Finishing this dental chart with the high abrasive and harmfully abrasive numbers. Please note on the chart above I began abbreviating Arm & Hammer to A&H to save space. Also, one must be awfully careful when checking brands in a store, so many of them are very much the same except for one name at the end, so be careful when picking. Her office gives out samples of Colgate Regular and I'd asked about that because I couldn't find it, and she said look on the very bottom shelf and there it is...a big tube of that is only about $1.00 which is why they put it so low! Also, I noticed I'd switched to Arm & Hammer Peroxicare which comes in at 42 on the chart, and we'd been using one that was High Abrasive at 100 (we stopped that!) and this 42 one felt more abrasive than the 100 one! So I guess we can't go by feel alone, there is evidently a chemical element to this whole thing and I'm going by what my hygienist recommends in the future.
HIGH ABRASIVE: #100 Colgate Optic White, #101 Natural White, #103 Mentadent or A & H Sensation, #104 Sensodyne Extra Whitening, #106 Colgate Platinum or A & H Advance White Paste, #107 Crest Sensitivity Protection, #110 Closeup Paste/Gel or Colgate Herbal, #113 Aquafresh Whitening, #117 A&H Advance White Gel or Arm & H Sensation Tartar Control, #120 Close-Up with Baking Soda or Colgate Baking Soda Paste, #124 Colgate Whitening, #125 Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief Enamel Repair; #130 Crest Pro Health or Crest Extra Whitening, #133 Ultra brite, #144 Crest MultiCare Whitening, #145 Ultra Brite Advanced Whitening Formula or Colgate Baking Soda & Peroxide Whitening.
HARMFULLY ABRASIVE: #150 Pepsodent (given as upper bound) #165 Colgate Tartar Control #168 A & H Dental Care PM Fresh Mint, #176 Nature's Gate Paste, #200 Colgate 2-in-1 Tartar Control/Whitening or Icy Blast/Whitening, #200 Crest White Vivid ....and the last one Yikes! #260 Ultrabrite Advanced Whitening.
Last but not least: here's the Mouthwash Rinse PH values. Acid in one's mouth erodes enamel...she did not give me what PH values are good...but I suppose a google would tell us which PH lessens acid in one's mouth, if anybody does this please share.
MOUTHWASH RINSE PH VALUES 9.90 Therabreath Oral Rinse, 8.10 Carifree Maintenance Rinse, 6.60 ACT Restoring Mouth wash 5.7-6.5 PreviDent RX Mint Rinse 5.48 Peridex, 5.47 Scope, 4.74 BreathRx Antibacterial Rinse 4.72 Oral-B Anti-Cavity Rinse 4.64 Biotine Mouthwash 4.62 Oral-B Antibacterial Mouth Spray 4.53 BreathRx Antibacterial Mouth Spray 4.39 Listerine Antiseptic Mouthwash 4.22 Crest Pro-Health 3.8-4.5 Phosflur
She also gave me an AT HOME PH RINSE (got for lowering acid in mouth) Indicated for: High decay risk patients, diabetic patients, periodontal patients, patients with recession, gingivitis patients, dry mouth patients, patients who use tobacco or electronic cigarettes. Here is her recipe:
MIX 1 teaspoon of household baking soda with 16 oz water. Directions: Swish around in your mouth 30-60 seconds and spit out. Use as often as needed throughout the day/night.
Ok, now you guys know as much as I do and you didn't have to pay $129 for a cleaning to get it!!
as we move into the "treat" phase of the year. 
I was wondering about coffee and teas. I know that most plans do suggest these during the morning hours if one is going to have breakfast around 11 or noon, that sort of thing. But I thought the assumption on most plans was that they truly should be without additional caloric ingredients if it's before time to "break the fast" with a meal. Recently I've been seeing suggestions of a hot beverage with cream, etc. at 9, 10 o'clock, as if it didn't matter. So that's a puzzler to me. I would LOVE to have, say, just a non-sugared almond creamer with coffee halfway through the morning, or even dairy cream (although that is rare for me, really), but can't help but wonder if that is problematic. Would it mess up the effects of Sirtuins... ..
, then beans with coleslaw and a biscuit. 