Can anyone recommend a tried and tested toothpaste for sensitive teeth for hypos. I use Sensodyne Foam. Which seems to be the only toothpaste not too sweet and works with my 3 minute brush in the morning. And doesn’t send my teeth back to their original sensitivity. It has the dark blue stripe so not as natural as I’d like. I’ve oil pulled and used a herbal tooth paste for my tongue brushing. But after 2 solid months my teeth were still super sensitive.
Secondly I’m trying to get onto using bottled water only as research shows London has high fluoride levels not to mention the 18 other chemicals to clean it with. Any recommendations? Or better yet filters - I hate the waste plastic bottles make. facebook.com/SkyOceanRescue... I average about 3/4 2 litre bottles a day. Voss is expensive but might be the lesser of two evils. I prefer the taste of spring water. But mineral water is fine to wash meat and use in hot drinks.
Lastly kettles - I’ve changed cookware to glass and ale Crueset but no idea about aluminium free kettles.
Any in sights or links welcome.
Have a great weekend and thanks in advance,
Ebony
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If you carry water around with you you could buy an unbreakable stainless steel flask perhaps? They come in various sizes and can be used for keeping liquids cold or hot. It is something I plan to buy for myself very soon. Just haven't got around to it yet.
I do but it’s sourcing a good water etc. Thank you for your suggestion. Luckily I like room temperature water to drink so any container. Easier to recycle ♻️ too
Thank you Ffranny. Reasonable considering how long they last. 25 year guarantee! I’ve been using a stove top one but it’s old, so this is a welcome replacement. I’ve still got some of my mother’s old Crueset cookware from my childhood 30 years ago! 💜
great! Wasnt sure as it wouldnt be for everyone, but I think they look fab and am considering one too..
I sympathise re water in London, tap water tastes vile there from my limited experience. Re bottled water....Any water can be called spring water. It can even come from a tap somewhere, as I understand labelling law. Mineral water has to have come from the ground.
I'm had very sensitive teeth and very sore gums too before I gave up gluten and I was sensitive to many toothpastes especially whitening ones but found Arm and Hammer Sensitive pro or sometimes I used arm and hammer enamel protect really helped - both state have liquid calcium so not sure if that is what helps. They are baking soda ones and definitely not sweet
Sorry can't help with the water as we are one of the few places in uk that don't add flouride? I do know some bottled can have none of the good stuff you need to so worth reading up a bit on it or getting a filter instead?
Arm and Hammer taste horrible. I remember they posted samples ages ago. But I’ll give the sensitive pro a go. But Enamel Protect 😷 never again! I love Euthyrol tooth powder but that strips my teeth. Colgate is far to sweet. Although I import their Herbal brand as it’s natural (green stripe).
The Sensodyne Foam works well, I get such a clean feeling after.
I’ll wait for recommendations on water - thanks 🙏🏾
I agree with Saggyuk I remember being younger and my parents buying arm and hammer and thinking yak wtf is this. After a short while they changed it and I actually asked for them to keep buying it as I started to prefer it 😂
Hi, I had unbelievably sensitive teeth and the dentist prescribed super-high fluoride toothpaste for it: nightmare for hypo. I tried AloeDent Sensitive and it's been working so well I haven't used anything else now for over 2 years. It's fluoride free. I had a few days' sensitivity while I transitioned from Sensodyne Repair but I honestly think Aloedent is better. The dentist has remarked recently that my oral hygiene is excellent, and all I do is brush with this twice a day, plus a nightly floss if I remember. Re water, I used carbon sticks (black and Blum) but can't vouch for their fluoride removal. If I could afford it I'd get a Berkey filter, which does remove fluoride, rather than use plastic bottled. Kettles: what about a stainless steel one with s covered element? There are loads: I got mine in M&S.
