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[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Elmex is owned by Colgate.

I havenโ€™t used elemex since I was a kid and I still canโ€™t get that taste out of my mouth. Urgh I hate it!

[โ€“] faberyayo@lemm.ee 51 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Elmex isn't European anymore. It was founded in Switzerland, but was acquired by the American company Colgate-Palmolive in 2004.

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[โ€“] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

Babushka just has such lovely white teeth.

[โ€“] JehovasThickness@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[โ€“] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Without Sensodyne Iโ€™d be fucked.

[โ€“] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 doesnโ€™t and my peeling mucosa is no more.

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[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

360 tabs is 36โ‚ฌ 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.

[โ€“] LongestPath@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[โ€“] towerful@programming.dev 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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.

[โ€“] passenger@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago

Oxygenol = Finnish

[โ€“] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I recently started using Ben and Anna ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช because it comes in a glass jar. Also deodorant in paste form in glass jar from 4starlings ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ

yes i am slavic everything must be in a glass jar like pickles ok

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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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[โ€“] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] LongestPath@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.test.de/Zahnpasta-im-Test-4607097-0/ german and 5โ‚ฌ for the data, but newspapers often share snippets of it for free

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[โ€“] jwt@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and actually doesn't secretly fuck your teeth up.

Well that's a ominous insinuation without proper sourcing.

[โ€“] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] jwt@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

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[โ€“] supermurs@kbin.earth 11 points 2 weeks ago

I use Oxygenol, a Finnish toothpaste.

[โ€“] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In Italy we also have Curasept and Biorepair!

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[โ€“] Dirk@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I brush my teeth the German way:

Morgens Aronal abends Elmex.

[โ€“] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nice how they get you to buy two different products.

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[โ€“] ceccome@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

In Italy, pasta del capitano

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sensodyne is the absolute shiiiit

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[โ€“] biofaust@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Any EU maker of electric toothbrushes?

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How about Philips, they are from the Netherlands afaik.

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[โ€“] 01011@monero.town 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A link to a reddit post? What was the point of lemmy, someone remind me...

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sensodyne is GSK now. I love me some novamin but isn't that American?

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[โ€“] espentan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Bring back the original Parodontax flavor!

[โ€“] mundane@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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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[โ€“] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also my toothpaste of choice. The teeth just feel cleaner after using it. Donโ€™t know why.

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[โ€“] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

A Q U A F R E S H

[โ€“] Captain_Saabossa@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No off brand heads you can use?

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[โ€“] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks 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.

[โ€“] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] rmuk@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[โ€“] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

We have https://professional.sunstargum.com/en-en/#cmp-accordion__item-europe too. There was really nice toothpaste from Urtekram, but it's gone from stores for a year now for some reason.

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