# Thread hunt: tooth whitening

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 2, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636 "2005-03-02T19:14:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636/1 "2005-03-02T19:14:48Z")

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Also, how about a forum for “where’s this thread?” or perpetually re-asked questions? It could be called “It’s Been Done Before” (IBDB).

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636/2 "2005-03-02T19:34:54Z")

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Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=734344) what you’re looking for?

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636/3 "2005-03-02T20:47:34Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=734344) what you’re looking for?

Yes! For some reason the search engine utterly failed to find these when I had it look for “teeth”, “tooth” and “whitening”. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636/4 "2005-03-02T21:12:12Z")

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Never a problem for another Doper. BTW, I just had it search for “tooth whitening”.