Looking for a MILD minty toothpaste!

PlymouthMaid

I never knew about the not rinsing thing (and I am grown up too lol). Would feel really odd not to rinse.

pixo

I think the brand is called arm and hammer? ... I can't use strong minty toothpaste as it makes me gag :l

brook2jack

If you spit don't rinse the toothpaste and therefore fluoride stays in contact with the tooth for longer making it more effective. It's also part of the reason no one ,especially children, should be using a mouthwash unless prescribed by a dentist. Mouthwash interacts with toothpaste and it washes the fluoride away.

~_Aridjis_~

How long should you let the toothpaste stay on your teeth for? I don't like the idea of swallowing toothpaste, which I guess is what would happen if the toothpaste weren't spat out?

Toothsmith

The idea is to spit out the toothpaste, but not to then rinse the residue off your teeth.

That way, a little bit of toothpaste will remain, and the fluoride be in contact with the tooth for longer. You will, inevitably, end up swallowing a tiny bit of toothpaste doing this, but really nowhere near enough to worry about compared to the good it will be doing to the teeth.

Eating and swallowing great quantities of toothpaste certainly isn't recommended. A very tiny bit ending up in your stomach isn't going to harm.

lollipopsarah

I thought all toothpastes had fluoride in them, like the water (!) but I have to rinse I can't stand the slimy feel otherwise - sorry.
OP have you tried asking your dentist for toothpaste samples?
Good luck.
xx

Al1x

Tesco own toothpaste isn't too minty.. its cheap too (50 or 60p i think)

Toothsmith

lollipopsarah wrote: »

I thought all toothpastes had fluoride in them, like the water (!)

Most toothpastes do have fluoride in them. In fact, you do have to look quite hard to find one without.

Some children's toothpastes don't have much in, and really, those should be avoided. Make sure there is at least 1100ppm fluoride in the toothpaste (it will say on the ingredients)

Very little of the UK's water supply is fluoridated .

Emmala

lollipopsarah wrote: »

I thought all toothpastes had fluoride in them, like the water (!) but I have to rinse I can't stand the slimy feel otherwise - sorry.
OP have you tried asking your dentist for toothpaste samples?
Good luck.
xx

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that! They're going next week so I'll ask, thank you x

Emmala

Toothsmith wrote: »

Most toothpastes do have fluoride in them. In fact, you do have to look quite hard to find one without.

Some children's toothpastes don't have much in, and really, those should be avoided. Make sure there is at least 1100ppm fluoride in the toothpaste (it will say on the ingredients)

Very little of the UK's water supply is fluoridated .

Do you believe that it's a must to have fluoride in toothpaste? I'm guessing you do, but part of me thinks it's better that my son is brushing properly and regularly with a non-fluoride toothpaste that he likes, than not brushing properly with a fluoride one.


We've had a huge amount on conflicting advice from our old dentist's - they were a large practice with a large turnover of foreign dentists so we rarely saw the same one more than once - about brushing, acid erosion, foods to avoid.......I just want him to have the lovey pearly healthy teeth that his younger siblings have without all this bother!


Thank you everyone who has taken time to reply, it is much appreciated


Molly x