Interesting! I think my step mother uses AloeDent, so I think I know where to get the sensitive from. I’ll look into Berkey filters thank you. My logic is spend upfront if it’ll save in the long run. My Bodum kettle has a covered element. But I thought all stainless steel was bad - but a covered element makes sense. Thank you Dandy Thyro 🤗
OMG, I've never heard of stainless steel being bad, and have been advised numerous times to avoid aluminium and get stainless steel instead. I just hope you're mistaken! I checked out Berkey at Amazon: still expensive at around £300 for a machine, but there are reverse osmosis systems for much less, though you'd have to pay a plumber, and some filter jugs also now claim to filter out fluoride (+ the rest) for much less.
I think I am. It’s probably aluminium not stainless steel being good along side glass. I need to dig up the article.
Thank you for looking up Berkey, I was expecting high hundreds maybe even a thousand. So that’s good news. I’d have done it sooner had I known, to save on the water that I do buy and the environment.
Have you tried Fluoride-free toothpaste? Fluoride interrupts iodine absorption, so is a bad thing for everybody, but particularly for hypos. There are umpteen varieties out there, so you don't have to have minty or sweet. ( Cinnamon, aloe, bicarb, herbal....)
I like Kingfisher fluoride free. Cheapest I've sourced is Dolphin Fitness if you buy 4 tubes or more at a time.
If you go down the fluoride-free route, remember to change your fluoride mouthwash!
What does your hygenist/dentist say about your dental health? Are you flossing and irrigating enough to keep the gums healthy?
Have you removed gluten from your diet yet? Any food that impinges on your health will have a negative effect. And gluten for hypos is a Biggie!!!
If you really like spring water rather than eau de tap, then buy it in glass bottles and decant into a portable container. The glass is recycled, your container is reused. I use Sensodyne Repair and Protect, thiugh you aren’t supposed to rinse it off for full protection and after-taste!
Voss in glass bottles is about £2.50 for 900ml. Even with a Costco that is too expensive for me. And the kids are still plastic (hopefully recyclable now) I think Sensodyne R&P has the blue strip here in England 😒
I was wondering if Brita filtered water is good for us as the filter has certain minerals to filter through. Does yours have anything that’s appropriate to us Hypos? If so which brand is it please?
My Sensodyne R&P is a consistent white paste throughout. It does have flouride in it though. Waitrose Royal Deeside is 95p for 750 ml so £1.27 per litre. I mainly drink tap water decanted via a Brita filter and put that in a glass bottle in the fridge - cost of that is replacing the filter every few weeks (hint, buy in bulk when on offer!)
I drink Evian water it's cheap here in France. I use a glass water filter jug also for the tea and coffee. I use a toothpaste called Kingfisher which is fluoride free but does contain baking soda.
Hooray! My dentist (holistic) advised making up my own......sodium bicarbonate with a little aloe vera mixed in. I've never looked back and if I ever run out I keep kingfisher baking soda tube in b/room cabinet.
As regards water.....if you can afford it look at reverse osmosis. In Devon the water is soft and good but I still use RO. Did you know that the residue chemicals from slug pellets is being found in drinking water......I didn't but I'm not surprised. As for well intentioned drinking fountains countrywide etc you would have no idea what that water contained so if one is opting to cut plastic would you be overdosing on fluoride etc!!
I may sound like a dinosaur but until the world players DO something about their plastic waste every thing else is a sideshow......ďrinking straws & bottles etc.......I mean, does my root veg really need to be swathed in plastic........Oy veh!
Unfortunately the world players are mainly interest in making money and prestige not helping the planet. In my local supermarket in France they only started using recyclable bags for fresh food last year.
I take mine back each time an reuse these does anybody else, NO.
So annoying although when I do forget I make sure I re use the ones I buy.
People take time to get used change and remember. Some are just ignorant like my neighbour who still buys bags and puts them in his recycling bin. I wish the council would start charging him but they take it anyway.
I still buy Sensodyne Original. Sainsbury’s still stock it! Only recently replenished so do hope they haven’t stopped producing it. The only one I can use.
Oh yes I meant Sensodyne Classic. (Sorry!) They’ve stopped making it. You can buy online, I got some from Amazon, but when it arrived the silver foil seal was missing so I thought it might be fake. Other reviews says the same. I dumped it.
