Advice on best toothpaste please

stilernin

One way of economizing without changing brand is just to use less. The advertisers would have you believe that you need a long strip of paste on your brush but just a pea size blob does the job for me.

Just spend a bit more on elbow grease

I apply this to many products that I use regularly. Putting washing up liquid in a dispenser pump allows you to regulate exactly how much you use. Just a spot more on a sponge is better than a squirt into the bowl and you can apply it to the thing you are washing up too.

'Reduce, reuse, recycle'

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My late ma-in-law swore by her teeth cleaning .She used salt and a hard toothbrush.She died with all of her choppers intact and not a filling in sight at 84,so it worked for her

apple_mint

We've used the ASDA anti plaque one for years (about 49p a tube I think). My dentist insists I use an electric toothbrush though because I have crowded teeth at the back. She is fine with OH using an ordinary one.

I seem to remember the Tesco own brand one came top in some survey ... perhaps someone on here knows something about this?

morwenna

Before Christmas, Home Bargains had Colgate on offer at two for £1. Don't know if it's still on, but perhaps worth a look?

Gingham_Ribbon

Good tip. We actually have a board dedicated to this kind of money saving - the health and beauty board. So I'll move this over for you where it should get more response.

belfastgirl23

I use the boots own brand sensitive toothpaste. I second what stilernin says about using less of it The only thing I would say is that the difference I notice with cheaper toothpastes is that they dry up a lot around the lid and get difficult to use if you leave unopened so be sure and put the top back on.

Maybe it's the same with more expensive ones too but i always used to use the pumps

Toothsmith

stilernin wrote: »

One way of economizing without changing brand is just to use less. The advertisers would have you believe that you need a long strip of paste on your brush but just a pea size blob does the job for me.

Just spend a bit more on elbow grease

I apply this to many products that I use regularly. Putting washing up liquid in a dispenser pump allows you to regulate exactly how much you use. Just a spot more on a sponge is better than a squirt into the bowl and you can apply it to the thing you are washing up too.

'Reduce, reuse, recycle'

I would agree with this completely.

Toothpaste companies are a bu££er for marketing! Has anyone else noticed that the nozzel of toothpaste tubes are now much wider than they were in the 60s and 70s?? Reason, so more comes out of the tube!!

You don't need very much paste on your brush at all.

Another tip is not to rinse your mouth out at the end. Particularly before bed. If all those lovely fluoride ions are washing about your mouth all night, they will do more good than if they are flushed away at the end of the brushing.

By and large, there isn't that much between the brands and the own-brands, but the branded ones - particularly Colgate, do release more useful concentrations of the tooth-protecting chemicals.

gillianandterry

The pound-shop sell AquaFresh Toothpaste pump one and u guessed its a pound lol

sandy2_2

Cheap colgate toothpaste, earlier this year we had a bit of a scandal with fake colgate products on sale here in Spain. Anything that says made anywhere in Africa we were told to avoid

BigMummaF

Youngest offspring suffers quite a lot with tooth trouble & insists we stick to Mr T's own.
The blue gel has a pleasant enough taste, but we have the white one that starts at thirty something peeee.
I don't buy very big tubes anymore cuz even tho they are all grown, they still make an awful mess with the stuff:o