Do You Brush Your Teeth The European Way?

2 years ago by ooli2 to c/buyeuropean

PonyOfWar 67 points 2 years ago

Elmex is owned by Colgate.

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FundMECFSResearch 13 points 2 years ago

I haven’t used elemex since I was a kid and I still can’t get that taste out of my mouth. Urgh I hate it!

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faberyayo 51 points 2 years ago path: 0 15912079, hotness: undefined, score: 51, children: 2
Comtief 3 points 2 years ago

And Sensodyne is the opposite, I think. Started as American.

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faberyayo 1 point 2 years ago path: 0 15912079 15927790 16011448, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
lord_ryvan 46 points 2 years ago

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

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DmMacniel 16 points 2 years ago

Babushka just has such lovely white teeth.

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JehovasThickness 44 points 2 years ago

Sensodyne supremacy!

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Amputret 19 points 2 years ago

Without Sensodyne I’d be fucked.

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ThePantser 10 points 2 years 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.

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Amputret 16 points 2 years 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.

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Captain_Saabossa 2 points 2 years 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.

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Rai 1 point 2 years 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)

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stebo02 3 points 2 years ago
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JehovasThickness 3 points 2 years ago

Gentle Whitening. Honestly I don't notice much whitening but I like the texture of it more than the others.

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Cethin 1 point 2 years 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.

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JustEnoughDucks 22 points 2 years 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

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BussyCat 4 points 2 years ago

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

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JustEnoughDucks 9 points 2 years 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.

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LongestPath 4 points 2 years 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?

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JustEnoughDucks 3 points 2 years 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.

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madjo 1 point 2 years ago

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

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passenger 19 points 2 years ago

Oxygenol = Finnish

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towerful 19 points 2 years 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.

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ScoreDivision 8 points 2 years 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.

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BenchpressMuyDebil 15 points 2 years 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

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Obi 2 points 2 years 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.

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BenchpressMuyDebil 1 point 2 years 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.

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baguettefish 14 points 2 years 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.

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LongestPath 9 points 2 years ago

Can you elaborate more please? Or give us a link to the report.

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baguettefish 4 points 2 years ago path: 0 15923973 15926486 15928300, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
LongestPath 3 points 2 years 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!

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jwt 4 points 2 years ago

and actually doesn't secretly fuck your teeth up.

Well that's a ominous insinuation without proper sourcing.

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baguettefish 4 points 2 years ago

I just meant some big name brand toothpastes being very abrasive to (imo) a point of detriment

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jwt 7 points 2 years ago

That's not an opinion, it either is or isn't detrimental.

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baguettefish 1 point 2 years ago

well you might just slowly brush away your enamel

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supermurs 11 points 2 years ago

I use Oxygenol, a Finnish toothpaste.

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StrangeMed 10 points 2 years ago

In Italy we also have Curasept and Biorepair!

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biofaust 3 points 2 years ago

Marvis is also Italian, owned by Ludovico Martelli who also own Proraso, with very cool "flavors".

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HamsterRage 2 points 2 years ago

I'm currently working on a tube of Black Forest flavour.

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Dirk 9 points 2 years ago

I brush my teeth the German way:

Morgens Aronal abends Elmex.

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ddash 5 points 2 years ago

Nice how they get you to buy two different products.

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MemmingenFan923 2 points 2 years ago

As a German I do this too.

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antipiratgruppen 1 point 2 years ago

Morgens Haribol, abends Katjex

EDIT:

It's actually almost an option, according to an article from 2022 on Welt.de:

Es wirkt fast wie ein Scherz: Ausgerechnet der Fruchtgummi-Hersteller Katjes übernimmt die Zahnpasta-Marke Theramed vom Dax-Konzern Henkel

Or, in English:

It almost looks like a joke: the fruit gum manufacturer Katjes of all places takes over the toothpaste brand Theramed from the Dax Group Henkel

Very clever, I think, for one company to sell the "poison" and the "antidote"!

But I also think that means we could add Theramed-brand products to the list of EU toothpastes?

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ceccome 8 points 2 years ago

In Italy, pasta del capitano

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biofaust 7 points 2 years ago

Any EU maker of electric toothbrushes?

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DmMacniel 6 points 2 years ago

How about Philips, they are from the Netherlands afaik.

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Sixtyforce 2 points 2 years ago

Overpriced brush heads, but 3rd party isn't hard to find.

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biofaust 1 point 2 years ago

If it is like Philips Hue, they sold the brand long ago for Chinese manufacturers to use.

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DmMacniel 1 point 2 years ago

mhm it seems that the Philips Personal Health division has two location, one near Eindhoven, Netherlands and one in the USA.

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biofaust 1 point 2 years ago
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Taleya 7 points 2 years ago

Sensodyne is the absolute shiiiit

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D_C 2 points 2 years ago

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

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randombullet 6 points 2 years ago path: 0 15931778, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
espentan 5 points 2 years ago

Solidox is my go-to. Norwegian brand, made in Sweden. Doesn't look like it's sold outside of Norway.

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qevlarr 5 points 2 years ago

Bring back the original Parodontax flavor!

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Captain_Saabossa 4 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately I bought a brand new Oral-B iO shortly before I started boycotting American products and now I'm kinda stuck with it. I don't want to waste it, but at the same time I'll have to keep buying their expensive brush heads.

I do at least use Sensodyne toothpaste.

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thetreesaysbark 6 points 2 years ago
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Trail 1 point 2 years ago

If anyone knows, also let me know.

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Captain_Saabossa 1 point 2 years ago

Apparently two brands make them, Cremodul and Trustnice; maybe a few others, but I'm not keen on using knock-offs because my teeth are quite fragile and apparently both of those brand knock-offs are much harder on the teeth. It also appears you can only really get them online from Amazon, which I'm definitely not keen on - out of the two, I'd rather throw extra money at Oral-B than a single £1 at Amazon.

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confiq 3 points 2 years ago path: 0 15917195 15925938, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
AFC1886VCC 4 points 2 years ago
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mundane 4 points 2 years ago

I have been using Zendium for years, I believe Unilever is from the UK. So, not EU, but at least not the US.

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brokenlcd 1 point 2 years ago

Just to chime in, mentadent is from the Netherlands and also under unilever

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k2r 0 points 2 years ago

Indeed! It’s also Dutch and French. Btw I use signal (also from unilever)

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RandomPrivacyGuy 4 points 2 years ago
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Lemminary 3 points 2 years ago

I use sodium bicarbonate with a dash of lemon juice and a finger.

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rmuk 7 points 2 years ago

I use Brasso. I apply it with a toilet brush jammed into a drill.

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Lemminary 3 points 2 years ago

Omg a real Russian.

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Geth 3 points 2 years 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.

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RobotToaster 3 points 2 years ago

I use bioniq, which is made by the Dr. Wolff company in Germany. It has hydroxyapatite instead of fluoride.

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HerrVorragend 3 points 2 years ago

Also my toothpaste of choice. The teeth just feel cleaner after using it. Don’t know why.

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LongestPath 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for suggesting this👌

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tiredofsametab 2 points 2 years 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).

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Winterfrost 2 points 2 years ago

Always.

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Sixtyforce 1 point 2 years ago

What's the best of those 4?

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1984 -7 points 2 years ago

Ive used flouride free toothpaste for over 10 years now, no problems at all with my teeth.

At this point im thinking it will be a life long habit.

Kingfisher is my brand but seems to be tons of them when I Google.

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