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Mon, Aug 29, 11 at 20:47
| I thought some of you might be interested in this. I had my usual cleaning at the dentist and told the hygienist that I had some thread like white slime in my mouth. Sometimes it was so thick I cleaned it off with a toothbrush. She replied with, "you are using Crest Pro Health tooth paste aren't you?" I had not told her that. She had heard of it before. She said it was like it was sloughing off skin. The roof of my mouth burned a bit when I drank certain things, don't know if that was the reason or not.
I also had a lot of stain on my teeth which is unusual for me. I thought she would never get through scraping it off. I figured it was the fluoride in the toothpaste and in my gel cam. Crest Pro Health has 0.454%, most toothpaste with fluoride I looked at today only had 0.2 something %. I don't drink coffee or hot tea so that can't be the culprit. She also said there is not much difference in toothpaste ingredients, one is as good as another. I bought an 85 cent tube of Aim to try. To top it all off, I haven't used my Gel Cam since then and my teeth are not sensitive at all. |
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| Thanks for the heads up. I don't use a fluoride toothpaste but I'm sure a lot of people would like to have this info. |
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| You are welcome. I am always interested in things like this and thought others might be. |
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- Posted by frankiesinatra (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 16:36
| Personally I found once I started flossing regularly every night, my sensitivity has disappeared. The dentists were right all along. I'm also not sure how effective it is, or if it's just a placebo effect, but I'm doing this thing called "oil pulling", where you swish olive oil in your mouth for 10 min a day. That also seems to help me. These guys also seem to have something to say about it in a comical way: |
Here is a link that might be useful: 9 out of 10 Dentists
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| My sensitivity is caused by the loss of enamel at the gum line due to clinching my teeth for years. I had them filled and stopped it, but the filling in one place did not stay, so I am using gel cam. I |
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| I do oil pulling and it has worked wonders for my sensitive teeth plus it naturally whitened them. I haven't done it for 2-3 weeks now and the sensitivity is coming back so I will start again tomorrow. I use coconut oil myself. |
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| I used that same toothpaste for a week and developed tooth sensitivity even though I've used Crest strips for years. I threw the toothpaste away. |
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