Hi EbonyEvans. I've used Green People fluoride free toothpaste for years and years. Comes in three flavours. It was originally mentioned in The Times as a preventive measure against sensitive teeth and it works for me. No more sensitive teeth. Also I have a Bodmin electric kettle - plastic.
Hello to Ebony Evans - I have been using a natural toothpaste called Grants of Australia for quite a number of years it has no Fluoride - No Parabens - No SLS as I suffer badly with mouth ulcers and I am allergic to Fluoride. I know it is available in the USA but I am sure if it is in the UK. Their web site is grantsofaustralia.com.au They will be able to let you know otherwise I am sure that they would post some to you.
I also use Green People fluoride-free toothpaste and my sensitive teeth have been fine with it - no issues here!
For water filters, Berkey are about the best - but not cheap and not small! A good investment if you have the space and money though. Have you looked at putting a charcoal filter stick in your water - helps absorb impurities. I don’t think I’d go down the bottled water route, with all the attention on plastic waste, but I understand it is more convenient.
This green people toothpaste I’ve heard of. Thank you. And Berkey will get researched soon. I’d prefer to save on plastic and spend a fortune on a decent filter.
I bought a filter type thing to go over my kitchen tap. Which doesn’t die but I’m getting a new kitchen so fingers crossed in the interim.
I also use fluoride free toothpaste, Kingfisher but in 4s from ebay. Having had numerous problems with my gums I find this gentle, I'd never have toothpaste with fluoride added!
The water is a big issue for me also, living in West Cumbria we have flouride added to our water, so bottled water in our household, that doesn't solve the bathing problem though. If you are able, a water filter fitted under your sink would be an answer to the drinking water at least, to remove the fluoride.
There is a group in our area called Flouride free Cumbria, I have managed to attend a couple of meetings, they are trying to bring to peoples attention this problem and the link to Thyroid problems as well as fighting to have fluoride removed.
That must be such a nightmare! But I applaud you for trying to educate and help others regarding the water. Thank you also for answering my question on sensitivity with your brand. It’s such a relief to know there are a few more available.
I use Weleda salt, too. There are several other flavours, but the salt gives me a better feeling of clean. I also have an upstairs sink where I use a Doctor Organics aloe vera one. So I mix between the two, and my teeth feel better than they ever have. I worry the salt may be a bit abrasive to use twice a day every day. But I haven't ever had any problems.
I had sensitive teeth when I was using whatever I could get my hand on, usually the name brand. If I'm away and use a friend's whitening brand (which they all seem to be these days), my teeth become sensitive after a day or two, and I'm back unable to drink cold water, etc. But on my current toothepastes I've forgotten I ever had sensitivity.
I use euthymol toothpaste (fluoride free), fairly cheap can pick it up in Asda and buy in bulk online for reasonable price. Medicinal taste which people love or hate - l like it.
It burns my face off! And I brush my tongue so it’s too strong. My Dad uses it and if I talk to him straight after I swear by eyeballs are melting. If you have a Savers near you it’s a lot cheaper than Asda. I bulk buy it from there and send it to him. It was 99p for the standard size last November.
Hah - the fact i’m Ok with it probably shows the plight of my tastebuds - bless what’s left of them. Thanks for the Saver’s tip - I’ll nip in there next time.
I’m looking for tried and tested toothpaste for sensitive teeth so I’m going to give all the sensitive teeth a go. Hopefully one of the first ones I try will suit me. Did you suffer from sensitive teeth and does the Kingfisher brand help?
Thank you for the mouth wash reminder too. I no longer use it but I’ll have to double check - I like Retardex / Ultradex as it takes like water / flavour sachet Free.
Oral hygiene is fine. My hygienist sent me away as there was nothing he could do! I brush my teeth and tongue once a day and floss. Only white fillings.
I have found a toothpaste I love that is natural and has good results. I order it from Holland & Barrett as few stores have them on the shelves. Weleda salt toothpaste. At first it seems a bit strange as it doesn’t foam but you get used to it, and it feels so clean and fresh. I use a Brita jug to filter my water and also use it in my kettle and have no scale at the bottom. When going out I use a BP free bottle
Good morning, just been reading through your info and would like to add that I used Ultradex toothpaste. Sensodyne was my usual buy but read on a vegan site about Ultradex and would never go back. I'll add that after 77 years on this Planet and having used all sorts of makes that this is the only one that leaves my mouth and gums feeling good.
