Im a pharmacist, 15 years, and no one ever asked my colleges or I what our #1 recommendation for allergy medication is, I can tell you it isn’t Claritin lol.
TheCitizen616 on
My impression is that only five dentists total were asked…
Traditional_Dot_69 on
If they don’t say Colgate, our childhood would be ruined…
odd42Thomas on
Sensodyne
athurd on
Big toothpaste is lying to us!
degjo on
4 out of 5 dentists don’t get asked what their opinions are.
-octaviia- on
so they are just lying blatantly
TheGreatButz on
In Germany, we used to have toothpaste advertisements in which a “dentist’s wife” was giving advice. I think this was for legal reasons.
GalbzInCalbz on
Well well well, I wonder keeps recommending shit
Real-Air9508 on
I will be first What is best toothpaste?
matrixkid29 on
Ive heard that while toothpaste is helpfull, just the water and scrubbing does 90% of what needs to be done and that toothpaste is more or less unecessary. Can anyone confirm or deny that?
My cynical brain can totally believe that.
ASaneDude on
It’s the same 10 dentists they ask, duh.
Exciting_Ad_8666 on
they do say every nine out of ten dentists not all of them
Tackgnol on
So my wife a dentist gets like a bajilion of toothpastes (we give them to family, all over, and shit is still overflowing). Then the rep asks “how was it?” and she replies “It’s a toothpaste, it’s fine” and the rep probably ticks “recommended”.
Waste-Job-3307 on
Just out of curiosity, I did ask my dentist that very question shortly after becoming a patient of his. His opinion was that they are all basically the same and it doesn’t matter what brand you use, so long as you brush your teeth.
Gilly-Gump on
What about gum?
Dark_Pulse on
You know, when I was a kid, I was always the smartass who’d hear “Nine dentists out of ten recommend Crest” and I’d go “Yeah, well what’s the tenth one think?”
Then I got older and realized anytime any commercial says that the professionals in their field recommend a drug or an item or whatever, it’s 100% bullshit and just a way to try to get you to buy it.
This is especially true when it comes to drugs. Doctors should recommend something based on what you need, not an ad. The ads to do that so that patients will go in and demand a prescription for a given drug, putting pressure on the professional. Or worse, they’re in on the con, and prescribe it in exchange for a non-kickback kickback (think things like consulting fees, etc.) from the drug makers. This is apparently legal, somehow.
Don’t do it, kids.
MewMewTranslator on
well?
funandgames12 on
Yeah and ? It’s pretty common knowledge that all products that are endorsed by “Doctors, Dermatologists, Dentists, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” etc. is all bullshit.
Those opinions are all paid for the product manufacturers for them to say that. None of it is genuinely endorsed because it’s just soooo amazing and good for you.
Welcome to capitalism and PR.
jluicifer on
maybe…the dentist should answer his/her phone — bc i sure as hell never answer the phone. Maybe polls should text a dentist?
WrenchTheGoblin on
When you go to the Dentist, and you get that little baggie at the end that has a little toothbrush and a little toothpaste, and floss and what not in it, that’s your endorsement of a particular brand.
You give patients Crest, you are recommending Crest.
hurtfullobster on
My advisor during my masters degree had a standing challenge that if a student could find the original survey for “4 out of 5 dentists recommend” she’d give them $100. No one ever got that $100.
akolozvary on
what kind of monster ends it like that without giving their opinion on toothpaste
salvataz on
American dentists are dishonest manipulative miserly coward hacks anyways. Why should you trust their opinion if you had it?
GrimFatMouse on
Regardless there is still 1 in 10 who disagree and won’t recommend any toothpaste.
HanjinOnReddit on
qpmnl
EndHawkeyeErasure on
I have asked my dentist for a toothbrush recommendation once, because I was looking at those uv brushes and wanted to know if it was hype or not.
He didn’t have an opinion on the thing but did tell me the ADA symbol to look out for that says that its actually recommended. (Which, I haven’t found a UV brush with that symbol, in case anyone is curious.)
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I wonder what what his opinion was.
Im a pharmacist, 15 years, and no one ever asked my colleges or I what our #1 recommendation for allergy medication is, I can tell you it isn’t Claritin lol.
My impression is that only five dentists total were asked…
If they don’t say Colgate, our childhood would be ruined…
Sensodyne
Big toothpaste is lying to us!
4 out of 5 dentists don’t get asked what their opinions are.
so they are just lying blatantly
In Germany, we used to have toothpaste advertisements in which a “dentist’s wife” was giving advice. I think this was for legal reasons.
Well well well, I wonder keeps recommending shit
I will be first What is best toothpaste?
Ive heard that while toothpaste is helpfull, just the water and scrubbing does 90% of what needs to be done and that toothpaste is more or less unecessary. Can anyone confirm or deny that?
My cynical brain can totally believe that.
It’s the same 10 dentists they ask, duh.
they do say every nine out of ten dentists not all of them
So my wife a dentist gets like a bajilion of toothpastes (we give them to family, all over, and shit is still overflowing). Then the rep asks “how was it?” and she replies “It’s a toothpaste, it’s fine” and the rep probably ticks “recommended”.
Just out of curiosity, I did ask my dentist that very question shortly after becoming a patient of his. His opinion was that they are all basically the same and it doesn’t matter what brand you use, so long as you brush your teeth.
What about gum?
You know, when I was a kid, I was always the smartass who’d hear “Nine dentists out of ten recommend Crest” and I’d go “Yeah, well what’s the tenth one think?”
Then I got older and realized anytime any commercial says that the professionals in their field recommend a drug or an item or whatever, it’s 100% bullshit and just a way to try to get you to buy it.
This is especially true when it comes to drugs. Doctors should recommend something based on what you need, not an ad. The ads to do that so that patients will go in and demand a prescription for a given drug, putting pressure on the professional. Or worse, they’re in on the con, and prescribe it in exchange for a non-kickback kickback (think things like consulting fees, etc.) from the drug makers. This is apparently legal, somehow.
Don’t do it, kids.
well?
Yeah and ? It’s pretty common knowledge that all products that are endorsed by “Doctors, Dermatologists, Dentists, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” etc. is all bullshit.
Those opinions are all paid for the product manufacturers for them to say that. None of it is genuinely endorsed because it’s just soooo amazing and good for you.
Welcome to capitalism and PR.
maybe…the dentist should answer his/her phone — bc i sure as hell never answer the phone. Maybe polls should text a dentist?
When you go to the Dentist, and you get that little baggie at the end that has a little toothbrush and a little toothpaste, and floss and what not in it, that’s your endorsement of a particular brand.
You give patients Crest, you are recommending Crest.
My advisor during my masters degree had a standing challenge that if a student could find the original survey for “4 out of 5 dentists recommend” she’d give them $100. No one ever got that $100.
what kind of monster ends it like that without giving their opinion on toothpaste
American dentists are dishonest manipulative miserly coward hacks anyways. Why should you trust their opinion if you had it?
Regardless there is still 1 in 10 who disagree and won’t recommend any toothpaste.
qpmnl
I have asked my dentist for a toothbrush recommendation once, because I was looking at those uv brushes and wanted to know if it was hype or not.
He didn’t have an opinion on the thing but did tell me the ADA symbol to look out for that says that its actually recommended. (Which, I haven’t found a UV brush with that symbol, in case anyone is curious.)
What about chewing gum?
OMG! They lie in advertising?! Call Congress