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Hydrofloss - Woo?

BenBurch

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My dentist recommended I get an oral irrigation device, and I am considering that.

Of course the WaterPik is well-known and of known utility in oral hygiene, but he recommended a device called the Hydro Floss.

What set off my Spidey Sense here is their claim that their product is better because they magnetize the water.

:jaw-dropp

Whenever anybody says anything even remotely like that I think QUACK. (Hell, I KNOW it.)

But I am open to the idea that the device is superior for some more mundane reason like stream velocity or nozzle geometry.

But if they are superior in that way, why the bogus medical claim?
 
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Actually, what you should use is a WaterPik filled with a homeopathic dilution of Coca-Cola.
 
Just what I need to get those iron filings that are trapped between my teeth!
 
I'm going to bump this up, because, I'm curious.
Magnetized water seems very woo to me, however at the Hydrofloss website they apparently link to a few peer reviewed articles.

http://www.oralcaretech.com

“The effectiveness of magnetized water oral irrigator HYDRO FLOSS® on plaque, calculus and gingival health” Journal of Clinical Periodontology
http://www.oralcaretech.com/ClinicalPeriodontology.pdf

"The effect of oral irrigation with a magnetic water treatment device on plaque and calculus” Journal of Clinical Periodontology
https://www.oralcaretech.com/ClinicalPeriodontologyTheeffect.pdf


MrQhuest
 
They caught me!

"The magnetized water oral irrigator could be a useful adjunct in the prevention of calculus accumulation in periodontal patients, but appears to have a minimal effect on plaque reduction. The results indicated a clinical improvement in the gingival index, but this was not a statistically significant finding."
http://www.oralcaretech.com/ClinicalPeriodontology.pdf

In their own clinical studies, the results of this device were not 'statistically significant.'
MrQhuest
 

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