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Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:43 pm**

I use Colgate Total most of the day, then my prescription toothpaste before bed. My dentist highly recommends Colgate Total.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:24 pm**

i love using Crest but i just went and bought Colgate Anti tartar and anti cavity...

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:57 am**

KK wrote:Krist take care with what brand and ingredients you're using coz toothpaste shouldn't be hurting your mouth like that. The listerine teeth defence really bites my tongue ... but as instructed by my ortho I rinse with it every night ... I did used to include mornings, but more often than not I give them a miss and just use the salt water instead!

Yeah never really looked at ingredients, but most toothpastes burn my mouth other than if I use a gel one and they feel like they don't do a thing! Maybe my mouth is just super sensitive or something.

I might try the listerine one or the colgate with baking soda and peroxide next (wot the heck - i'll buy one of each!) ..

Thanks for your help!

Kirst

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:55 pm**

I used Sensodyne sensitive during braces, and after I mainly use Colgate Total/Cavity protection in those easy dispense tubes, where you push back the red button and out comes the toothpaste.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:47 pm**

Arm & Hammer Extra Whitening is my favourite - I love the baking soda, it feels so... clean!

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:54 pm**

My braces are not on yet (so hopefully my post still counts) but I regularly use Burt's Bees Cinnamint toothpaste. My drinking water is already fluoridated so I am fine with using a toothpaste that does not contain fluoride. I do use ACT rinse on a regular basis though.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:11 pm**

Aquafresh Multiaction Whitening for normal brushing and just got prescription 1.1 Sodium Fluoride Colgate Prevident toothpaste after my regular dentist cleaning on Friday to get extra cavity prevention.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:47 pm**

I use a prescription, flouride-rich toothpaste, Control Rx.

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:13 am**

At this point I am using BreathRx, then probably going back to Sensodyne or using either every other day.

Posted: **Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:43 pm**

Sorry to bump this, but I have a toothpaste related question and I thought it might fit well here. Has any talked to their ortho about using whitening toothpaste while wearing braces? I've read that even non-braced individuals should only use whitening toothpaste once or twice a week, while using a regular toothpaste the rest of the time. Has anyone heard anything along these lines?

Posted: **Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:10 pm**

KK wrote:Krist I asked my ortho about it after reading that Clo (another member of this community) was using it. I'd stopped using it when I got braces because of what I'd read on here, but when Clo wrote that he was using it I started to think about using it again. It had never whitened my teeth but it did give my whole mouth the most amazing fresh taste and clean feeling!

Dr Con said that in toothpastes like that there is minute amounts of whitening ingredients and that most of it is advertising ... very false I believe. He also said that to whiten teeth the ingredient that does it needs to be in contact with the surface of the teeth for a certain period of time, which doesn't happen when you're brushing! Basically he said if I wanted to use it ... to use it! All he recommended was using a toothpaste that had flouride in it ... which that one does!

mm92280 - Does that pretty much cover what you were asking?
I thought my ortho said not to use whitening toothpaste because then your tooth colour would end up uneven. After reading what KK wrote though I think I was mistaken, as it was a long time ago I asked about it.

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What toothpaste are u using?