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I'll wait for more and longer term studies before I try it. Maybe it slowly erodes teeth, or destroys amalgam fillings since it's EDTA.
by korm 6y ago
I'll wait for more and longer term studies before I try it. Maybe it slowly erodes teeth, or destroys amalgam fillings since it's EDTA.
- Qub3d 6y agoI was going to say... EDTA is also suspected to be the primary active ingredient in Evapo-Rust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3ma1XFt9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3ma1XFt9Y
- elliekelly 6y agoSo? That doesn't mean anything. Water is an ingredient in both, too. EDTA is used in food, medicine, and dentistry. It's ingested, inhaled, and injected into people every day.[1] In the video you linked Adam Savage reads out the safety warnings from the Evapo-Rust bottle ("non-toxic, biodegradable, safe on the skin and eyes") and from the Evapo-Rust SDS[2] it seems like a pretty darn safe product. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediaminetetraacetic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediaminetetraacetic_aci... [2]https://evapo-rust.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Evapo-Rust-Safety-Data-Sheet-2018.pdf https://evapo-rust.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Evapo-Rust...
- korm 6y agoAcids such as citric acid are also very safe, but definitely not in the context of brushing teeth as they dissolve enamel. There simply isn't enough safety data _in that context_ for dentists to start recommending EDTA vs regular fluoride toothpaste. In one in vitro study I found, EDTA is shown to cause erosion https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/odon/uo-2012/uoi121b.pdf https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/odon/uo-2012/uoi121b.pdf so I'd say more studies are required.