When i was a kid stores sold a toothpaste for all the different age ranges, and they'd add a colour each time you got a bit older like you were graduating to another aspect of tooth protecion. As such, I never actually experienced such a brutal wake-up call as this image suggests, because strange machinations were put in place to ween me off kiddy toothpaste... and now I'm wondering if this was a marketing scheme or if my parents actually did hunt down training wheels toothpaste to ease me into things.
I use sensodyne repair and protect in the morning (for sensitivity) and then at night I use Colgate Prevident for the fluoride which you only need once a day.
Edit: TIL apparently prevident requires a prescription in the US, weird it's OTC here.
I spent 18 years brushing with flavoured toothpaste until I realised "wait, I fucking hate this." Switched to unflavoured and brushing is far more pleasant now.
i assume the burning from the toothpaste, its from the excessive mint oil they put in toothpaste, its enough to cause chemical burns, or allergic reaction, often to mask the terrible cheap ingredients they use. excessive abrasives will cause similar issues if not already known to wear down enamel.
31 Comments
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 49 pts · 231d
Trying my dads original flavor Listerine.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 231d
The brown one?!?
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 21 pts · 231d
That would be it.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 19 pts · 231d
Oh no. That shit could take the copper oxides off the Statue of Liberty and make that bitch shine like she was new.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 230d
There was a brown one? I remember the gold/yellow colored one but have not seen it in years.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 230d
Ahh, they call it brown, but might be the same. https://www.rd.com/article/brown-listerine/
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 231d
My parents used cinnamon toothpaste. Vile stuff.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 231d
What are they, Fremen?!
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 231d
I loved cinnamon toothpaste as a teenager, and so did my wife. So, we decided to buy a tube. Needless to say, I remember it tasting much better.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 231d
oh the real stuff is Euthymol. It's antiseptic flavor.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 231d
Close-up? My dad used that stuff, yuck
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 2 pts · 231d
My aunt had something like that I think. But for some reason it was salty as well? That was so bad.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 231d
When i was a kid stores sold a toothpaste for all the different age ranges, and they'd add a colour each time you got a bit older like you were graduating to another aspect of tooth protecion. As such, I never actually experienced such a brutal wake-up call as this image suggests, because strange machinations were put in place to ween me off kiddy toothpaste... and now I'm wondering if this was a marketing scheme or if my parents actually did hunt down training wheels toothpaste to ease me into things.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 230d
For us it's the reverse experience as you grow older the fewer stripes and colors in your toothpaste.
I'm down to just white in the morning and just blue at night.
AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 230d
Why do you use two different toothpastes? Night is whitening?
tempest@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 230d
I use sensodyne repair and protect in the morning (for sensitivity) and then at night I use Colgate Prevident for the fluoride which you only need once a day.
Edit: TIL apparently prevident requires a prescription in the US, weird it's OTC here.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 231d
Wish mine did that lmao. I got the crest whitener the night after my bubblegum flavored one
JoShmoe@ani.social · 14 pts · 231d
8 year old me after blindly swallowing my parents alcohol stash.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 4 pts · 230d
14 year old me after consciously (at least initially) swallowing my parents alcohol stash.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 230d
I recently tried my 3 year old niece's tooth paste and it was sickly sweet. I guess I can't go back.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 231d
Toothpaste never bothered me. But icy hot… dear lord did I have regrets
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 231d
You brushed your teeth with Icy Hot?
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 231d
I would have had many more regrets if I’d done that! This was just on my back, thankfully
X@piefed.world · 6 pts · 231d
Others have put icy hot on their scrotum, much to their near-death regret.
X@piefed.world · 2 pts · 231d
No.
bklyn@piefed.social · 6 pts · 231d
OK, Anakin… you act like it’s sand or something…
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip · 4 pts · 231d
this looks like a rough part of town
Jentu@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 230d
That arm and hammer toothpaste was such a surprise
GingerGoodness@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d
I spent 18 years brushing with flavoured toothpaste until I realised "wait, I fucking hate this." Switched to unflavoured and brushing is far more pleasant now.
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 230d
This is the ONLY thing i found that brings just a little bit of joy to my mouthcare brushing
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 229d
i assume the burning from the toothpaste, its from the excessive mint oil they put in toothpaste, its enough to cause chemical burns, or allergic reaction, often to mask the terrible cheap ingredients they use. excessive abrasives will cause similar issues if not already known to wear down enamel.