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> Unlike other areas of medicine it’s also one of those frustrating areas because there are interesting devices, pastes and tools that should be easy to purchase but are locked behind the gates of a prescription.

I have had a lot of dental work done, including 4 implants. But I don't remember a _single_ dental prescription-only item.

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Since you have never experienced it, it therefore does not exist.

I have purchased specific pastes from Japan that are OTC there but not in the states, prescription only. I also use a dental appliance at night mid 4 figure costs, it’s 3d printed, the office uses a scanner to create the cad or equivalent to print. Very little hands on but huge margins. Very hard to to find a doctor using a brand I like and even then the dentist does little to nothing in the whole process.

I've had at least three prescription dental products: Fluoride lacquers (can cause fluorosis supposedly so not without risk), chlorhexidine antiseptic mouth rinse, 3M Clinpro 5000 toothpaste (high fluoride again).

I've had only a quarter as many implants so I guess it just depends.

Hm. It looks like high-fluoride toothpastes are indeed Rx-only in the US, but it's not difficult to get them online without a prescription.

Chlorhexidine mouthwash is OTC.

What is your point. You have gotten multiple examples but keep trying to refute it?

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