While it was originally an American brand, Sensodyne's parent company got bought by a British company in 2000, then spun off into another British company through corporate restructuring in 2022. It's not Canadian, but it's at least not American-owned.
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Thank you SO much for this! The closest Canadian brand I could get is a lot more expensive, and I'm starting to have trouble affording all these pricey substitutes! Just so I can confirm, here do I find more information?
All this info was gotten off their Wikipedia page:
Sensodyne is a brand of toothpaste that was first sold by Block Drug, a Brooklyn, New York-based company established in 1907 by pharmacist Alexander Block.[1]
In 2000, Block Drug was purchased by Smith Kline Beecham P.L.C.,[11] which became GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK).[12]
Sensodyne became a part of Haleon, a British multinational consumer healthcare corporation, in July 2022, following the establishment of Haleon as a separate entity through a corporate spin-off from GSK.[14]
Thanks: should have thought to check.
Thanks for sharing! I'm on my last tube of toothpaste and have been looking arouns at bulk options, for some reason just assumed sensodyne was American.
Much appreciated!
Haleon, formerly GSK.
Attitude. Fairly easy to find (we get it from well.ca mostly) and they have a wide range of good products. Toothpaste being one of them.
Wow thank you for this! I know what I'm getting next time.
Thanks! Will keep an eye out for them!
I bought some of the Green Beaver toothpaste without flouride, and also a bottle of X-PUR Opti-Rinse Mouthwash which is also Canadian, and has flouride.
Sensodyne is owned by Haleon, a British company. I’m still also looking for a good Canadian toothpaste…
You might like Cari0 Toothpaste sold via Oral Science. It’s owned in Canada, though I’m not entirely sure where it is manufactured. It was developed by a dental caries researcher in Montreal.
From the same website (Canadian store) you can also find some other great products:
- X-Purr also makes some great mouth rinses.
- Xylimelts for dry mouth patients
- Curaprox interdental brushes for people who get food stuck between their teeth due to receded gums.
This is the one my son's dentist recommended because he kept getting cavities. No cavities now for 2.5 years and no more dental surgeries thank goodness! They also have a mouthwash. Cannot recommend it enough!!!
Edit: We get it at London Drugs
Baking soda can totally be used as toothpaste.
I'm from USA, so I don't know of Canadian alternatives, but it just works.
Thanks for trying to help, it is appreciated, but just about all baking soda here is Arm & Hammer brand which is imported from the U.S. unless you order the baking soda online from another company, and I personally prefer going to the store for stuff like this rather than doing online purchases.
The people who run it are chemists. But if fluoride is your thing go for it.
You can buy bottles of fluoride gel from certain dentists, I had a 500ml bottle after cancer treatment, just mix it with Green Beaver.
While external fluoride is good, kids swallowing too much flouride via paste and flouridated water has shown a softening affect on bones and can alter tooth colour.
Also lookup fluoride toxicity and neurology, it's nasty if ingested.
Thanks! I'll be sure to do that!
Also hope everything is well for you and that it's in full remission!
Thanks. Cancer team was amazing out here in BC. Been 10+ years now.
If your dentist doesn't sell it, looks like amazon has X-pur NAF GEL. Looks like a similar product. Mine was unbranded / unlabeled from dentist, as plain or mint flavoured.
you can also get high flouride mouthwash
It's not the cheapest by any stretch but I've seen Green Beaver Brand in quite a few stores https://greenbeaver.com/ They do quite a few hygiene related products.
I already found a Canadian brand called Green Beaver, but they're one of those "natural" companies that for some reason thinks putting flouride in toothpaste is bad, and I really don't want to give any money to a company that continues to deny science at this late date.
Their Zesty Orange flavour is very refreshing if you don’t mind the lack of fluoride.
Green Beaver, Hawksbury On
I already found a Canadian brand called Green Beaver, but they're one of those "natural" companies that for some reason thinks putting flouride in toothpaste is bad, and I really don't want to give any money to a company that continues to deny science at this late date.