Toothpaste companies must really hate people who are allergic to mint toothpaste, which a lot of people are! Apparently it's NOT supposed to burn like minty hellfire? (I'm fine with mint candy, it's only mint toothpaste that hurts)
I've been using Tom's fennel for years, but am now trying to find one with fluoride in it, and finding a toothpaste that is no mint and yes fluoride should not be such a huge and infuriating quest. still got some more grocery stores to search, but not even the children's toothpaste in the nearest one had any that were suitable.
#LIKE FIIIIRE! HELLFIIIIIRE! THIS FIRE ON MY TONGUE! #I therefooooore requiiiire a new paste tooooo cleeaaan gums #It's not my fault! I'm not to blame! it is the Colgate brand and Crest who've set this flame! #it's not my fault‚ if in their plans‚ they made the toothpaste so much stronger than a maaaaaaannnnnn #protect me‚ oh grocers! don't let the mint-paste cast its spell‚ don't let its fire sear my mouth and gums! #PROVIDE ME WITH FLUORIDE‚ but not mixed with the fires of Hell‚ and I'll keep all my teeth for years to cooooommeeee
Emphathize with OP definitely but also look at the incredible tags lmao
Beata Maria, you know I'm a hygienic man of my flossing I am justly proud.
Beata Maria, my teeth are so much cleaner than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd.
Then tell me, Maria, why it's never good enough why the pits of rot still mar my teeth.
I must switch to fluoride, but all the options I can find are full of minty pain beyond belief!
Wait back up,
Toothpaste isn't supposed to burn? I thought that's how you knew it worked
But mint is supposed to be spicy though, right? Like how cinnamon is?
NO it's supposed to cause a cooling effect. Like how aloe vera feels on skin, unless that also feels hot to you.
It is, I am told, supposed to "tingle a little bit", which is NOT what it's doing for me. It feels like the minty version of eating a painfully spicy hot pepper, and sticks around for a long time afterwards just like hot peppers do, and it wouldn't make sense to do that on purpose in a thing you're supposed to use before trying to go to sleep.
Thank you to all the suggestions in the comments! Sadly I have seen none of them in grocery stores so far, but it's good to know there are options if I end up having to order toothpaste online.
I'm astounded that it's so hard to find non-mint options, because there are SO MANY comments already on this post from people who can't stand mint, and don't these companies do market research?? hello? huge untapped market for non-mint adult toothpaste here?? There must be thousands upon thousands of adults who use children's toothpaste because of it. If I saw an advertisement that started off with someone complaining about mint toothpaste, it would catch my attention.
Hey friends, just so you know you can absolutely use children's toothpaste with fluoride as an adult and there are many flavors like bubblegum and strawberry and grape (here's Tom's of Maine with a fluoride-containing mango and orange toothpaste). Using children's toothpaste with fluoride is much, much better than using a fluoride-free toothpaste. If you're looking for toothpaste with an adult amount of fluoride and the mint ones bother you, try looking for cinnamon toothpaste - a lot of the grownup non-mint flavors don't have fluoride but cinnamon ones often do.
Another reason that toothpaste (mint or non - if you know you're allergic to mint this probably doesn't apply) could be burning is that you might be allergic to sodium lauryl sulfate, which is a detergent many toothpastes use as a foaming agent. It's perfectly safe for most people to use, but if you have an allergy or get canker sores a lot or have some other mouth sensitivity issues it can be quite painful.
I found this out when I'd been using Sensodyne toothpaste that my dentist had given to me for quite a while, and then went back to Colgate and while both were mint-flavored the Colgate burned SO BAD that my mouth hurt for days.
Both Tom's of Maine and Sensodyne have non SLS products, but you do need to really look at the ingredients to find out what has it and what doesn't. There are definitely more toothpastes out there without SLS, but Tom's and Sensodyne are available in grocery stores here so I haven't really done a lot of research into other brands.
The Hello brand of toothpaste has non-mint, SLS-free, gluten-free, fluoride-containing kids' toothpastes; here's a variety pack.