General
Hydroxyapatite
MYTH This claim is false
The Claim
"That toothpaste video with 2 million views left out the part that matters."
The Truth
Hydroxyapatite can remineralize teeth. That’s real. It works about as well as fluoride.
Here’s what they didn’t tell you:
It only works on EARLY decay. White spots. Soft patches. Pre-cavities.
Once you have an actual cavity - a HOLE in your tooth - no toothpaste on earth is filling that. It’s physically impossible.
That video made it sound like you can skip the dentist. You can’t.
Ignore a real cavity, it spreads. What was a filling becomes a root canal. What was a root canal becomes an extraction.
Hydroxyapatite is fine. Fluoride is fine. Neither is magic.
Go to your checkups.
Sources
- [1] University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
- [2] Canadian Press dental expert interviews