Re: Toothpaste [was: Re: Hotels [was: Re: "Inbuilt" [was: Re: Cop/Pop a Squat]]]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:41:41 -0000, Mike Lyle wrote:

Frank ess wrote:
[...]

During WWII my Dad was a Navy officer at Fifth ad Hill (location),
downtown Los Angeles. Among the medics in the induction center were
dentists, and among them, one who convinced my Dad that toothpaste and
toothpowder were a scam. In spite of the comparative unpleasantness,
we used the dentist's hand-mixed-and-bottled blend of sodium
bicarbonate and salt (sodium chloride), with a side of Powdered Pumice
(my first Spanish: /piedra pomez pulverizada/).
[...]

I hesitate to impute ulterior motive to a respected naval dentist , but
didn't the pumice abrade, just a trifle?

I once mentioned here that a traditional British dentifrice was a
mixture of equal quantities of salt and soot. And I remember seeing
"Selto dental salt" in a chemist's shop.

My ex-father-in-law said Steradent (stuff for cleaning false teeth) was
sovereign for cleaning intricate antique china. Does anybody know if
that was good advice?

Hydrated silica is one of the inactive ingredients in my
toothpaste. Probably that is the 'paste' bit.
.

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