Ep 40 The Importance of Oral Health | Winthrop Professor Marc Tennant

追加: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]You know, in the old days, when you brushed your teeth, you'd use a bit of toothpaste, you'd brush your teeth, and then you'd have a glass on the on the basin, you get the glass of water, swill it around, and spit it out. Throw the glass away. Just spit out the awful bits of the blobby bits of toothpaste in the basin, but leave the residual on your teeth, because we now know toothpaste has a little bit of fluoride in it, and that fluoride on the superficial parts of your teeth is probably one of the best effective mechanisms of protecting your teeth. All right. So, when you brush your teeth, spit out the residual, but don't go rinsing it out to get every little micro drop of toothpaste out.

[00:00:38]Well, toss that cup in the bin. Go home tonight, toss it out. Okay. Don't do that.