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Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by mackey on Saturday August 16, 2025 @07:53PM (#44927795)
It depends on the country also. In the UK for example, Repair & Protect uses novamin but in the US it just uses stannous fluoride.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by chronogram on Saturday August 16, 2025 @10:44PM (#44928479)
I think Canada has it with Novamin, while the US doesn't. The Netherlands does, and Germany doesn't. All with the same "repair & protect" name. It's puzzling. Now Germany does have it under a new "clinical repair" name, of course the "clinical" ones in the US do not, those do contain soap for some reason (sodium lauryl sulfate) which I don't think I've seen in any other country.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by dotancohen on Sunday August 17, 2025 @01:36AM (#44929140)
I actually started using Sensodyne because of the lack of SLS. I'm not in the US though.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by latortuga on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:38AM (#44929434)
Be careful, they add SLS to several versions of their products in the US.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by Doxin on Monday August 18, 2025 @05:17AM (#44938740)
same in the netherlands, oddly enough. The repair&protect has it in there unfortunately.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by ckosidows on Monday August 18, 2025 @03:50PM (#44944569)
I'm curious if there's been any evidence Novamin actually repairs enamel or "repairs" in some other way.

IIRC, it's not allowed in the states because it's not economical to prove that it actually repairs teeth, but I think my understanding is based on some internet comments and nothing else. The studies I've seen haven't proven to effectively repair enamel, I think, but I'm also not scientifically literate enough to understand the p values they report.

I used to buy repair and protect from Canada back in 2017 but haven't used it since then. I periodically check if there is any solid evidence but I haven't seen much or I'm too stupid to understand it.