# best tasting toothpaste
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 17, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474 "2010-10-17T20:12:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/1 "2010-10-17T20:12:06Z")
I use novamin remineralization toothpaste, which really doesn’t have a flavor. But I am only brushing 1x a day. So I figure if I want to brush 2x a day I need a good tasting toothpaste so I actually want to brush with it.
I have heard crest vanilla mint is extremely good, but I haven’t found it in the local stores. Crest cinnamon is decent though, and that was in stores.
So what are other people’s favorite flavored/tasting flouride toothpastes?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/2 "2010-10-17T20:25:39Z")
[Tom’s of Maine](http://www.tomsofmaine.com/home)
Not as sweet and cleaner tasting than most.
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### Author:  [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/3 "2010-10-17T22:24:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#):
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> [Tom’s of Maine](http://www.tomsofmaine.com/home)
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> Not as sweet and cleaner tasting than most.
Not only that, their peppermint flavor is the only toothpaste I’ve ever used that doesn’t leave you waking up with a foul taste in your mouth.
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### Author:  [@Larzipan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larzipan)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/4 "2010-10-17T22:27:09Z")
I really like Aim, and also Crest cinnamon which you mentioned is good.
I used to use Tom’s of Maine, but I got sick of it really quickly. The flavors weren’t as bold, and it left me with a weird after-taste.
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### Author:  [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/5 "2010-10-17T22:46:37Z")
I like Pepsodent. Mmmm wintergreeny.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/6 "2010-10-17T23:35:20Z")
Close Up (red gel) tastes clean and fresh.
They don’t seem to do much marketing anymore, so you can usually buy it cheaply in major chain stores.
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/7 "2010-10-17T23:45:52Z")
Crest with baking soda and peroxide.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/8 "2010-10-18T01:24:50Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> I have heard crest vanilla mint is extremely good, but I haven’t found it in the local stores. Crest cinnamon is decent though, and that was in stores.
I don’t think they make Crest Vanilla Mint anymore, to my annoyance. I love the stuff, and I’m finally running out of my stash. Can’t find it anymore.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/9 "2010-10-18T01:35:00Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#):
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> > [@runner pat](#):
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> > [Tom’s of Maine](http://www.tomsofmaine.com/home)
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> > Not as sweet and cleaner tasting than most.
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> Not only that, their peppermint flavor is the only toothpaste I’ve ever used that doesn’t leave you waking up with a foul taste in your mouth.
They do have the best tasting mint-flavored toothpastes by far, but even those pale in comparison to their fennel toothpaste.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/10 "2010-10-18T02:11:53Z")
> [@Infovore](#):
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> I don’t think they make Crest Vanilla Mint anymore, to my annoyance. I love the stuff, and I’m finally running out of my stash. Can’t find it anymore.
[Alice.com](http://Alice.com) still has some in stock.
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### Author:  [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/11 "2010-10-18T02:31:30Z")
I can’t abide anything that isn’t purely minty. It feels like brushing my teeth with candy, and grosses me out.
That said, I don’t brush three times a day because I just can’t get enough of that tasty, tasty toothpaste. I do it because I enjoy having teeth.
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### Author:  [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/12 "2010-10-18T02:38:02Z")
Colgate with baking soda.
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/13 "2010-10-18T02:54:51Z")
Another vote for Tom’s of Maine. The spearmint flavor Tom’s toothpaste is the only one I’ve tried that doesn’t make me want to vomit in the mornings.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/14 "2010-10-18T02:57:00Z")
I don’t have a problem with any toothpaste taste. I brush with pure baking soda half the time anyway. However, if you want good really good tasting, some kids toothpaste tastes like candy if if you into that type of thing. I use my daughters’ toothpaste sometimes and I don’t remember the exact type but it tastes like bubblegum flavor.
If you want a more adult version, the web has rankings for everything. I haven’t tried it but CREST Toothpaste White Expression Vanilla Mint is supposed to be really good. Here are the others.
[http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/3255,Best-Tasting-Toothpaste](http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/3255,Best-Tasting-Toothpaste)
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/15 "2010-10-18T03:01:54Z")
I can only remember ever using Crest, Colgate, and Aquafresh, so make of this what you will:
Aquafresh is by far the best. Not the tartar control formula, but the original flavor. The others are just too minty for me, but original Aquafresh gets it just right. The red and aqua stripes in Aquafresh are pretty awesome also. It was a big deal for me when they added the red stripes in the early '80s.
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### Author:  [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/16 "2010-10-18T03:02:05Z")
I like original crest. It’s the cheapest and my favorite flavour. That or Pepsodent, though I haven’t seen Pepsodent since I was five.
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### Author:  [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/17 "2010-10-18T05:10:17Z")
I’m working on a bottle ([?], it is not what I would call a “tube”) of Colgate Pop Stars, with Star Breath Strips mild mint fluoride toothpaste. It is pretty good though I must have misplaced the strips, or maybe that is why it was discounted at the store.
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### Author:  [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/18 "2010-10-18T05:30:08Z")
I also recommend Tom’s of Maine. The “no artificial sweeteners” thing makes a huge difference for me. Try it for a week or so if you give it a go, because it takes a while to get past the expectation of artificial sweeteners and it’ll be funky at first.
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### Author:  [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/19 "2010-10-18T06:33:55Z")
One day I was buying toothpaste and I said screwit, I’m going to buy some kids tooth paste. Never went back to the adult stuff.
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### Author:  [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tasting-toothpaste/557474/20 "2010-10-18T12:47:36Z")
Ipana
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