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[–] superkret@feddit.org 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I brush my teeth the British way, every time a new Monarch is crowned.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

Wow you will have brushed twice in your life time!

[–] LongestPath@feddit.org 17 points 3 days ago

Fyi, Elmex is owned by Colgate!

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Rossmann. 79 cents, including their sensitive toothpaste.

[–] dtlm@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Using Lacer in Spain :)

[–] Undertaker@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I do it the healthy way

From Denmark and without bs like the mentioned in the threads picture

[–] nahostdeutschland@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you explain why this brand should be more healthy than other toothpaste? And clarify if it is "more healthy" or if other toothpastes are "not healthy"?

[–] eltoukan@jlai.lu 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

According to Yuka (a food and cosmetics rating system), most brands listed in the OP image do not have a good rating. There are two moderate risk ingredients : Sodium Laurel Sulfate (listed as an irritant and an allergen, present in Botot, some Colgate products,, OralB, some sensodyne products and some paradontax products) and Titanium dioxide (listed as potential carcinogen, present in some paradontax and some oral-B, I think it's for teeth whitening). Having a "Moderate risk" ingredient means your score cannot be better than "Poor".

The app also lists other potential allergens that are "Low risk" and present in most most products across brands (there are sometimes differences within the same brand). If a product only has low risk ingredients, its rating is usually "Good" or "Excellent".

I couldn't find exactly the pictured product, but this danish brand has an "Excellent" rating on all of its products, not a full score because it includes some of the Low Risk allergens. The best rated products are actually from Elmex.

Of course this is just one arbitrary rating system, but it's quite transparent and you can get all the details for risk for each ingredient, backed by scientific literature. Also the app is free if you want to scan barcodes :)

Anything that satisfies the strict EU regulations for "toothpaste" is healthy.

[–] LongestPath@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have recently switched to basic parodontax toothpaste because of a previous advice from this community, and I am really happy about my decision 😁 The toothpaste is not runny, it doesn't over-foam, and seems to have improved my gum/teeth health.

[–] Kualdir@europe.pub 3 points 3 days ago

I'm currently still using my stash of australian HiSmile, don't really have an EU alternative for this and I never want to go back to minty toothpaste

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huh, I thought Sensodyne was an American company, but GSK spun it off with Haleon in 2022 to become a UK company.

I'd argue that doesn't make it much better, but if you have sensitive teeth, you do what you gotta do.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Compared to the USA, the UK are a picture-perfect democracy. The UK isn't even much worse than most big EU countries.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The UK is starting to get weird. Their PM recently blamed bats for the lack of housing (spoiler: there is enough housing, but there isn't enough affordable housing).

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I wasn't commenting on the relative merits of the UK vs the US, but rather the nebulous distinction between international conglomerations that exist to satisfy regulatory requirements. But I can see how that wasn't clear at all.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Compared to the usa they're doing the shit that got us here. Amplifying state power to crack down on dissent eventually leads to someone who will use it getting it

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, but my point is that most big EU countries aren't much better. Germany is getting a right-wing government that's already threatening left-leaning NGOs and is explicitly anti-immigration, France is well-known for being violent against protestors (though at least their protesters don't fuck around, either) and is making encrypted chat illegal, and while I'm not hearing much out of Italy, they do have a right-wing government as well so I'm not holding my breath on that, either. Poland recently ditched their authoritarian government, but it could easily make a comeback next election. Spain seems cool though.

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jordan is Scandinavian 👍🏻

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, Jordan is Middle Eastern

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a joke. There is a country called Jordan. It's between Israel, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

Oh man, how did I not see that 🤦🏻‍♂️ I got genuinely scared that my newly found Scandinavian toothpaste was actually owned by some middle eastern country 🤣

[–] p_kanarinac@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 days ago

Anyone can recommend a good, thin floss? Trying to replace Oral B.

[–] p_kanarinac@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 days ago

Lacalut and Dentalux are German, Plidenta is Croatian.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago
[–] voodoocode@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

I'm brushing the asian way with miswak

[–] BlaueHeiligenBlume@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

I have to use sensodyne ...

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Novamin or gtfo :)