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The Daily Mail featured an article this week on so-called ‘trendy’ methods of cleaning your teeth and I was very pleased to contribute. I’ve been asked about these other options many times before. See my previous posts here on charcoal toothpaste,\u00a0here on the ancient practice of\u00a0 ‘oil pulling’ and here on lemon and apple cider vinegar! Remember, extensive reports and research conclude that fluoride poses no risk to health when used in toothpaste. Read more about it here. It is so important to use a toothpaste that contains the right amount of fluoride. We need fluoride in toothpaste to help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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