The regular Crest scope or Colgate max fresh or Close-up types of toothpastes have a strong minty taste and my mouth and breath feel great after using them.
Other, high flouride toothpastes I’ve recently started trying to use like Sensodyne, Colgate Previ-dent, or Crest Pro-Health are not very minty at all and i feel like my breath is quickly bad after using it.
Is there a reason the high fluoride, restorative toothpastes cant be more minty?
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Toothpaste with higher fluoride often skips intense mint flavors to avoid irritating sensitive teeth. They focus on fluoride’s benefits, which can make them taste less fresh compared to regular minty options.
No research, no knowledge, but I’d say Marketing.
You buy a toothpaste that is 1- more expensive, and 2 – for its alledged medical purposes (well I imagine that’s what people buy them for).
You expect them to taste different, maybe even be less palatable, almost like what you expect medicine to taste.
Obviously, the company makes sure the taste isn’t repulsive either, they don’t want to scare the client away from buying their product again. Yet, they want to make sure the client notices it is less minty. They want to make the client remember he is using THEIR Brand’s teeth restoring toothpaste.
The label is even less flashy, more medical. For this Such medicine aesthetic.
Plus, other brands cost as much as 15$, and the dentist will charge you 500$, but this brand goes for the low low price of 9,99$. Wow. And it’s available in all Pharmacies.
Stop using the product if your teeth fall off when using the toothpaste, ask your dentist for professional advice before using the toothpaste if you have a dental illness.
Mint is just a flavor and you can make any toothpaste as minty or as not minty as you want. its just company choice
Since your main question has been answered, just a comment about bad breath: it is not normal to de-develop bad breath right after after brushing your teeth if you don’t eat/drink/smoke in the mean time. You might want to consider:
a) using a tongue scraper, which are super cheap and quick to use, and dentists often give to you for free as part of a sampler bag if you ask (and they can last a long time).
b) getting checked out for tonsil stones or other gum infections, which often cause really bad breath.
Gums gotten mintier lately, have you noticed?
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