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This doesn't sound possible. A big component of oral hygiene is removing the relatively large chunks of food that are hiding invisibly between your teeth. If yo
by legalcorrection 4y ago
This doesn't sound possible. A big component of oral hygiene is removing the relatively large chunks of food that are hiding invisibly between your teeth. If you leave them there, they will rot and smell bad and cause other issues like infections. You need a physical object like the bristles of a tooth brush and/or floss to physically dislodge the bits of food. That's why every culture developed some way to clean their teeth.
- cheschire 4y agoGP did say "replace" but they also said "reduce" so I'm thinking they meant replace the majority of brushing, but probably not all of it. If they had an effective way of removing lettuce from teeth chemically, I'd be afraid of side effects.
- bmau5 4y agoYes, thank you for catching this. As the comment above pointed out there will still be a need for removing larger food particles and hard to reach areas, but ideally with the addition of the mouthwash/intervention I'm mentioning we could drastically reduce the incidence of oral disease.
- uoaei 4y agoIt doesn't seem far-fetched to imagine a chewing-gum-like substance which achieves this.