Comments on: Health Tip: When Not to Brush Your Teeth http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/07/health-tip-when-not-to-brush-your-teeth/ For book lovers, seekers, health enthusiasts and thinkers Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joanne http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/07/health-tip-when-not-to-brush-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-3188 Joanne Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:52:09 +0000 http://openmindrequired.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3188 If I went to a mechanic who recommended that I pull the bulb out of my low oil lamp because it kept going off, I would call that mechanic a moron. Just like I would call any health care provider a moron who was more interested in pushing drugs for suppression of symptoms than in finding the cause of the symptoms and eliminating them. To recommend that one use a toothpaste to reduce sensitivity while the teeth continue to erode from poor lifestyle choices is moronic. And irresponsible. People don't suffer from toothpaste deficiencies. As for scientific studies, it's important to know who paid for them. I'm sorry you object to this viewpoint. If I went to a mechanic who recommended that I pull the bulb out of my low oil lamp because it kept going off, I would call that mechanic a moron. Just like I would call any health care provider a moron who was more interested in pushing drugs for suppression of symptoms than in finding the cause of the symptoms and eliminating them.

To recommend that one use a toothpaste to reduce sensitivity while the teeth continue to erode from poor lifestyle choices is moronic. And irresponsible. People don’t suffer from toothpaste deficiencies.

As for scientific studies, it’s important to know who paid for them. I’m sorry you object to this viewpoint.

]]> By: Willie Wonka http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/07/health-tip-when-not-to-brush-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Willie Wonka Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:38:46 +0000 http://openmindrequired.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3187 You're science is pretty wishy washy to be perfectly honest. Sensodyne contains agents which genuinely do help many people with sensitive teeth. Of course people would still benefit from giving up carbonated beverages but it that isn't going to happen then a toothpaste for sensitive teeth can help matters. Also what do you mean by Sensodyne paid for the study and made sure it was published in news papers? If it was a genuine study it would have been published in a scientific journal with reasonably rigorous inspection from the panel who approved publication. ALL companies that offer health products want studies published to back their product, but oh wow wait a moment you've really opened my eyes, companies have a financial goal when they give money for something??? Is each corporation not a charitable mass of selfless individuals??? It is right to complain that Sensodyne may be twisting the results of the study to imply that we need their products, or when a fact is reworded such that it becomes misleading but all in all you'd have to be pretty lacking in brain capacity to trust a study or statistic put forward on an advertisement, without reading over it and thinking how much a company's product actually has to do with it. Also please don't call someones dentist a moron, their job is not to prescribe a lifestyle but to work around this to help with dental care. She/he is a trained professional who will have read many a study on the effects of different toothpastes, what foodstuffs are best, and when to avoid brushing. She/he will indeed NOT be getting paid by Sensodyne to promote their products. The main point is that people will not listen when told to give something up they enjoy, and especially when people who push them to isn't exactly a quack but is a seriously duckish understudy. No offence but my mind was more open before I stumbled upon your articles. Regards Wonka You’re science is pretty wishy washy to be perfectly honest. Sensodyne contains agents which genuinely do help many people with sensitive teeth. Of course people would still benefit from giving up carbonated beverages but it that isn’t going to happen then a toothpaste for sensitive teeth can help matters.

Also what do you mean by Sensodyne paid for the study and made sure it was published in news papers? If it was a genuine study it would have been published in a scientific journal with reasonably rigorous inspection from the panel who approved publication. ALL companies that offer health products want studies published to back their product, but oh wow wait a moment you’ve really opened my eyes, companies have a financial goal when they give money for something??? Is each corporation not a charitable mass of selfless individuals??? It is right to complain that Sensodyne may be twisting the results of the study to imply that we need their products, or when a fact is reworded such that it becomes misleading but all in all you’d have to be pretty lacking in brain capacity to trust a study or statistic put forward on an advertisement, without reading over it and thinking how much a company’s product actually has to do with it.

Also please don’t call someones dentist a moron, their job is not to prescribe a lifestyle but to work around this to help with dental care. She/he is a trained professional who will have read many a study on the effects of different toothpastes, what foodstuffs are best, and when to avoid brushing. She/he will indeed NOT be getting paid by Sensodyne to promote their products. The main point is that people will not listen when told to give something up they enjoy, and especially when people who push them to isn’t exactly a quack but is a seriously duckish understudy. No offence but my mind was more open before I stumbled upon your articles.

Regards
Wonka

]]> By: Joanne http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/07/health-tip-when-not-to-brush-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 Joanne Wed, 27 May 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://openmindrequired.com/blog/?p=66#comment-2072 Thank you for sharing your experience and for the additional encouragement. I gave up soft drinks a long, long time ago, and I don't miss them at all. It seems really odd to me to order a Coke with lunch. And I'm appalled by these Big Gulp portions of soft drink. Yuck! Thank you for sharing your experience and for the additional encouragement. I gave up soft drinks a long, long time ago, and I don’t miss them at all. It seems really odd to me to order a Coke with lunch. And I’m appalled by these Big Gulp portions of soft drink. Yuck!

]]> By: Daphne Fort http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/07/health-tip-when-not-to-brush-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-2070 Daphne Fort Wed, 27 May 2009 09:09:38 +0000 http://openmindrequired.com/blog/?p=66#comment-2070 I had really bad teeth a few years ago (I had to have 8 fillings) and my dentist (NHS) told me to give up carbonated drinks entirely. He claimed they were much more harmful to my teeth than sweets. Since then my teeth have improved dramatically and I have no problems with them. I really would recommend giving them up if you have weaker teeth. My sister has really strong teeth and has continued to drink fizzy drinks without any problems, but for those with weak teeth, giving up carbonated drinks is the way to go! I had really bad teeth a few years ago (I had to have 8 fillings) and my dentist (NHS) told me to give up carbonated drinks entirely. He claimed they were much more harmful to my teeth than sweets. Since then my teeth have improved dramatically and I have no problems with them. I really would recommend giving them up if you have weaker teeth. My sister has really strong teeth and has continued to drink fizzy drinks without any problems, but for those with weak teeth, giving up carbonated drinks is the way to go!

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