• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    12 hours ago

    I was always under the impression that parodontax and sensodine are for treating something or other based on their marketing.

    I use Kemphor by Verkos Laboratories an independent Spanish company and Ohlala by Ohlala Laboratories Paris, a France based business as the name suggests. I ended up using them because they both have toothpaste containing Xylitol, an ingredient that helps in killing bacteria, something that the megacorp brands obviously don’t care about.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    2·
    14 hours ago

    I do it the Japanese way, but I do need to see if P&G or J&J make the toothpaste I use when I eventually run out (I buy in bulk) and need to refill. Oddly, US toothpaste is an oft-requested gift when bringing things back from the US. My best guess is the formulations in some such as for whitening can’t be sold here legally (but, as with many things, buying/importing for personal use is not illegal).

  • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    16·
    24 hours ago

    Last year I learned from independent consumer product testing agencies that at least here in germany the best dental care is provided using the most basic and cheap toothpaste from discounter chains, so now I use those. So much cheaper, so much more toothpaste in the tube and actually doesn’t secretly fuck your teeth up.

        • LongestPath@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          13 hours ago

          Thanks for the the link, I will look into it. However, personally, I would not trust Stiftung Warentest results that much. For few other products, I looked deep into how they score them (via their videos and articles and then other resources), and imo, their score didn’t seem to reflect a lab-test result, but rather “how we feel about it” result (I can elaborate more if you are interested). Here, from first look, it is much better than its other tests, however, having 10% of score for packaging (it got higher from 5%) is annoying to me. For example, it says “Five experts test how well the packs open and shut”: I mean… It is good know, but I rather would have a toothpaste that is better for my teeth and opens badly compared to a toothpaste that is terrible but opens nicely!

    • jwt@programming.dev
      4·
      21 hours ago

      and actually doesn’t secretly fuck your teeth up.

      Well that’s a ominous insinuation without proper sourcing.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    44·
    1 day ago

    No-one mentioning the bright white set of teeth on the bottom woman? I think it’s a neat detail!

    • D_C@lemm.ee
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Y y you brush your teeth with shit…Wait, are you Shooter McGavin?

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      I might be misremembering, but I don’t think you’re supposed to use Sensodyne every time you brush. Read the packaging, but I think it says to use it like every other day or something.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Saaaaame ugh. Other toothpastes have Sodium Laurel Sulfate which gives me horrid mouth ulcers. I’ll shill for Sensodyne any day (as I did like an hour ago on another post hahaha)

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago

        Sensodyne started to cause my mouth to peel and stopped working as well as it was so I had to find a different product. I found a product to used silver. Been using it a year without peeling and my sensitivity is much better. Sadly I cannot find a non US manufacturer. But there may be one out there.

        • Captain_Saabossa@feddit.org
          2·
          20 hours ago

          As the other person who replied to you said, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is likely the cause, it was for me. Sensodyne do a Pronamel range which doesn’t contain SLS and I’ve been using it for a couple of years with no issues as a result.

        • Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          16·
          1 day ago

          I had a similar issue with normal toothpaste and it turned out it was sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulphate. While some sensodyne pastes have SLS in them, the proper sensitivity stuff with NOVAMIN in the ingredients doesn’t and my peeling mucosa is no more.

  • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
    16·
    1 day ago

    I recently started using Ben and Anna 🇩🇪 because it comes in a glass jar. Also deodorant in paste form in glass jar from 4starlings 🇵🇱

    yes i am slavic everything must be in a glass jar like pickles ok

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      1 day ago

      The deodorant is interesting, I’ve been semi looking for a replacement to avoid the plastic waste. I see in the instructions they advise to wait a while before putting your clothes on, have you found this to be necessary? I used to ruin all my T-shirts like this before changing brands and don’t want to have this issue again.

      • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.infoEnglish
        1·
        20 hours ago

        I once had a problem like this with some jar/paste deodorant I bought at Rossmann (ie not 4starlings), where the expensive t-shirt now has large fatty stains under the armpits that don’t wash off.

        As for the 4starlings instructions I didn’t really realize that was a thing that they said. I always just put pn my tshirt then put the deo on. On white tshirts there may be some light yellow metallic stains, but on colors other than white I didn’t notice anything.

  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
    22·
    1 day ago

    I use Happy Tabs from the Netherlands. Instead of coming in a tube, they are essentially mints in a jar but are made out of dehydrated toothpaste and fluoride. Just pop one in, chew it (don’t swallow) and brush.

    Super super convenient for camping also. That’s why I tried them out. Been using them for 3 years or so

    • BussyCat@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 day ago

      How’s the cost of them? All the ones I have seen are absurdly more than normal toothpaste like 2-3x the price

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
        9·
        1 day ago

        360 tabs is 36€ on their site. Comparable with the medium-high price category of things like 3D white I think for a year’s supply.

        The thing is, you can stretch toothpaste very very far by just putting much less on, as well as tons of cheap brands. With tabs you have to use the recommended amount unless you want to put in work cutting them.

        It definitely isn’t the cheapest but they have 0 plastic since 2025 in their tablet packaging (they used to have a cellophane bag but they changed their formula that made the tablets much harder and less prone to falling apart with humidity) which is pretty huge considering Colgate and oral B make up a pretty good share of plastic pollution.

        You can’t have both cheap and sustainable in most cases.

        • LongestPath@feddit.orgEnglish
          4·
          22 hours ago

          Hmm, I always thought coca cola and other beverage brands are the main culprit for this huge plastic pollution… Do you know the percentage that oral b and co are responsible?

          • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
            3·
            14 hours ago

            They definitely are, hence why I said “a good part” and not “the most”.

            Oral B is under P&G which makers it harder to get an exact percentage that is accurate. But apparently P&G is ranked 7th largest plastic polluter.

    • madjo@feddit.nl
      1·
      1 day ago

      I use Smyle, similar idea, can also be found in certain stores nowadays. But I have enough still from their Toothpaste subscription still.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    211·
    1 day ago

    I massively appreciate all these memes highlighting American products.
    Either I feel good that I’ve already fluked into buying more locally.
    Or I realise I can do better, and I’m provided some alternatives.

    • ScoreDivision@programming.dev
      9·
      1 day ago

      Same. So much focus is going towards moving people from tech giants, which are important, but so much harder to move away from. Smaller things like this still make a difference and are far more easier for people to switch from than say, youtube for example.