My dentist has prescribed me Duraphat 5000 (5x normal fluoride content). He said that I should:
1) Brush my teeth with my usual toothpaste.
2) rinse with water
3) apply a small amount of Duraphat on my teeth and rub.
4) don't rinse afterwards.
However, at the back of the Duraphat box, I read:
"Do not swallow!"
Forgive me I'm wrong, but if you don't rinse, you're going to have some toothpaste circulating in your mount and, at one point, you are going to swallow it. Or am I missing something?
Is the dentist giving me wrong advice? It seems this advice is quite common here in UK:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2120960/Rubbing-toothpaste-teeth-quadruples-protection-decay.html
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