What I can’t stand is that toothpastes all taste way too sweet. Why would anyone want a sweet toothpaste?
Putting toothpaste on toothbrush when one hand is in a cast:
Pick up toothbrush and put on vanity counter.
Pick up toothpaste and squeeze on brush.
Watch brush fall over and get toothpaste on counter.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
It was Happy Dance Time when I could fnally hold my toothbrush in my encasted hand.
See, mint makes me gag, unless it’s in gum. Sometimes I steal my daughter’s Princess toothpaste, because it’s fruit flavored! 
gallows fodder said:
Friction is the primary cleaning agent. Some toothpaste acts as an abrasive. Toothpaste also provides fluoride, which in low doses strengthens teeth, and in high doses stains and damages them. Other agents in toothpastes do different things, like whiten stains or fight tartar. How effective and useful those items are is debatable.
janeslogin said:
Bicarbonate of soda is baking soda, which acts as a mild abrasive and mild whitening agent. However, it does not contain fluoride.
dzero said:
According to the CDC, swallowing the fluoride is bad. I gather this works by absorbtion into the blood, as opposed to brushing and rinsing with fluoride which acts mostly by contact absorbtion.
Underlining added.
tr0psn4j said:
Surely you don’t want bitter toothpaste? Toothpaste is sweetened to make it palatable, so people will use it. Especially children.
This link includes what I was going to post: defogging a scuba mask. However, it’s gotta be plain toothpaste. Gel doesn’t work.
I wish there was more diversity in flavours, too - mint, mint or mint, what’s your pleasure? I’d like a nice, orange-flavoured toothpaste - I love orange flavouring.
ETA: Except then they’d make it orange-mint, like all the damned gum.
Pick up toothbrush and put it on vanity counter. Position brush so that head sticks out over edge of counter.
Lean over and place casted hand on handle of brush, to secure it in place on counter.
Using non-casted hand, pick up toothpaste and squeeze on brush.
Set down toothpaste, then pick up toothbrust with non-casted hand.
You hate me now, don’t you.
I accidentally swallowed a mouthful of the fluoride rinse you get at the dentist when I was a kid. Felt sick all the way home, and made my mom pull the car over so I could open the door and puke just before we turned in to the alley. For years, I couldn’t stand the taste of fluoride and did everything I could to get out of using it at my dentist visits (which were very frequent, given that I had braces). One of the best days of my young life was when they got a new flavor (something tropical) that sufficiently disguised the taste such that I didn’t have to surpress gags while I was swishing (nor wipe the hell out of my tongue with a series of paper towels after spitting).
No, not bitter just a more neutral flavor.
I think I’m really sensitive to toothpaste. Morning brushings usually lead to gagging or coughing that turns into dry heaving.
Yeah that’s about how much I use.
It’s not a joke thread, it’s a test thread.
Have you tried the Aquafresh brand of “orange?”
Hate, hate, hate mint toothpaste (and gum, etc.). Love, love, love this Aquafresh.
Although they don’t clearly identify the flavor it’s called *Extreme Clean - Deep *Action. I accidently bought mint a couple of times and ended up giving it away. Now I open the tube and smell it to make sure I’m getting the right one.
I recently have used “orange” flavored toothpaste and “cinnamon”. The orange was pretty tasty, kind of like orange Tic-Tacs. The cinnamon was like brushing with generic cinnamon candies and I didn’t much care for it. Both of them were name-brand toothpastes that are widely available. I simply can’t remember which brand. Still, I could go for more flavors.
I don’t remember which brand of orange I bought, but it was clearly labeled as orange flavored.
Then it wasn’t Aquafresh because I was looking at the toothpaste when I typed my post.
Anyway, regardless of what an OP’s intent is, if people feel like engaging the subject, why shouldn’t they?
I see that Aquafresh’s citrus is, indeed, citrus mint. 
I like the orange-mango Whole Care from Tom’s of Maine. It still has a teeny bit of minty background, but much less than any other toothpaste I’ve tried. It definitely has citrus oil in it. There’s also a cinnamon-clove that’s nice. I haven’t tried any child-flavors though.
It tastes nothing like mint. They must have put that in there for the hardliners.
If you’re actually looking for an orange-y toothpaste that does not smell or taste like mint, check it out for yourself.
I dated a guy once that had one of those orange-flavored toothpastes. Now, objectively, I like orange flavoring quite a bit, but there was something deeply unsettling about brushing with it–like I was cleaning my teeth with orange soda. Ick.
Also, wouldn’t the citric acid from oranges be bad for your teeth?
Good thing there aren’t oranges in orange-flavored toothpaste/soda.