Is there such thing as low-foam toothpaste?

Okay,

As I stated in this thread, I have a big problem with certain textures - especially “foamy”. I can’t eat whipped cream or merangue pies, won’t drink capuccino, etc. If I try to make myself eat something foamy, I will gag and retch.

This causes a problem when I’m brushing my teeth. I use a minimal amount of toothpaste and spit often, but it’s not uncommon for me to be unable to finish brushing because I just can’t tolerate the foam in my mouth. Also, I worry about not using enough toothpaste on my brush to get adequate flouride protection.

Is there such thing as a commercially available low-foam toothpaste? I’ve tried baking soda toothpastes, but they just taste horrible.

I’d love suggestions…

What about powdered toothpaste? You can get them without baking soda in them. Only problem is, the ones I tried had a flat, chalky consistency about them, (just like baking soda). I didn’t really care for them.

You don’t like whipped, foamy, or slimy things in your mouth. Not to make light of it, but I’m almost afraid to ask where this originated from. Is the check in the mail?:smiley:

Eucryl is low-foam and not objectionable to use, not as powdery as it used to be.

IIRC back when I used Tom’s of Maine, it wasn’t nearly as foamy as some of the more mainstream brands.

I think the foaminess is almost all from an added ingredient, put there simply to foam up (most folks associate it with “cleanliness”) and since Tom’s is a natural brand, there’s less of that extraneous stuff in it.

I recall that they made a non-foaming toothpaste for the astronauts. Here’s an ad about it from the 1960s:

http://roborant.info/main.do?entry=1453

unfortunately, I can’t find anything about it ever being marketing. The only item about it I turn up is an obvious April Fool’s gag;

http://home.comcast.net/~drumyoke/AprilFool/SpacePaste.html
this page, though, implies that the astronauts use ordinary, off-the-shelf toothpaste:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacehygiene/hygiene_3.html

This one, too:

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living_hygiene.asp

I misread this, and thought that Tom’s of Finland would surely be pretty foamy or creamy.

I use Biotene toothpaste for dry mouth and I can verify it really is a low-foaming toothpaste just as the company claims.

Not sure about “foamy,” but definitely “creamy.” :smiley:

They foam cause they have SLS or similar surfactants in them, in them, just like shampoo (and detergents/commercial degreasers). Google ‘SLS-free’ or ‘detergent-free’ toothpaste, there are quite a few options as many people find they get more canker sores from it.

I had a kids’ toothpaste that didn’t foam–if you can stand the faux-bubble gum flavor. I believe it was Crest Kids, but I could be wrong.

It is not particularly a pleasant flavor, I got a little sample thingy from a dentist, and it was really nasty =( you might try a travel size if it is available instead of buying a full sized tube just in case. It has a flavor similar to the fluoride gloop that you do the bite plate of at the dentist. I cant decide whether that or the fake grape is worse =(

SLS may also be called SDS