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The harmful dose is many orders of magnitude higher than the concentration in tap water. Dose makes the poison. Literally any chemical in sufficient dose is p
by koheripbal 3y ago
The harmful dose is many orders of magnitude higher than the concentration in tap water.
Dose makes the poison. Literally any chemical in sufficient dose is poisonous
- Natsu 3y agoTooth decay is caused by acid produced by bacteria. It's too bad we can't displace the bacteria themselves instead of working downstream from that.
- cardamomo 3y agoThere are oral probiotics available, which aim to do just this. I'm not sure if any clinical trials have investigated their efficacy, however.
- david_l_lin 3y agoExcept that we can! The oral microbiome can be modulated to get exactly what you’re asking: remove pathogens that are good at creating acid and replacing them with ones that are good at remineralizing. Shameless plug for my company (Bristle Health) that is trying to do exactly that via oral microbiome testing and personalized recommendations and products to improve.
- dharma1 3y agoInteresting, can you tell more? I’ve tried oral probiotics without much effect. Did notice a difference for a couple of days after taking antibiotics for a week for something else, but it quickly subsided (my regular micro biome probably quickly recolonised the mouth).
- Natsu 3y agoI searched for the name and found it, seems like they ship you a test kit, then ID the microbes in your mouth and make recommendations based on that. I noticed L. ruteri in some screenshots which I already know from other probiotic uses.
- heyoni 3y agoYou guys have anything on the market yet?
- david_l_lin 3y agoIndeed we do! We have an oral microbiome test you can find here: https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/products https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/products and our first probiotic here: https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/probiotic https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/probiotic All the species in the probiotic have been clinically studied with evidence that supports improvement in the oral microbiome and reduction of oral disease. Although, for transparency, the mechanism of action of some of the probiotics is still unclear, and we're working on figuring that out to improve oral probiotics and products in the future.
- darkerside 3y agoIs there a reason we don't just rinse with a base?
- rthomas6 3y agoActually, the article says the report says harm happens at 2x the current recommended fluoridation level.
- smrtinsert 3y ago> But the report did find a possible link to cognitive harm at approximately two times the current Keyword possible.
- XorNot 3y agoAlso a long history of spurious statistical correlations where you find "possible" links. e.g. for a while there was a scare for RF from overhead powerlines causing brain cancer. Turns out, the issue is the statistics used to try and isolate an effect from a general population sample have bias: plug in any effect, and any grouping factor, and you'll probably observe a doubling of the risk. This effect was the cause of a whole spate of "X may cause cancer" reports in the 2000s.
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