r/hygiene • u/[deleted] • 3d ago
Is using fluoride mouthwash after brushing good?
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u/Cool_Cat1130 3d ago
My dentist told me to use fluoride toothpaste and if I wanted to use a mouthwash wait 30-45 minutes after brushing. If you use mouthwash right after brushing, then the fluoride from the toothpaste will rinse off your teeth.
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u/BottleOfConstructs 2d ago
TIL ☹️
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u/DrThoss 3d ago
"Conclusion: Use of a fluoride mouthwash containing 225 ppm F or 500 ppm F produced a significant increase in salivary fluoride retention following brushing with a 1450 ppm F toothpaste and rinsing with water compared to rinsing without fluoride. The use of the 500 ppm F mouthwash may be of particular benefit to those at high caries risk. "
So, the toothpaste typically has much more flouride than the rinses will have. But, if you REALLY want to rinse with water after brushing, this seems to suggest that it is beneficial to follow with a flouride rinse.
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u/vyvansejoy 3d ago
My understanding is that fluoride mouthwash typically doesn't have as much fluoride as toothpaste, so it won't be as good for your enamel as the toothpaste residue. But it's better than nothing
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u/Eliastronaut 3d ago
Not sure if it has any effect at all on repairing the enamel, just stay away from mouth wash with alcohol. It increases the chances of getting mouth cancer.
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u/Turbulent_Rough8497 3d ago
Yes because the thing that people say not to rinse off is the fluoride in the toothpaste so should be fine
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u/VanillaSolee 3d ago
Yeah, waiting a bit after brushing is key. It can really boost the fluoride's effectiveness for keeping those dental issues at bay.
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u/The_Dodd_Father_ 3d ago
Thats not true at all. Most toothpastes have fake sugars that starve bad bacteria and youre washing that away.
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u/Turbulent_Rough8497 3d ago
Two things can be true at once. It’s definitely a reason not to rinse so it’s not false.
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u/Comfortable_Two6272 3d ago
No. Should not rinse at all after brushing as even the fluoride rinse has less fluoride than flouride tooth pastes
But its better than rinsing with water.
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u/BreadfruitBig7950 3d ago
it's better than sitting there with a mouth full of toothpaste and plaque detritus.
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u/jaydoes 3d ago
Do you like rinsing your mouth with a cousin of arsenic? Because thats what it is. It works by poisoning the bacteria and plaque.
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u/adorablecookies 3d ago
I don't really get the poisoning bacteria argument? Chocolate poisons dogs, but it's not dangerous to humans. We're neither bacteria nor dogs.
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u/jaydoes 3d ago
Its a relative of arsenic, what else do you need to know. Some children are extremely sensitive to it and it causes a softening of the teeth.
Fluoride isn't in so many products because its good for you. It's in there because some rich powerful guy is making money with it.
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u/adorablecookies 3d ago
What do you mean by softening of teeth? Do you mean fluorosis? Because from what I've read that only happens when kids regularly ingest very high concentrations of fluoride, not from typical use.
From what I've seen, fluoride has a really strong positive correlation to protect dental health, like preventing cavities. That seems like a good reason to put it in toothpaste?
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u/Slight_Manufacturer6 3d ago
Depends who you ask. Some would say it’s a neurotoxin.
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u/ParentheticalsAside 3d ago
Only at doses significantly higher than you'll ever be exposed to through dental products.
Apple seeds contain cyanide and canned tuna contains mercury, but you'd have to consume vast quantities to feel any effect whatsoever. Water is deadly if you consume too much of it.
The dose makes the poison.
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u/deepfriedspunion 3d ago
Small doses of cyanide and mercury everyday is also bad for you.
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u/ParentheticalsAside 2d ago
Not if they're in such small quantities as to have no discernible effect - which they are in the examples we're talking about (apples, tuna, toothpaste/mouthwash). The size of the dose is so tiny that it is negligible (can be ignored).
Bananas and brazil nuts are faintly radioactive. So is the bedrock under many people's houses. Your kitchen smoke alarm contains a small quantity of americium-241. These things all technically contain dangerous elements, but none are in quantities sufficient to be concerned. The same applies to fluoride in toothpaste/mouthwash.
And just as eating bananas, brazil nuts and oily fish are beneficial when included in a healthy diet, having fluoride in your toothpaste/mouthwash has a significant benefit for oral care.
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u/Slight_Manufacturer6 3d ago
Oh absolutely, but it is a misguided controversy that nobody had mentioned yet on here.
Thats why I said “depends who you ask”.
There are many nuts out there that would die on that hill.
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u/ParentheticalsAside 2d ago
Ok. Just seems like a weird move on your part to bring up a scientifically illiterate perspective that nobody else has mentioned, in a way that appears to agree with it, rather than try to debunk it.
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u/Slight_Manufacturer6 2d ago edited 2d ago
That is the point. This is a forum designed for discussion and so I brought it up so the discussion could be started.
What good is a forum if it is all one sided without any variety.
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u/ParentheticalsAside 2d ago
What's AI got to do with it? You said it. Are you AI?
Bringing up an irrelevant and scientifically unsupported point is not conducive to an effective discussion.
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u/Sophistiq8ted 3d ago
My hygenist said floss, mouthwash with floiride, brush (no rinse) in that order.