Can plaque removed from your teeth when swallowed make you sick if you was on cocaine for ten years?
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I would highly doubt that if one was on cocaine for such a long period of time that any residual narcotic would be toxic to that person.
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DON'T LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE!!! It's a conspiracy against you to get rid of you!! Eating boogers will rot your teeth and kill your brain cells!! Don't do it!! Please for the love of god eat a fruit roll up instead!!!!!!
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If you don't brush your teeth everyday, you will face terrible terrible things. \n\nThe mouth contains a wide variety of bacteria, but only a few specific species of bacteria cause dental caries: Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli. These bacteria convert foods—especially sugar and starch—into acids such as lactic acid created through fermentation processes. These acids seep into the tooth and can wear away tooth structure. If you don't brush everyday, conditions in the mouth would become favorable; S. mutans and Lactobacilli will continue to thrive and continue to secrete these acids. Bacteria, acid, food debris and saliva combine in the mouth to form a sticky substance called plaque that adheres to the teeth.\n\nIt is most prominent on the grooved chewing surfaces of molars, just above the gum line on all teeth, and at the margins of fillings. Plaque that is not removed from the teeth may mineralize into calculus (formerly known as tartar). Plaque and calculus irritate the gums, resulting in gingivitis. Periodontitis occurs when there is loss of gingival attachment.\n\n \nParts of a tooth, including dentinThe acids secreted by S. mutans and Lactobacilli in the plaque dissolve the enamel surface of the tooth. As the bacteria become more prolific, the bacteria will follow the advancing front of acid damage and infect the dentin within the tooth. Left untreated, carious lesions will increase in severity from small discolored stains to actual holes in the tooth (cavities). Cavities are usually painless until they grow very large inside the internal structures of the tooth (the dentin and the pulp at the core) and can kill the nerve and disrupt the blood vessels in the tooth. If left untreated, complications may occur such as acute irreversible pulpitis (infection of the pulp) or acute apical pulpitis (abcesses within the mandible.)\n\nPlaque and bacteria begin to accumulate within 20 minutes after eating, the time when most bacterial activity occurs. If plaque and bacteria are left on the teeth, cavities can develop, and untreated tooth decay can result in death of the internal structures of the tooth and ultimately the loss of the tooth.\n\nDietary sugars and starches (carbohydrates) increase the risk of tooth decay. The type of carbohydrate and the timing and frequency of ingestion are more important than the amount. Sticky foods are more harmful than nonsticky foods because they remain on the surface of the teeth. Frequent snacking increases the time that acids are in contact with the surface of the tooth.\n\nSo, you see, if you don't brush regularly, your teeth might develop caries, and you might have to go painful surgeries... and more... but I dont want to make you afraid.  So, better brush everyday rather than getting into BIG problems later.
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The dentist should have your medical history and give you the paper that tells you the precautions.  Nitrous oxide affects people in different ways.  I had it once and I hated it!  The whole time I was in the chair it felt like a was spinning a thousand miles an hour in that chair.  Couldn't wait til it was over with!
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Actually, it's a good thing as long as you are using a soft toothbrush that won't remove the enamel from your teeth after long term punishment.  Make sure you brush your gums and tongue also, and use a flouride toothpaste.
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yes but there has to be a reason for the fillings to be removed.\n\nReason 1) allergy to mercury/metal\n\nreason 2) cosmetic reasons\n\nreason 3) broken filling
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Tooth  movement can definitely occur as you get older and you loose the tone in your lips 60s and beyond.  The tongue can push it out.  If you are younger, 40ish, I would really suspect eriodontal disease, when you loose enough bone its like a deck of cards collapse begins to occur rapidly.
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well, it depends if you had replaced smoking with eating, or chewing gum, then yes ,coz you are inhaling air when you eat or chew a lot, so what goes in must come out so to speak.
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The short and sweet answer is: no.\n\nYou would have to touch the part of the bag that came into contact with the cocaine, and then you would have to injest it somehow (licking your hands, for example.) \n\nThat's like asking if you can contract AIDS from touching someone who is infected with it.
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Not only is throwing up a really bad way to lose weight, it is a proved fact that the stomach acid that comes up when you do that eats the enamel from your teeth so quickly that brushing your teeth straight after you've thrown up does absolutely nothing.\n\nSO STOP DOING IT!!!!!
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It's not dangerous to rinse with.  But it can make you sick if you swallow it.  If it was dangerous, they wouldn't be selling it.  Fluoride mouthrinses are very effective at preventing cavities.
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-if the AIDS person does not brush much, or their meds effect their gums, they could have soft gums and bleed into their toothbrush.\n-if you and said person did not rinse same toothbrush adequatly.\n-if toothpaste itself was not used by you.\nit's a lot of if's...\nprobably the same risk as french kissing someone with AIDS.\ni would not obsess over the possibility, but just to be 100% sure;\nthere is a cheap new Oral AIDS test called OraQuick from OraSure with a less than 1% false positive rate provided by most clinics/hospitals now.  contact one first to determine how long after possible exposure you should get tested.\nbut again, this is all Very Very Remotely possible.
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If you use baking soda on your teeth for a week your teeth will get whiter and it eats the plaque right off
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If she took medication while she was unwell, chances are it is an after effect and should go soon. Among the drugs that can cause a metallic taste in your mouth are antibiotics like Biaxin (clarithromycin) and Flagyl (metronidazole), used to treat a wide variety of infections; drugs used to treat an overactive thyroid; captopril, used to treat high blood pressure; griseofulvin, used to treat skin infections; lithium, used in bipolar disorder; penicillamine, used for rheumatoid arthritis, kidney stones, and too much copper in the body; plus some drugs used in cancer treatment.
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Mouth cancer because the carcinogens are absorbed into the gum. Once you stop smoking the carcinogens that were absorbed into the gum are released and continue to affect the tissues in your mouth. Thereby prolonging your exposure to the stuff that causes cancer.\n\nI am sure there are other cancers such as lung cancer, that one can get from smoking.\n\nAlso, when you chew gum you produce saliva, it has to go somewhere. Since the gum contains the stuff from your cigarette, the saliva in your mouth will pick it up and when you swallow it goes down to your stomach. It will make you sick--- cigarettes and their smoke have a lot of poison in them.
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No, it is a theoretical thing. The only thing that is sure is your chance of getting ill increases. You can never prove it was the secondhand smoke, bad diet, drinking. Just that it did not help.
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No, it falls apart and you might swallow some. Buy Dr. George's Tooth Whitening system at any Walgreens.