A(rm &) Hammer to crack a nut? (Arm & Hammer Dental Care Baking Soda Toothpaste)

Member Name: numberthree

Product:	Arm & Hammer Dental Care Baking Soda Toothpaste
Date:	01/03/04 (332 review reads)
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Advantages: Minty taste, Only need a small amount, Cleans very well

Disadvantages: ?

About 12 months ago my local Somerfield store closed down and there went my only local supplier of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Toothpaste ? Freshmint Gel. I was devastated. But last week I found my saviour ? my new and improved Wilko?s store had it in!! I was so pleased I decided to tell you why I love it.

Arm & Hammer are an American company, a division of Church Dwight & Co for those of you who like to know. They produce a toothpaste that has baking soda in as a cleaning and polishing ingredient. The two types they make are original coolmint and freshmint gel. Whilst my husband likes the original I find I don?t like the taste so I use the freshmint gel. The freshmint gel comes in 2 sizes 50ml and 100ml. The 50ml size cost me £0.85 from Wilkinsons. Each tube is green and white with the Arm & Hammer symbol ? urrmm an arm and a hammer ? on it. The tubes are sealed inside a box to prevent tampering. I find this method much better than putting a seal over the end of the tube, as I can never remove them successfully. I had an embarrassing experience getting into a new toothpaste tube (not Arm & Hammer) whilst camping a few years ago ? the silver seal came off leaving a clear plastic bit behind, aarrgh ? in the end I didn?t clean my teeth for two days until I got home! (Yes I know I should have got a knife or some scissors ? but this was only a tube of toothpaste for goodness sake!!)

Sorry, back to the op.

The packaging boxes are also green and white with the Arm & Hammer symbol on.
On one side of the box is the information about the toothpaste, the most important differences to other pastes being the low abrasion and deep cleaning. This, so they claim, is down to the baking soda particles contained in the paste. The particles dissolve whilst brushing so that you can?t do any damage to gums. This paste also contains fluoride. On opening the screw top of the squeezy tube you are faced with a bright green paste ? maybe not the id
eal colour if you have a hangover! The scent is quite strong and very minty. The paste easily squeezes out onto your brush and you only need a small amount ? pea sized. When you start brushing I find the flavour very delicate but definitely minty. The paste seems quite smooth and you don?t really notice the baking soda particles. The only down side is that sometimes the baking soda sticks together and you get a blob of bits ? bit of a shame that really. When you get to brushing, the toothpaste doesn?t lather up like some so you don?t end up with a mouthful of foam. It rinses easily away once you have finished and your teeth feel clean without your tongue and mouth being on fire with mint!

I find it keeps my breath fresh as well as leaving my teeth feeling very clean. My dentist says that I have healthy teeth and that I should carry on using what I am ? I can?t give a better recommendation than that.

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