Kanzar @ Kanzar @sh.itjust.works

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From my understanding , it wasn't past the second pair, it was to reactivate deactivated teeth.

As in, they artificially induced a way to stop a tooth forming (which can occur naturally in humans), and then reactivated it. Useful for folks who suffer from agenesis in the first place.

Mineral constantly comes in and out of the enamel crystal matrix due to acid challenge (which occurs for a variety of reasons), and including fluoride when it goes back in creates a more acid resistant crystal.

This occurs no matter the age of the individual. Systemic uptake is something to be mindful of at young ages, so it's actually important to have not too much when younger, but you can go up to an adult dose past the age of 7.

It's useful in immature teeth because the grooves have not yet taken up enough fluoride to be acid resistant enough against the modern diet. Not all immature teeth need them either, as not everyone has those deep grooves. Furthermore, this only protects against decay on that surface if it's done well - and a lot of the time a wriggly kid means saliva has contaminated the surface and now you have an extra interface of failure.

In adults the benefit is a lot less (if the groove was decay prone, they would have formed a cavity there by the time they see a dentist), and doing this procedure may actually increase the risk of decay than reduce (due to the extra interface of failure).

Lastly, this only protects that surface - not in between teeth. A lot of cavities happen between because there's a lot of plaque being left behind there... Because almost nobody flosses properly.

Use your interdental brushes folks! And stop drinking soda... And use extra high fluoride toothpaste.

I thought humid was good for asthma. 🫣

Yeah, possibly. Not sure how often they are involved with funding Costco samples haha.

(And there are definitely no VC involved in the discussion I had with the person, as we were discussing small family owned businesses that only have one location)

And where did the money come from in the first place? I get that advertising increases sales (literally why anyone would do samples), but it's not like that money isn't from previous sales.

As a hypothetical then. Costco hands out "freebies". Who pays for the freebies?

The members, Costco, the businesses manufacturing the items being sampled, or a combination of these?

Or would you claim Costco pays for this completely, and that the money that pays for this is completely unrelated to the members, the money just comes from somewhere?

...I encountered someone who made the latter claim. Perhaps the truth is some other third option I have not considered (which I would appreciate you pointing out, I need more practice thinking outside the box), but I highly doubt there is some money box that pays for customer "freebies" that isn't somehow funded from customer revenue.

Oh it was the same uproar (it's uncomfortable, it will harm me, we've never had to do this before, I can't breathe, my religion says I shouldn't, etc.) but at least that was a bit more in face about saving your life.

Masks... Ugh.

Shit guess hospitals are just gonna have to deal then, ey? You want that surgery done? Too bad, it's getting rescheduled. Again. Oh, your cancer is palliative only now, not curative care? Too bad, you waited too long.

The consequences of the consequences of the consequences... if your only reaction is "oh I can't do fun things anymore then, huh?!", well ... if you care about the consequences, you'd make different decisions. If you don't care about the consequences, be honest about it.

Seems she has time now. Perhaps her social calendar opened up?

I've had good fortune with mine whilst travelling around Asia and Australia, will be testing it soon in Europe. Perhaps there's not as many Samsung users where you are?

I've heard lack of helmet makes car drivers give more space as they're more aware of how squishy the rider is. 🤷🏻‍♀️