– Why can’t you just wash away germs on teeth with soap?

Question

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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Answer 1

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.