Cheapest toothpaste for sensitive teeth?

shelly

I use arm and hammer sensitive from the poundshop, I noticed recently they also started stocking the new colgate sensitive pro relief.

starrystarry

Another devotee of Sensodyne here. I've tried all the others and none of them are a patch on Sensodyne. It is the most expensive but I'd rather spend a bit more and not have painful teeth. Like others, I stock up when it's on offer.

pattycake

My local B&M have the Arm & Hammer Sensitive for 99p.

grey_lady

The pink sensodyne doesn't have flouride - not a good long-term option, the arm & hammer sensitive one is good.

OR ask your dentist!

lollipopsarah

Oral B works well for me so I stocked up when it was half price, but I ran out and got a different one and am now suffering like you, so hang the expense and get what's best.
I will try to remember to rub some in before bed and see if that helps.
I read somewhere that if you use mouthwash you should do it before brushing your teeth!
Anyway I tried this (warming it in my mouth before swishing around) and I did find that it helped take the pain away for a while, hope that helps.
best wishes
xx

jenniewb

lollipopsarah wrote: »

Oral B works well for me so I stocked up when it was half price, but I ran out and got a different one and am now suffering like you, so hang the expense and get what's best.
I will try to remember to rub some in before bed and see if that helps.
I read somewhere that if you use mouthwash you should do it before brushing your teeth!
Anyway I tried this (warming it in my mouth before swishing around) and I did find that it helped take the pain away for a while, hope that helps.
best wishes
xx

...unless your using Corsodyl which if you use before brushing wont protect you or work in the way its supposed to which is to prevent infection and help others repair.

Can't comment on other mouth washes though.

guineapig

I used to have very sensitive teeth, but have found that doing the following has made them pretty much "normal".

Floss first, then "jet wash" with a dental irrigator to get out any hard to reach gubbbins, then finish off with CO- OP's own brand sensitive toothpaste ( in a similar looking tube to sensodyne) for around 97pence a tube, a tube lasts at least one month with two of us using it.

My teeth have done so well on this regime that I had them bleached last year with very little ill effect!

The trick is that the de-sensitising stuff in the toothpaste has to "stay" in your mouth, thus rinsing too much after brushing just get's rid of the good stuff!

So last thing such be just to "spit" out the excess toothpaste. I have in the past done as other posters have suggested and rubbed in bits of the paste in the most sensitive areas and it does make a difference.

mrsd

I use the 50p Asda one and its fine, had similar problem with cheaper one leaving me with toothache.

snowleopard61

Thanks everyone. The Colgate one (I think it's Sensitive Pro Relief) was on offer in Boots so I got that to use for a while and then just when I really need to, last thing at night.

It occurs to me that the sensitivity may not have been directly caused by the cheap toothpaste, but by the fact that it really isn't even a very effective toothpaste so I compensate by brushing like crazy. Will experiment with other cheapo ones when I run out!

jenniewb

snowleopard61 wrote: »

Thanks everyone. The Colgate one (I think it's Sensitive Pro Relief) was on offer in Boots so I got that to use for a while and then just when I really need to, last thing at night.

It occurs to me that the sensitivity may not have been directly caused by the cheap toothpaste, but by the fact that it really isn't even a very effective toothpaste so I compensate by brushing like crazy. Will experiment with other cheapo ones when I run out!

Theres also something in how you brush I think too.

When I was 14 I was given an electric toothbrush as a Christmas gift, I was really looking forward to using it and would apply the same scrubbing technique and pressure as I would my normal tooth brush. On my next visit to the dentist she asked if I had been changing the way I brush my teeth as my gums were receeding!

There are many causes to sensitive teeth, I now have weakened enamel due to my own bad treatment of my teeth (an eating disorder which combined plenty of diet fizzy drinks with eating way to much fruit and nothing else, and as if that wasn't a remedy for an enamel nightmare alone I then fell into bulimia...) another cause is your gums receeding and so more of the tooth being exposed.

I'd also watch your technique not just what you brush with as its very easy to fall back into bad habits and end up with problems like this. If your at all unsure your dentist or hygienist can and should show you how to brush properly but otherwise I'm sure for the time poor, there are youtube videos on it!:cool: