Toothpaste prices and whitening claims

Mystic_CT

Not a vent per se but an observation of the fairly recent and rapid doubling in the big name toothpaste prices. (From £2 to £4.50 is quite a leap). Noticed it a few weeks ago in Boots, Superdrug, supermarket. Surely this can't be linked to the Ukraine conflict??? Also ticked of by the fake claims that toothpaste will magically whiten teeth. I thank ye.

prettyandfluffy

I buy toothpaste at Home Bargains, it's the cheapest place I've found.  99p for a large tube of Wisdom toothpaste.

Albermarle

You can get a standard tube of Colgate in Tesco's for a Pound.

JosephK

Another vote for Home Bargain for toothpaste

jon81uk

Mystic_CT said:

Not a vent per se but an observation of the fairly recent and rapid doubling in the big name toothpaste prices. (From £2 to £4.50 is quite a leap). Noticed it a few weeks ago in Boots, Superdrug, supermarket. Surely this can't be linked to the Ukraine conflict??? Also ticked of by the fake claims that toothpaste will magically whiten teeth. I thank ye.

Many brands seem to be £4.50 normal price and £2.50 offer price, with one type on offer every few weeks.

cajef

Colgate Triple Action 99p in our local Aldi and Tesco.

knightstyle

We are still using Lidl own brand, 50p for 125ml last year so we bought lots.

LHW99

"Whitening" toothpastes seem to just have rather more abrasive (bigger particle size range) of the calcium carbonate. It will take off stains, but my dentist doesn't recommend it for 2 x everyday use.

Ectophile

For serious cleaning, you can still buy Eucryl Toothpowder.  It used to be branded as Eucryl Smoker's Toothpowder.

I use it occasionally.  But not too often, as its rather more abrasive than toothpaste.

But it only scrapes off stains.  If your teeth aren't naturally white, then no toothpaste is going to make them white.

strawb_shortcake

Ectophile said:

For serious cleaning, you can still buy Eucryl Toothpowder.  It used to be branded as Eucryl Smoker's Toothpowder.

I use it occasionally.  But not too often, as its rather more abrasive than toothpaste.

But it only scrapes off stains.  If your teeth aren't naturally white, then no toothpaste is going to make them white.

My Husband used to use this when he was a smoker and it was the only thing that removed the staining.

Arthurian

Not very MSE, I know, but I use Colgate Max White Ultimate Renewal toothpaste which is ridiculously expensive at £10.80 a tube on Amazon.  I understand there's only a small amount of whitening agent they are allowed to put in toothpaste, compared to a dentist's whitening treatment, but this Ultimate Renewal supposedly cranks up the effectiveness of that small amount by adding in a catalyst.  It doesn't give outstanding results, but the difference is just about noticeable compared to the standard range of toothpastes.