What kind of toothpaste do you use?

Crest right now because it was on sale for 99 cents.

Sensodyne

We use only fluoride-free toothpaste from the health food store.

Sensodyne Extreme whitening

Colgate Total Advanced Whitening and Colgate Optic White.

Body wash with baking soda. What a time saver!

I used Tom's of Maine for at least 15 years, but I have switched to Pronamel 2 years ago.

Colgate, natch!

Green Beaver: costs too much, but I stock up when it goes on sale.

It is great.

The Sensodyne Repair and Whitening stuff

Fluoride free toothpaste is fairly useless.

I purchase my toothpaste from my dental office at every cleaning. That shit (3-D Whitening, etc.) on the market is irreparably damaging to the tooth (teefhs) enamel.

No fluoride - hello cavities.

I use a combination of Crest & baking soda. I keep a water proof container of baking soda in the shower (I brush my teeth and shave in the shower). I wet the toothbrush, dip it in the baking soda, then squeeze out a line of Crest on top and brush away.

Yes, I go overboard with my teeth. I'm 66 years old and most men I know my age have old man teeth. Stained from coffee and smoking (or God only knows what else I don't even want to think about). I have a beautiful set of perfect straight teeth and I want to keep them looking great as long as I can. People have actually asked me if my teeth are natural or caps.

I've used both fluoridated and non-fluoridated toothpaste, but I always rinse with some sort of fluoridated mouthwash. Lately I've been using Listerine's fluoride "nighttime" mouthwash which doesn't have alcohol but still has a mild Listerine taste. I think the paranoid conspiracy shite about fluoride "calcifying your pineal gland" and closing your "third eye" is hogwash.

Opalescence

Sensodyne is pretty good and so is Crest whitening. Much like my men, I always have 2 on hand for variety.

I just brushed my teeth with Crest "Regular Paste" toothpaste. Has a pleasant taste and doesn't leave a stinging sensation in my mouth.

" . . . I wet the toothbrush, dip it in the baking soda, then squeeze out a line of Crest on top and brush away."

Please tell DL you always change out the toothbrush or the container of baking soda, which sit in your warm, moist shower . . .

Rembrandt is good toothpaste, but it's expensive. I grew up on well water and have always wondered if it contributed to my cavity-prone teeth. I'm in my late-twenties and have quite a few fillings and one crown in my mouth. It's annoying because I have always been religious about dental hygiene. On the bright side, my teeth look pretty good, fillings aside. My mother is the same way, so I've always assumed it was an inherited trait.

Basic Crest or Colgate cavity protection. Feel like all the more expensive stuff is a ripoff - like high end shampoo and soap. Minor difference for twice the price.

Would like to hear from a dentist to see what they think. I don’t care about the rank and file white-obsessed DLers.

Arm and Hammer Peroxicare or Advance White which are about the only two types you can find on store shelves anywhere, if they stock Arm and Hammer at all. I guess it’s not a popular brand.

Kolynos Tooth Powder, or course.

I prefer Tom's of Maine but get it only on sale.

I tried baking soda with peppermint oil but my gums started bleeding three weeks later. I resumed using commercial toothpaste and the bleeding stopped. Aim, Colgate, whatever's on special.

Crest Sparkle toothpaste. I know it's juvenile, but I love the taste.

[quote] Please tell DL you always change out the toothbrush or the container of baking soda, which sit in your warm, moist shower . .

Certainly not. The baking soda is in a watertight container. Why would I change the toothbrush or the baking soda out? Baking soda doesn't go rancid. And obviously the toothbrush is thoroughly washed out after I use it. The whole bathroom is bone dry within a few minutes after I shower. I run the ceiling exhaust fan the whole time I'm showering and let it run for 10 minutes after I'm finished.

Tom's, the Fennel flavored one.

"Stained from coffee and smoking..."

R14, you imbecile, stains are easily removed by a dental hygienist. They scrape the stain off - it sits on you teeth, tooth whiteners/brighteners are not cleaners. That is if you're not cheap enough to go to the dentist twice a year for cleaning.

