint Paste'. Probably will cost an arm & a leg more and I won't like the taste.

[silentC]

You could get them all ripped out and replaced with falsies, like the sister of a friend of mine did. Just chuck 'em in the dishwasher with the plates.