The Uneducated Mass

Functional ingredients are those that are actively performing the cleaning or protective actions. The first category are the abrasives; the thing that is actually scraping plaque and other yuckies off your teeth. These are typically things like titania, silicates, and calcium carbonate. Things that are rough, gritty, and fine (max of 10s of μm in size). The second category are the activated chemicals. The broad gist of how they work is that they react within the oral environment at the tooth surface to inhibit adverse chemical action against the enamel. Overwhelmingly, these are fluoride salts. Some manufacturers may also use amino acid salts for different protective strategies. I can provide more info about how these functional ingredients are chosen/how they *actually* function/etc.

The functional support ingredients are only useful when used in conjunction with the functional ingredients. They facilitate and improve the effectiveness of the functional ingredients. The first category is the emulsifiers. These essentially make it easier to keep everything moving and from sticking together. A common choice is sodium lauryl sulphate—also used in shampoos, soaps, and lubricants for the same reason. The second category is the thickeners. This is a broad category of compounds than generally form the “bones” of the paste. Essentially, if all the other ingredients were online orders, the thickeners are the cardboard boxes the orders are delivered in. Common choices are glycerin, sugar alcohols, and “gums” like xanthan.

That shits nasty, but those squoozies are cherry. She puts effort into her horrible little goobers and it shows

But did you know that most printers are very pick-upable and easily damaged from even short drops?

Apparently keeping our cobalt 60 source in my desk milk is “not an appropriate response to being told we can’t afford a refrigerator for the lab”