I use Tom's Whole Care because I've developed an allergy to the chemicals in regular toothpastes. Plus I use a waterpik a few times a week. My 59 years old teeth look like 25!

I should add that I rinse with mouth wash after brushing - very important. The kind WITHOUT alcohol:

So no dentists here? Just a bunch of random preferences. Until someone can prove that expensive toothpaste is more effective at maintaining healthy teeth - as opposed to whitening by eroding enamel - I’ll stick with my $2 Colgate.

R28 are you triggered dear? You sound like one of those bitchy old queens who has impulse control issues. You probably need a good face slapping. If I was there I'd purposefully rip your caftan just so you could flounce off in a huff.

R31/R14 = very sensitive queen geezer

Earth paste. It's made from clay and leaves my teeth feeling clean and looking shiny and white. Other than that, anything without fluoride. I'll use baking soda rather than a fluoride toothpaste.

I like Colgate Total Advanced Whitening in the blue and white stripe. Mild flavor, smooth texture, and foamy. I like foam. The color of the paste is important, because I learned the hard way that there are about 10 different versions of CTAW for sale. Each store gets its own version(s). A CSR from Colgate explained this to me in an email when I asked where I could find the blue and white stripe. The packages all look so similar it's easy to end up with something you don't want.

Very recent reviews on the Colgate website, within the past week, show that Colgate did some major reformulation of its pastes, and people hate it - they say it makes their mouths burn, tastes nasty/bitter, etc. Something to keep in mind.

Since Tussy doesn't make a toothpaste, I use New Ipana.

Has anyone used "Hello" toothpaste? I occasionally used the black/tar-like flavor. It does make a mess of the sink (as the label said it would), but I felt that it did indeed temporarily give a little bit of a lift/shine to my teeth. I'd only use it sporadically, and now I have another flavor to try.

Also, what exactly is the benefit of baking soda and Crest (or Colgate or whatever brand)?

Regarding mouth rinses, my dentist specified ACT without alcohol or even a generic ACT. She prefers the ingredients in ACT as opposed to Crest or any other brands. She maintains my checkups are better since.

R34 here again. More reading and I learned that Colgate has replaced the sodium fluoride with stannous fluoride in at least some of its Total toothpastes. I wonder if they are trying to phase out triclosan? I hope not. But yes, stannous fluoride tastes nasty.

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R36 I HATE that shit. My sister-in-law is a bonafide hippie who will only use non-fluoridated, all-natural toothpastes, and she had this in her bathroom when I stayed with her and my brother. The texture was off-putting to me and it was too messy to even be worth any potential benefits in cleaning. I use the fluoridated Tom's toothpastes. I alternate the varieties they have, though I avoid their cinnamon ones as I despise that flavor in a toothpaste. The anise one is okay sometimes, as it tastes licorice-y, though I tend to prefer mint.

I had an allergic reaction to the new Colgate formulation. Swollen lips, tongue, and sores all over my mouth; it’s been a month since I stopped using it and my tongue is finally back to normal.

Birchbox keeps sending me little tubes of Marvis toothpaste. Maybe every other month I get a little tube that lasts a month.

I really like it, but the full-sized tubes are ten bucks, and that's too much for me.

anything cinnamon-flavored. i HATE mint.

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R22 That's what I use. I never understood why a&h toothpaste isn't more popular,it cleans so much better than crest or Colgate

R41 I've used marvis before because I loved the packaging but I was dismayed to discover it doesn't contain flouride

CVS was out of Tom's. So I decided to try Burt's Bees and the taste is so horrific I literally gagged.

There's another good toothpaste that I order from Europe called sensodyne repair. Don't bother with the American version,it doesn't contain the special ingredients that actually repair the enamel. The FDA won't approve the ingredient just like they won't approve new sunscreens. Basically anything that actually works the FDA rejects.

I'm a sucker for unusual toothpastes. My latest jam is a Japanese toothpaste with nanohydroxyapatite, which is supposed to remineralize/rebuild your teeth. It's not officially sold in the US because fluoride is the only ingredient approved for protecting teeth here. I get mine imported from Japan. So far so good, but I guess my next checkup will tell the story...

