Certain toothpaste and skin shedding in mouth?

ripplyuk

Has anyone else noticed this problem? I've noticed that anytime I use sensodyne repair and protect I get loads of bits of white skin coming off my cheeks. It's quite disgusting, with long stringy bits coming off all day. Worse in the morning. I swapped to another toothpaste and the problem was gone within a day or so. I've never had this problem with any other toothpaste (including the other sensodyne ones) until now.

Last night, I used oral B pro expert and the same thing occurred. But with this one, it's even worse. I've just checked with a mirror, and along my lower lip, it's red and looks like the skin has been stripped off completely. There's white bits all around it and its a bit sore.

From what I can find on the web, the companies say this is just the gums renewing themselves and is nothing to worry about. I'm not convinced! I'm going to throw the stuff out. It's a pity I bought four tubes since it was on offer. One thing I've noticed that these two toothpastes have in common is that they are both gritty. I'm not sure if that's anything to do with it. Also they both contain stannous fluoride, but maybe lots of toothpastes do. I'm not sure but I know that if I use either of them, I get this problem. When I stop, the problem is gone almost immediately.

asajj

Have you spoken to a pharmacist perhaps? If it happens with more than one product, then it might be not really the product causing the issue?

ripplyuk

It's only with these two toothpastes. I spoke to my dentist about it previously but he just said to avoid them and use a different one. I have no issues at all with any other toothpastes.

I've done a bit of reading on the web about it and it seems that a lot of people get this problem with these particular toothpastes. Also, there's a crest pro-health (in the USA I believe) which is identical to the oral b pro expert and made by the same company. The same problems are reported with it.

fairy_lights

ripplyuk wrote: »

Last night, I used oral B pro expert and the same thing occurred. But with this one, it's even worse. I've just checked with a mirror, and along my lower lip, it's red and looks like the skin has been stripped off completely. There's white bits all around it and its a bit sore.

This happened to me with Oral B 3d whitening toothpaste, the skin inside my mouth peeled off for the first few days in horrible gungy strips and then blistered along the lip line. I should probably have stopped using it but finished the tube and although the peeling and blistering got slightly better they never stopped completely.
I've had this problem with other whitening toothpastes and mouthwashes, but nothing has been as bad as Oral B.
I think I must be reacting badly to whatever whitening agents are used, I imagine that the chemicals must be quite strong to be able to whiten stained teeth.
I avoid whitening toothpastes now although some brands like Colgate are fine and don't cause any problems. I generally buy cheaper toothpastes because the more expensive ones seem to aggravate my mouth more.

asajj

Oh I see - that sounds pretty worrying to be honest.
I don't use whitening toothpaste so never had the issue myself !"

brook2jack

This is a well known side effect of many toothpastes, trial and error normally sorts out so you know which ones to avoid.

There are many ingredients in toothpaste people can be sensitive to from sLs , which is present in most, to flavourings such as cinnamon, to preservatives such as benzoates.

Oral b seems to have this effect on more people than other toothpastes.

Whitening toothpastes actually don't whiten , as legally in the EU they cannot contain enough peroxide to do anything. What they might do is wear away stain such as tea with abrasives. So it won't be a whitening ingredient that causes the problem but a flavouring, preservative, sis etc

Alton_Towers

These are known as mouth boogers - not a nice name but you can see why! I had the same issue with whitening toothpastes and now avoid them at all costs and have had no problems.

ChrisJJ

I've experienced this too. Though it's completely painless and there's no blistering or redness. For a long time I thought that my teeth simply weren't being cleaned properly because I could feel a 'stickiness' or 'tackiness' on my teeth. No matter how well I cleaned (and I'm a clean freak) it would still happen. It was way, way later I realised it was these cheek peelings that were causing my mouth/teeth to feel that way.

I'm so glad it's not just me!!

pollypenny

I sometimes wake up with a slime on my mouth. I wondered if it was anything to do with overuse of intradental brushes at night.

I hadn't considered to be skin, but it's an interesting thought.

ripplyuk

I've been thinking back and it might well have been another oral b toothpaste that caused this for me the first time, the pro expert enamel shield.

I've been googling for the ingredients but it's hard to pin down exactly which causes the problem. They both contain some things that aren't included in the other toothpastes I buy. I am surprised to see that their pro expert sensitive toothpaste contains sodium hydroxide, which Google tells me is caustic soda. However, this one causes no problems with skin peeling for me, nor does most of the oral b range.

I tend to just buy whatever is on offer, but from now on I'll avoid the ones that are gritty and have that horrible, cinnamon like, smell as they are the only common factors I can be sure of. I hate the smell anyway. It reminds me of dentist's surgeries :rotfl:

purcel

Oral b does exactly the same to me. I just don't use it anymore