Toothpastes

gil13

Hi, I was looking at the difference in price between say Tesco tootpaste and Colgate, one is 47p odd and Colgate £1 something..
Is there any great difference between the two or between own brands and all the other various toothpastes out there. Are there certain manufacturers that produce the own label supermarket brands?

Nova5

gil13 wrote: »

Hi, I was looking at the difference in price between say Texco tootpaste and Colgate, one is 47p odd and Colgate £1 something..
Is there any great difference between the two or between own brands and all the other various toothpastes out there. Are there certain manufacturers that produce the own label supermarket brands?

Hi gil13,

I heard a radio programme a few months ago which discussed this. A dentist was asked his opinion which was that there is no difference in the normal toothpaste. Toothpastes with added abrasives do work, but you can get supermarket's own ones aswell as the branded.

HTH

Nova X

Debt_Free_Chick

The toothpaste doesn't make a lot of difference - but the brush and technique does

On occasions, I've brushed my teeth with salt!! :eek: (Don't ask)

gil13

salt ! o.k we wont go there..
But what about the brush ? what is a good brush what is a bad one ?

Debt_Free_Chick

gil13 wrote: »

salt ! o.k we wont go there..
But what about the brush ? what is a good brush what is a bad one ?

An electric brush will perform far more efficiently than the human hand. Look at an Oral B electric brush - one that ocillates as well as rotating is considered to be "better". Sonic is supposed to add other benefits, but my view is that the research is "inconclusive" - make your own mind up

Consider using interdental brushes too - really depends on the state of your teeth (or, more accurately, your GUMS)

Talk to your dentist/hygienist. Do what is right for your teeth - or, more accurately, your GUMS - as most of us need to attend to our gums, more than our teeth.

My hygienist suggests that we need to spend 80% of our time on tending to our gums and onlyh 20% of our time on our teeth. But your situation may be different - take advice

Penny-Pincher!!

I dont think there is much different between toothpaste, but I do prefer Colgate. However, I do always buy when on offer and Wilkinsons normally have the Colgate Green stripe gel in the pump on BOGOF...£1.77 for 2:D Although I know the pumps arent cost effective, they are easier for me tu use with my hands.

PP
xx

Fruball

I use Signal and its about half the price of the big brand toothpastes and is nicer than the shops own IMO.

ivyleaf

I decided to try Asda and Sainsbury's own brand and we've been happy with both, so we usually buy one of those - I don't buy branded ones any more as the own-brand is just as nice IMO and far, far cheaper. I don't buy Tesco's own brand though, I tried it and it was much thicker and I found it hard to squeeze out of the tube - like Penny-Pincher's, my hands don't always work as well as they should. My son recently found a tube of Crest I'd forgotten we had - we didn't like it any more!:D Of course we did use it all up though!

sandy2_2

What about mouthwash as well as toothpaste to help your gums

Sharra

I must confess I always use Colgate total - when I did try cutting costs and buying tescos own, my teeth felt 'furry' again much quicker. (and no I don't eat loads of sugar:) )

moanymoany

If you want a whitener, put some bicarb on the brush and then put toothpaste on.

I have the receding gums of the nearly aged and use sensodyne. Nothing comes near it - I've tried!