Eggshells are calcium carbonate. Yes, abrasive. It’s in a lot of toothpastes, especially ‘whitener’ types.
FWIW I was at my dentist again yesterday and, because of this thread, I asked her what toothpaste to get.
She said anything with fluoride is fine. The rest is marketing. I asked her about different types of fluoride, twice, and she said it didn’t matter. Just use a fluoride toothpaste and do not rinse your mouth after brushing (just spit out what you can).
Her only caveats were that gum detoxify may have some use in some cases and something like Sensodyne is good for sensitive teeth.
Other than that, use whatever you like as long as it has fluoride.
She did give me a prescription for a higher fluoride content toothpaste but it is not a directive…only if I want to use it. I have not used it yet but the directions are to use it only before bed (presumably so it has the most time on your teeth before eating or drinking something). The other times I brush I would use “normal” toothpaste.
ETA: I do not have the sensitivity and mouth sores some have described here so my dentist was not considering that for me.
Based on this thread I was looking for toothpaste without SLS, because the foaming makes me gag. I knew I could order some online, but hadn’t gotten around to it, because I didn’t have anything else to buy.
I was at Target and found toothpaste “Made By Dentists” that claimed to be sulfate free, but with fluoride. It does not have SLS, and does not foam. So now I can use the recommended “pea” sized amount of toothpaste, without any problems.
There were two varieties at Target: whitening and enamel building. The enamel building had potassium nitrate (anti sensitivity) as an additional active ingredient over just the sodium fluoride of the whitening version.
Would you be so kind as to PM me the brand of those toothpastes? I’d sure like to have some without SLS, with fluoride. Thank you.
I use Verve
I’ve always used less than a pea-sized dollop. Seems to work fine.
I use more than pea sized.
Dr. Bronner’s toothpaste does not have SLS in it, and a couple of varieties of Sensodyne also do not contain SLS. The Bronner’s stuff does not have flouride in it.
I can’t stand brushing my teeth and not rinsing all that gunk out, so I brush with Dr. Bronner’s, rinse a couple of times with water, then rinse with a non-alcohol flouride mouthwash – right now Tom’s of Maine because it was on sale, but usually Listerine. Afterwards I wait half an hour before drinking or eating anything. My dentist is happy with this routine using these specific products.
Dr. Bronner’s makes a very pleasant cinnamon flavored toothpaste, as well as a spearmint paste that is much milder flavored than most mint pastes.
You’re just wasting it. Toothpaste commercials used to show people squeezing out a whole toothbrush-worth and then some, so that we’d go through a tube faster. You only need a pea-sized amount. Any more is throwing away your money.
Screw that. @echoreply mind giving a shout-out to the non-SLS stuff?
I’m a non-fan of the artificial “but it FEELS clean!” foaming.
May I ask why?
I can’t speak for @SuntanLotion but in my own case, it’s because I want to brush my teeth, not just a tooth.
I’m a big fan of vanilla toothpaste and there is not nearly enough of it out there. I have to order it online and it’s way more expensive than a tube of regular Crest.
Speaking of regular, I do not recommend “Regular” as a flavor because it isn’t one. It’s the absence of flavor, a deep void from which flavor will never emerge. Regular-flavored toothpaste is ennui in a tube. I want to call it gross but it isn’t even offensive except in how inoffensive it tries to be. It’s just… there. I am tired of mint but I’ll take mint over regular any day.
The brand is “Made By Dentists.”
At the moment some of the tooth pastes are on sale at Target. I don’t know if they’re in any other retail store.
Thank you. I see a visit to Target in my near future.
Thank you, although the marketing appears to target feral children who may need rabies shots in addition to dental cavity prevention.
I use a brand called Biorepair, which contains hydroxyapatite which they claim is similar to tooth enamel and leaves a layer of the stuff on your teeth after brushing that will repair micro cavities. I’m aware that there are insufficient third-party studies to back up that claim, so perhaps I’m a sucker falling for marketing puffs, but I’ll give it a go.
Interestingly, to chip in on the debate above, the chemicals in that paste don’t work with fluoride, so the product doesn’t contain it. I know, however, that fluoride toothpaste is good for you, so I’m alternating between that stuff and a conventional brand with fluoride in it.
I’ve been using it for almost two weeks and I think non-SLS is fantastic.
I usually just go for a good flavor.
Biotene.
BTW, most mouthwashes also have SLS. One needs to pay attention there as well.
I like Tooth and Gums Tonic.
Verve Ultra SLS Free Toothpaste
I had a period of increased tooth decay. My dentist recommended a high fluoride toothpaste. It’s supposed to be bought through a dentist’s office Rx only.
Clinpro 5000 1.1% Sodium fluoride
$16 but a tube lasts almost a year.
It’s helped stabilize a couple spots the dentist is watching. They aren’t bad enough to fill.