A question about "cleaning your teeth" - just wondering.

[shykitten55]

Don't worry, I'm not a spy for the toothpaste companies.

This question presented itself to me and I am curious.

So:  We eat; our teeth get dirty and so we then clean them.

"Cleaning" them can be done several ways.   But suffice to say we use a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Here's the question:

Do you spit out after you have cleaned your teeth or do you swallow?

Toothpaste is nothing more than very fine sand (I'm told) or a fine abrasive with "decorations" to give it a flavour and make it white.

It isn't exactly toxic.

So I was wondering what people do when their teeth are cleaned.

Swallow or spit out.

[Jeremy Nelson]

I always spit-out. Quick web search suggests that's the right thing to do:

https://coach.nine.com.au/health-issues/swallowing-toothpaste-fluoride/d7b2af55-fc9e-41d0-8481-46cbcdebd489

While the occasional accidental swallow of toothpaste won’t do you harm, the US National Library of Medicine warns that swallowing a large amount of toothpaste that contains fluoride “may cause stomach pain and possible intestinal blockage.”

Jem.

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[shykitten55]

Yeah, ok.

What caused me to ask was more to do with simply brushing your teeth.   Not specifically using the paste.

Just to get the "gunk of the teeth" after a quick snack.

Someone was frantically looking for somewhere to spit out the water, as though swallowing it would be fatal.

I mentioned that what's in there was going to the belly anyway.

[Thomas Squires]

Hi,

Are you attending the robots and dinosaurs club on Saturday at 11am? I may go there with my brother tomorrow afternoon just to find out where it is located. 

I have the address from a member. I may attend the club on Saturday morning at 11am and sign up for membership to the club.

I built a robot myself that I called MARVIN and no it's not the depressive robot from hitchikers guide to the galaxy also called MARVIN the paranoid Android and it does not have a built in depression ray gun for zapping living things into depressive states of mind ;-).

I have attached a photo of the robot I built called MARVIN. It is yet to be programmed using the python programming language aka snake programming language.

Anyway I may see you on Saturday after 11am at the robots and dinosaurs club. I may or may not bring my robot MARVIN with me.

I also have another robot in mind to buy later that is similar to MARVIN with more features called LIMO.

Here is a link to information about LIMO:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agilexrobotics/limo-multi-modal-mobile-robot-with-ai-modules

Kind Regards,

Tom

[Claire Daniel]

Spit out, more because the thought of swallowing seems uncomfortable/not nice feeling at back of throat rather than any particular fear that it's toxic 🤷‍♂️. Would want to rinse my mouth of the abrasive stuff regardless.

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[Brendan Humphreys]

fun fact, they swallow toothpaste in space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCoGC532p8

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[Thomas Squires]

Hi, 

I went to the club makerspace today and met the guys from the Sydney robotics club. 

I may be able to bring in Marvin the robot I made from a kit from china in probably on Saturday after 11am. 

The club finishes at 6pm on Saturdays doesn't it?. I showed the guys that where from the Sydney robotics club the robot I made and they showed me a robot they where working on that was larger.

Regards,

Tom

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[raf]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 02:38:12PM +1100, Brendan Humphreys <brendan....@gmail.com> wrote:

> fun fact, they swallow toothpaste in space:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCoGC532p8

just one more reason not to go to space. :-)