Fluoride is in just about everything you drink so you really don't need toothpaste with fluoride. As stated above some toothpaste is too harsh on your teeth. I use Auromere because it doesn't have dyes, bleaches or fluoride. It has neem and peelu, which supposedly is good for your teeth and gums.

r49 not true - Flouride is in water - tap - but not bottled. Same or Pepsi, Coke etc, iced teas fruit juices none of it has fluoride.

I use Perodontax and once a week Charcol Powder to whiten.

I just polished my teeth with Pearl Drops tooth polish. Pearl Drops keeps my teeth their whitest and brightest and it's so gentle I use it every day to face the world with a dazzling smile. Llllmmmmmmm. It's a Great! feeling.

Sensodyne Pronamal, I had a sensitivity problem until I started using this years ago, no problems since. I detest their commercials, but the product works.

Think again R50. Where do you think they are getting their water? Except for water that has been filtered you are getting fluoride in your beverages and most processed food. Those purification pitchers and those for the faucet will not get rid of fluoride.

Ignore your teeth and they will go away.

the PPM is pretty damn low for it to matter - the recommended concentration is .7ML/L

Pepsodent, Close-Up, Stripe

This is my favorite.

Pearl drops and baking soda tear the enamel off your teeth.

Aquafresh, always wondered how they got the stripes in there.

I just met a coed from Colgate who will be a Junior. She had a pretty smile

We love the dentist in the Pronamel commercials who cannot pronounce "enamel". We love Dr. 'Namel and her speech impediment.

I developed a sensitivity to sodium laurel/eth sulfate, so now I use Closys at my dentist's recommendation. First I got tissue sloughing and then developed full-on sores and abrasions. Closys is very gentle, but it doesn't really whiten my teeth.

I ordered some items from C.O. Bigelow and along with the order I selected 4 Marvis (made in Italy) toothpaste samples as part of the order. I choose Licorice, Fluoride, Classic Strong Mint & Whitening Mint. I really enjoyed the licorice flavored one and ordered a full size tube (3.8oz). It's pricey but the super creamy texture makes it a pleasure to brush. I regularly use Colgate Whitening paste and treating myself to a luxury toothpaste is one small way of saying 'I'm Worth It'!

More important than tooth paste is flossing. You can't image the junk that accumulates. Best flossers are plastic picks. Get right to the source better than the stringy stuff that can cause your gums to bleed while you pull the string back and forth,

R30 I'm a dentist, $2 Colgate is fine. I don't even know what brand I'm using at the moment, it doesn't matter as long as its fluoridated. I recommend electric toothbrushes - they clean better and remind you to not brush too hard, I use Oral-B. Aim bristles towards gum line where plaque accumulates and don't skip any surface/tooth. Floss once/day each side of every tooth and going deep into the gums, if your gums are bleeding it means you have inflammed gums, keep on flossing daily and it will stop. Don't rinse out with water after, just spit or rinse with mouthwash. Use a tongue scraper.

Pepsodent

R64 when I spit out the excess toothpaste I let it dry in the sink. Later cut in circles and serve as After Dinner mints.

Has anyone tried theodent?

[quote]Tom's, the Fennel flavored one.

OMG me too! I love that it tastes like black licorice. Although I alternate using that with Sensodyne Repair which I buy online from the UK.

Sensodyne

Usually, Colgate or Crest and sometimes Arm and Hammer. I floss everyday but I brush too hard. There is one tooth where the gum has receded and I can feel an indent where the gum should be.

Both my dentist and hygienist are strong believers in Closys toothpaste and mouthwash. I believe the type of dental floss you use is more important though. Do NOT use the Glide Comfort Plus floss that comes in the green container. I was using that because my bottom teeth are so close together but I eventually learned that it doesn't do a hell of a lot for removing the sticky plaque from teeth. So I changed to Original Glide floss and my checkups are fine now.

r71, you wouldn't happen to know if the Glide comfort plus is waxed floss whereas Glide original isn't?

[quote]Fluoride free toothpaste is fairly useless.