I tried Ultradex toothpaste when it was first out and called Retardex. I must have very sensitive taste buds as I find it tasted unusual too. I forced myself to finish the tube because it was (£7.95) so expensive! I don’t am the Mint flavouring to the mouthwash and I think it tasted like sterilising fluid (or at least what I think it would taste like, never tried it).
I agree with you on the brand - the mouth wash is amazing.
Thank you for reading through and taking the time to message.
Yes, agreed. Something like that. I went off of Perrier water almost over night. But the Tesco sparkling was the better of the three supermarkets (Sainsbury’s and Asda). The one in the green bottle - Highland something Tesco one brand 47p) tastes the same but retains the fizz longer. Interesting. A shame I can’t whip out my Sodastreama and add my own fizz to still water 😁
The blue or white bottles? I forgot about those. I haven’t seen them in London for years but will check those out. I hope the price is better than Voss! Have a great weekend.
Hi I use Arm & Hammer-sensitive Orajel toothpaste. I got it online after finding it once in a store in NYC. It’s less expensive than Sendodyne which I used for years and I think much more effective. 🤗
TOOTHPASTE - I had terrible sensitive teeth & bleeding gums. I started using 'Euthymol' fluoride free toothpaste and I get nothing but praise from my dentist and hygienist and no longer have any issues. I purchase in Sainsbury's for £2 but I believe you can buy it on line as well.
WATER - my husband bought us a water distiller and we have been drinking distilled water ever since. You should see what is left behind in the distiller, it looks disgusting - I wish I could attach a picture. Our water is supposed to be fluoride free but you would wonder what else is in it when you see what is left behind. I have had no adverse effects drinking distilled water, I was having terrible issues with kidney stones and recurring kidney infections with horrendous pain in my back but this has now gone.
Mtcorr, I've heard there are dangers of having distilled water, as you're taking out ALL the minerals, and some of those we need. There are examples of people becoming very sick when they're forced to have distilled.
I don't know too much about it, and I'm sure you can top up the difference in some way. But worth looking into!
Thank you for your concern. Yes I read all the reports before I started and as I take a multitude of supplements and eat a health and varied diet. I therefore weighed up the risks and decided it was worth a go as with the constant urine infections I was in agony.
I haven't looked back and the benefits have been great. I am now after having drank it for some time with no adverse effects a little cynical about the reports about the dangers when you see the crud that remains.
I’m with you there. If you drink distilled regularly and are concerned there are various mineral mixes to add to the water. Something like Fulvic gives only traces of minerals so that you can put something back in if concerned. But I have found distilled ok for me and well filtered for other purposes.
Me neither. I used to brush my tongue with liquid glycerine until I found a herbal one that was tolerable. I’ve added that to my list. Thank you Christabel
The only one for sensitive teeth that I ever found worked was the one with strontium in it. Sadly not available without fluoride. Don''t use it now as most of the time I've found the Dr Bronners toothpaste is fine + occasional use of Living Libations (from US) I use glass bottles that came with bottled water in them to carry water I've filtered at home.
Even though our local water is not fluoridated I filter my water and carry it with me. I like this as I can use it with one hand: m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Contigo-AU...
I make ginger water kefir for the gut bugs and need to get rid of chlorine. I use BWT, which allows Mg through:
I love the green coloured filter. And I’ll invest in one as well if my Brita doesn’t let Mg through.
I need to be more adventurous with my kefir making!
Ginger water 😋 I love ginger raw and especially grated.
Ebony
Hi EbonyEvans ,
I use a natural fluoride free powder toothpaste that I order online but easy to make. Let me know if you want the recipe or link. I also bought a home water distiller and carry my water in a bottle.
