Why do kids eat toothpaste?

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: cleanerupper

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Why do kids eat boogers?

You know they do, unless you are in denial. Some things are just the way they are, without explanation.

I never ate boogers. Snot didn't taste too bad though (and it still doesn't).

Nah, there's nothing like hawking up a nice salty, tobacco, alcohol laced seed when you first wake up in the morning. Nothing in the world like it! 🙂

😕

QFT

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Jesus the Porkyeti

Who's Mr. Hands?

You do not want to know.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: Jesus the Porkyeti

Who's Mr. Hands?

You do not want to know.

I do.

 

[lederhosen]

The real question is why you are hanging around children and trying to figure out why they eat the sh!t that they do. What were you stopping by your local elementary school to pick up your next date?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: Jesus the Porkyeti

Who's Mr. Hands?

You do not want to know.

I do.

oh god, it's the goatse guy.

 

[amol]

Swallowing is a natural reflex (it's controlled by the medulla, which controls your heart rate and breathing, so it's pretty much subconscious). Toothpaste is not natural. Kids who are just starting to brush their teeth have to actually cognitively not swallow the toothpaste.

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: Jesus the Porkyeti

Who's Mr. Hands?

You do not want to know.

I do.

oh god, it's the goatse guy.

😕

 

[maziwanka]

its sweet and initially tasty

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: cleanerupper
Isn't toothpaste bad for you? 😕

yes it is if you ingest too much of it. unfortunately they've put in artificial sweetners like sorbitol and saccharin, and made toothpaste taste sweet so it's more desireable to eat.

on children's toothpaste directions it says to only use a "pea-size" amount, but who actually follows those directions?
too much can actually cause poisoning, but seen more is dental fluorosis (spotted/brittle enamel) due to ingesting too much fluoride from eating toothpaste.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Some kinds taste good.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Who cares? Those that do deserve to be poisoned.

 

[huberm]

vanilla mint crest FTW!

though when I was a kid, I always thought playdo and boogers tasted better than toothpaste

 

[zerocool1]

the better question is why do kids eat glue?

 

[jst0ney]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: cleanerupper
Isn't toothpaste bad for you? 😕

Yes. If you take a few spoonfulls int he morning you will run a temperature for awhile. This is a great way to fool your parents into letting you stay home from school. Tried and true 🙂

and a good way to overdose on flouride and either die, get sick, and permanently stain your teeth. :beer: heres to using your brain on that one.

 

[jst0ney]

To answer the op's question some kids are instructed to swallow their toothpaste by their dentist if they live in areas that don't have flouridated water. If they do live in a area that has flouridated water swallowing toothpaste can cause flouridosis which is noted by opaque white stains on the surfaces of teeth.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Some kinds taste good.

Exactly.
Some kids have different taste. I always loved the taste of Children's tylenol, as well as cough syrup.
Yet my parents couldn't get me to eat any of the "wonderful" things they'd buy. I guess you could call it "ethnic cooking" - PA Dutch foods and other such things. I thought they were terrible. I like simple things. I don't even like peas and corn mixed together - they have to be separate. Pizza - plain pizza, no odd toppings. Spaghetti - with cheese-flavored Ragu sauce, no other extra anythings.

But no, I don't eat plain vanilla ice cream.

on children's toothpaste directions it says to only use a "pea-size" amount, but who actually follows those directions?

Looks side to side, then cautiously raises hand
Me?

To answer the op's question some kids are instructed to swallow their toothpaste by their dentist if they live in areas that don't have flouridated water. If they do live in a area that has flouridated water swallowing toothpaste can cause flouridosis which is noted by opaque white stains on the surfaces of teeth.

Huh, I'd wondered what those white spots were on some people's teeth. So they're actually signs of what amounts to a flouride overdose? Lovely.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: jst0ney
To answer the op's question some kids are instructed to swallow their toothpaste by their dentist if they live in areas that don't have flouridated water. If they do live in a area that has flouridated water swallowing toothpaste can cause flouridosis which is noted by opaque white stains on the surfaces of teeth.

never have i heard a dentist tell a child to swallow toothpaste. 😕
if needed a child is prescribed fluoride suppliments.

 

[cleanerupper]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jst0ney
To answer the op's question some kids are instructed to swallow their toothpaste by their dentist if they live in areas that don't have flouridated water. If they do live in a area that has flouridated water swallowing toothpaste can cause flouridosis which is noted by opaque white stains on the surfaces of teeth.

never have i heard a dentist tell a child to swallow toothpaste. 😕
if needed a child is prescribed fluoride suppliments.

Yeah I try to never swallow toothpaste because of all that "Contact physician immediately" and "Poison control center" hoopla on the back of a toothpaste bottle.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

but the crest whitnening effects cinnamon or citrus or even vanilla is just so goooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: Amol
Swallowing is a natural reflex (it's controlled by the medulla, which controls your heart rate and breathing, so it's pretty much subconscious).

*raises finger and starts to say something*....*walks away*

 

[jst0ney]

Originally posted by: cleanerupper

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jst0ney
To answer the op's question some kids are instructed to swallow their toothpaste by their dentist if they live in areas that don't have flouridated water. If they do live in a area that has flouridated water swallowing toothpaste can cause flouridosis which is noted by opaque white stains on the surfaces of teeth.

never have i heard a dentist tell a child to swallow toothpaste. 😕
if needed a child is prescribed fluoride suppliments.

Yeah I try to never swallow toothpaste because of all that "Contact physician immediately" and "Poison control center" hoopla on the back of a toothpaste bottle.

Dentists used to tell parents that all the time. I'm not advocating it but its true.

As far as I know the warnings on the back are because of the flouride component of most toothpastes. Fouride is classified as a poison, hence the warnings.