Re: Is Aim Toothpaste Bad?



ckouza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I was in Walmart again the other day ... Ultrabright is distributed by
Colgate Palmolive. Companies like Colgate, P & G, and others are little
more than marketing firms. Everything is manufactured in independent
factories, here and abroad (i.e. Asia). It's often the case that an
independent factory/lab has contracts with various branding companies.

Here's a question for the docs: Do you think fluoride will ever be
replaced by new remineralization technologies?



Of course this was what the Enamelon people were trying to do. I can't say that it didn't work, but when something sounds too good to be true if generally is.
It is probably also a more efficient approach to try to minimize demineralization in the first place rather than trying to remineralize--esp. in an environment like the mouth where so many things are going on at the same time. Demonstrating remineralization in a test tube is one thing, but...

Steve

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