All through covid, we washed hands to clean them properly. Why can’t we just use soapy toothpaste and remove dental germs? Why are they so hardy?
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Have… have you ever tasted soap?
Also, soap — regular soap — doesn’t kill germs. It just removes them. The same thing toothpaste does. We basically already have something that works.
Tooth paste has grit to it that is harder than soap bubbles that massages and cleans teeth kind of like comet cleaning powder. Usually it’s silica of some sort.
Soap does two things: it dissolves oils that water alone can’t and it changes the pH of your skin so that bacteria don’t like to live there for a while. That’s why the 20 second thing exists.
You can’t sterilize your mouth, it’ll always be a perfect place for bacteria to live. Instead, you can focus on mechanically removing the wastes deposited with the toothbrush. Your toothpaste is just a vehicle for a nice flavor/odor, a bit of abrasive to help with cleaning, and a touch of fluoride. The real work comes from your toothbrush.
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