Hi Ebony, I find my tooth sensitivity is more of a neuralgia problem. Do you find it is just the upper teeth? I think has to do with inflammation, thank you Hashimoto's.
I always recommend Dr. Tung's ionic toothbrush. It is NOT electric but pulls plaque off teeth and works wonderfully.
Hi Ebony, I've been hypo for 25 years, and a few years ago developed an allergy under the lower lip (a red mark which does not hurt but is unsightly). The dermatologist said I was allergic to Parabens (a preservative used in cosmetics and also toothpaste). I was told NOT to use Colgate and those toothpaste you buy in a supermarket, but get something with Aloe Vera from the Healthfood Shop. I've been using Aloe Dent for the past 5 years - very successfully. They do a specially Sensitive one which I also alternate with the Whitening one. Very pleasant and no side effects. Do have a try.
Have you looked into an Reverse Osmosis system? It doesnt remove everything in the water but removes alot and weve found its worth the money in the long run. We’ve also tried zero water. This system does remove everything in tap water but we went through filters quite a bit and it gets expensive pretty fast. Hope you find what what works for you!
I use a Brita faucet filter, made by a German Co and apparently it's called Hinari and Breville in England. I love it.. will last way over 3 months for me... To carry water with me, I use a small size glass bottle and fill it from my Brita filtered water faucet tap.
Toothpaste, I use Toms, Maine Inc Co. Kennebuck, ME all natural no chemicals ...I used to have sensitive teeth and this toothpaste is very good for sensitive teeth.
Just pick a toothpaste and mouthwash that are fluoride-free. The fluoride is causing the sensitivity. In the past I tried Sensodyne for years with minimal improvement. Now, I've used Xylawhite and Jäson's for nearly 10 years and the sensitivity has never returned. When I can't find these brands I just buy another fluoride-free paste that I can stand the taste. I also refuse fluoride treatments at the dentist's office. As far as cookware I just buy the highest grade stainless steel I can afford. For water I carry a tempered glass bottle that is enclosed in a rubberized cover to protect it from minor mishaps and fill it with either distilled or reverse-osmosis filtered water. I just buy whatever brands are available near me or the health food stores here sell 5 gallon BPA jugs that you can fill with their filtered water. Best of luck
I don't have sensitive teeth, but I do occasionally get teeth that hurt. I have problems with my jaw, skull and vertebrae, so if any one -or combination of - is misaligned, I get sore teeth.
Just from a personal perspective, anyone suffering from toothache might benefit from seeing an osteopath, chiropractor etc. just in case it is referred nerve pain from somewhere else.
I would also recommend everyone to read up on oral health/gut health/gluten intolerance/celiac. Celiac can be identified by the state of teeth, most easily in children. Interestingly, the relatives of those with celiac, but who are not themselves celiac, can have similar dental and oral health problems. Even minor gluten sensitivity can affect oral health, particularly with enamel density and ulcers.
I’m shocked about your above info. Thank you so much. It’s so informative. I have an osteopath for my spine issues and will mention one of your points to him. I’ve had more back issues over the last few years and teeth issues needing three bouts of antibiotics- which have me flu and other knock on effects!
My U.K. dentists have advised I have very small nerves and the first and second root canals had to be re done. There are also apparently 1 in every billion people whose nerves re generate. With these odds I should start doing the lottery!
I will mention what you’ve said next time as that’s a valid point.
I haven’t had a cold or flu in 15 years. Then a few bouts of antibiotics and I was knocked out twice the winter.
My acupuncturist recommended Meridol toothpaste for teeth/gum issues. Online it looks like they manufacture a variety of toothpastes, & it may be made in Germany. Has anyone tried out this brand?
I've tried a few fluoride free toothpastes, Euthymol is easy to find but not that nice, Kingfisher, Greenpeople, Sarakan, Alodent, however Ecodenta black whitening is OK ~& they do a triple one too.
I used to have sensitive teeth, especially hot & cold, but gone now as Vitamin D replete J
It’s near the top of the list! My OVD kicked on an I’ve alphabetised all suggestions 😁. Thank you so much. I wish I knew how to put them into a Dropbox file for future reference.
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