In search of regular toothpaste

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Got me a new dentist recently due to foul ups and a new, non-work friendly setup at the last one. The new lady was appalled to find I was using a whitening toothpaste. She said those products are extremely abrasive on your enamel, which is not good as you get older. Oh wait, that would be me. :eek:

Soooo, while I was at the store today, I figured I should buy some "regular" toothpaste. It took me a good five minutes to run it down in the store. Darn near everything said "whitening" or "whitens". I just want toothpaste, is that so hard? Maybe the regular stuff is held up off Long Beach.
 
Just before the Covid shut down, I was in Kroger to buy a few things and found Colgate Toothpaste. It was the large tube (12oz?), but only $1! I looked closely and it had fluoride and nothing else. As you got toothpaste that did more tricks the price went up AND the tube got smaller!

My wife likes Crest that does about everything but go to the store for you. It's about $8 a 7.5oz tube.

As a kid I remember cash was low and we ran out of toothpaste, so we used a wet toothbrush dipped in baking soda and a little salt on it.

Ivan
 
Ivan the Butcher said:
..As a kid I remember cash was low and we ran out of toothpaste, so we used a wet toothbrush dipped in baking soda and a little salt on it.

Ivan
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Yep. I remember that, too. (I also remember my mom asking me in 4th grade where my school pictures were, and me bursting into tears and saying I didn't want to being 'em home because I knew we had money troubles. In retrospect, I don't think we really did, not seriously, but I must have overheard something...)
 
I use Arm & Hammer "Advanced" and while it claims to have whitening properties, I see no real difference and after using it for 12 years I have not done any damage to my teeth.

As far as I know, toothpaste was always slightly abrasive and in fact when I was a kid. I used to use Colgate toothpaste and my forefinger to clean the minor scratched out of my Timex crystal. Still do it today on occasion. Some of the old plain Jane stuff is all but impossible to find these days. I tried some of the "natural" toothpaste once or twice and was not a fan. The A&H brand seems to work just fine for us.

You could always try Sensydine Toothpaste - probably a bit less abrasive.
 
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On Amazon for about a buck a tube

Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste with Fluoride - Great regular, White 6 Ounce (Pack of 6)
Visit the Colgate Store
4.8 out of 5 stars 47,160 ratings | 95 answered questions
Price: $7.58 ($0.21 / Ounce)
 
You need, at a minimum of fluoride in toothpaste and antibacterials are a real benefit as well. If you don't think so, just look at bad teeth for generations in Great Britian due to the lack of fluoride in drinking water in many parts of the country until just a couple years ago. Much of the country is now adding the decay fighting substance to drinking water, but still only about about 6 million people in GB have fluoride available. Of course, many municipalities in the US put it in water, but much of the country does not have municipal water treatment plants.

I have used Colgate Total for decades and it contains no whiteners, but has antibacterials and fluoride which do the trick for me. If it does not say whitening on the box it is not.
 
TOM's of MAINE is good toothpaste but my favorite is DR Bronner's, they make 3 flavors. AVOID all big name brands they have bad stuff in them like fluoride and triclosan.
 
Dad used baking soda. He had nice looking teeth. I tried it once and decided that I'd rather let them fall out.
 
Another vote for Arm & Hammer.

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People in movies and on TV seem to have ultra brite white teeth. It looks kinda scary and unnatural when they smile. They look like they're getting ready to bite you. I drink a lot of coffee so my dentist told me try to keep your mouth shut.
 
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Can always just use Dog tooth paste, just plain ole. Used to brush my Grey’s teeth every few weeks( they have to get them cleaned) , he just stood there. Vet said he had the best teeth she’d seen. IIRC, came in beef flavor.
 
Rustyt1953 said:
Why isn't it called teethpaste?
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Because the guy who invented it was from Alabama?

My preferred is Pepsident, but it's hard to find it anymore. Even regular Crest is hard to find.
 
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