Why? As long as it contains calcium it should still neutralize acids that would otherwise be eating away at your enamel.

R72 Gllide Original feels waxed but Glide Comfort Plus is super duper waxed! I do have to use floss that has some wax because otherwise it will likely get stuck between a couple of my bottom teeth. But the Original works fine for getting the plaque off--a dental student told me that the trick is to slide the floss several times up and down each tooth instead of just quickly flossing between them. Takes a bit longer but the difference is worth it.

If you have dental implants you probably shouldn't be flossing.

My dentist told me that Glide floss is basically useless. It needs to be rough enough to dislodge gunk from the tooth surface, not just glide over it.

Thank you R71 /74 (from me who asked). Good info in regards to waxed floss and flossing correctly.

My toothpaste is an ancient Chinese secret!

People compliment my teeth all the time. What they don't know is that I haven't been to the dentist since I was 13 years old. I am now 28 and I've never had cavities or needed braces.

I use The Natural Dentist All-in-One toothpaste from the health food store. It has flouride, but is is sodium laurel sulfate free. SLS is a foaming agent and detergent found in most toothpastes, and it is very drying to the mouth. If you have dry mouth already, it can create additional problems. In my case, I've suffered from canker sores my entire life and they can be very long-lived. Using SLS toothpastes, I could conceivably have a canker sore last for 3 weeks or more. With SLS free toothpaste a canker sore will resolve in one week or less. It's been a life-changer for me.

[quote]People compliment my teeth all the time. What they don't know is that I haven't been to the dentist since I was 13 years old. I am now 28 and I've never had cavities or needed braces.

How do you know you don't have any cavities if you've not been to a dentist in 15 years??

R79, you in danger gurl.

Years from now that shit will come back to haunt you.

I’ve been using this for a month and my teeth have never looked better.

R81 Because I'm not an idiot. I'm also super anal about my dental hygiene.

Sensodyne rapid relief right now. Gorged on cherries (it’s summer) and my teeth are hurting.

[quote]Because I'm not an idiot. I'm also super anal about my dental hygiene.

That didn't answer my question. So I guess I'll ask again: How do you know you don't have any cavities if you've not been to a dentist in 15 years??

Closys. All others cause sloughing.

[quote][R81] Because I'm not an idiot.

Really? You certainly sound like one.

R86 Mirrors

Your mirrors are capable of showing cavities that are between teeth?

With manual toothbrush, 2-minute brushing is recommended. If electric toothbrushes are much more effective than manual in cleaning teeth, why do they still recommend 2 minutes of brushing?

R90 I don't have cavities. I would have had symptoms after 15 years. It's not rocket science. Avoid excess sugar, floss, and brush your teeth.

I didn't have a single cavity for the first 37 years of my life. I too was (and am) anal about my oral hygiene. I too avoid excess sugar. I too had no symptoms of a cavity...but then my dentist found one during a routine cleaning. I was beyond shocked--I even went to get a second opinion from another dentist--but it was true. Sometimes brushing, flossing and avoiding sugar isn't enough for whatever reason. A new medication could dry out your mouth or change the enzymes in your saliva just enough to allow a cavity to form. You never know.

I have some sort of sensitivity to Crest with rashes under my lips (my dentist says it's common because of the type of fluoride Crest contains), so I've used Colgate

On facebook, I see ads for toothpaste shaped like pills. Anyone tried them?

[quote] My dentist told me that Glide floss is basically useless. It needs to be rough enough to dislodge gunk from the tooth surface, not just glide over it.

the CDC says there's no evidence flossing does anything positive for dental health

Flossing is good for the gums R96.

r97, and humors keep you healthy

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Based on this thread I ordered Apagard on Amazon, the Japanese toothpaste that has that special ingredient. Thanks, whoever suggested that! I will post back once I see if my enamel is repaired :)

Flossing removes decaying food from between your teeth. How is that not healthy?

Food is food. Why discard it?

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[quote]I'm also super anal about my dental hygiene.

But are you dental about your anal hygiene? That is the question.

Toothpaste, OP?

Never heard of it.