Update: 4 weeks into using Dr Ellie’s oral health protocol.
I dropped my electric toothbrush, Boka fluoride free toothpaste, and tongue scraper
I started using: cloSYS mouth rinse, flossing bristles toothbrush, Crest toothpaste, listerine mouthwash, and ACT mouth rinse. The versions recommended by Dr Ellie (this is important).
I still floss
I also stopped taking nitrate supplements as a test.
Result
My nitric oxide test strips are better than ever. And I have significantly less plaque in my mouth. I score Dr Ellie’s as a win.
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Beth
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Just piling on for the benefit of others to say that toothbrush is the bomb! I have not used my Sonicare once since purchasing it. I’ve also ordered one for the husband.
I think you might have to pull my Boka Lemon Lavender toothpaste out of my cold dead hands (all about the taste), but am curious if you are using crest?
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Nlo
#43
I’m sorry if this question is only tangential to the topic, but I’m curious to pick your collective brains about the oral nitric oxide strips. I’ve tested myself on multiple occasions over a few years and the strip is always the darkest brightest pink, signifying high nitric oxide. Every other person testing with the same strips is pale to the lightest pink. My oral hygiene is naturally good in that I don’t tend to create plaque or get cavities, but there’s no known good reason for me to have that high baseline. I don’t think that my result signifies some optimal health status, just a personal oddity, but I’m looking for any theory on why I might have this consistent result. I’ve actually worried that it signifies something bad. Any thoughts?
Habits: I vary between toothpastes, some typical, some without fluoride. Eat a varied diet with meat, I don’t take beet powder or nitric oxide supplements.
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Yes. Sorry I didn’t mention it. I’ll amend my original post. I use the Crest toothpaste edition recommended by Dr Ellie (an old formulation). I also closely follow her protocol a which is not what the products say to do.
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I have never heard of a way high saliva nitrite could be bad. I wouldn’t worry about it if I had this situation (I do not have it; my test strips consistently say low normal if I don’t eat celery).
So as to why you might have high saliva nitrite, I can only guess that you have good oral bacteria and you are eating nitrates. Nitrates are in many vegetables. Celery powder is used as a preservative in my products that want to proclaim “no artificial preservative”.
Congrats!
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LaraPo
#46
I was surprised you are using listerine mouthwash. I always thought it’s bad for mouth Microbiome. No?
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@LaraPo Apparently the listerine version recommended by Dr Ellie and used the way Dr Ellie recommends is not bad for the good bacteria in the mouth…at least not the NO related bacteria. At least not for me, as my tests show.
I was told by an earlier guest on my show that listerine was bad. This is “common knowledge” around the internet, and which comes from the “research” of a leading producer of NO boosting products. Apparently they put bacteria in a dish and poured listerine on it and after a while the bacteria were dead. I guess it works differently in my mouth.
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What is this? Are you talking about this product? it seems there are many different flavors of “flossing toothbrushes”… are they all the same?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Colgate-Renewal-Floss-Tip-Manual-Soft-Adult-Toothbrush-2-Pack/143092665?classType=VARIANT
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@RapAdmin heres the product shown on dr Ellie’s website (see photo). I bought the same brand but without the silver feature (which I didn’t notice to be honest).
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Beth
#50
For convenience, here is a link to the amazon store
There is also a nice travel option with a built in cover.
I also chose one without silver.
For anyone with a smaller mouth:
In the podcast, Dr Ellie mentioned women with smaller mouths might prefer the kid’s size. In amazon reviews, someone mentioned the adult size is softer, so that is what I went with. Incase it helps anyone else, while it is big for me, it’s still perfectly fine for my tiny head.
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LaraPo
#51
I like this cute gum brush that I dip in Crest Gum Detoxify toothpaste. Have all my teeth and no cavities or gum disease.
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AnUser
#52
Crest / Oral-B with Stannous flouride is the best toothpaste.
I’d recommend using it with an electric toothbrush (with a pressure sensor). It’s game changing.
Unless I’m wrong…
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Like saying, “never day never”, there is certainly no “best” toothpaste. 
LaraPo
#54
Didn’t know it’s so easy to measure NO. Mine is also optimal, which is good news!
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@LaraPo The strips are not measuring NO directly but rather nitrite in the saliva which can be converted into NO. If you have good oral bacteria for converting nitrate into nitrite and you are eating nitrate, then the test strips show a good signal. If so you’ll probably have good NO.
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