Signal Toothpaste

I was in my local Tesco express and needed to buy some toothpaste, I find when you go to a smaller outlet the variety of products are very limited and often have to buy the expensive leading brand products. Then I came accross Signal, now I think I do vividly remember using this as a child as I remember the red and white stripes but don't often see this brand in the shops and don't think to buy it. The reason I was drawn to this product was because of the price, i think it was about 99p whereas they only had another choice of colgate and it was one of those pump ones but double the price. Now call me tight but I refuse to pay extra because its a pump ...

Choosing a toothpaste that is suits your everyday needs is easier said than done. My front teeth are rather sensitive and the Dentist recommended using Sensodyne, the Dental Nurse kindly gave me a sample tube. I was told that you have to persevere with Sensodyne, the toothpaste doesn't offer instant relief but used over a period of time it supposedly calms the sensitivity. Sensodyne averages £2.50 plus a tube and after using it for a month I felt that the benefits weren't great enough to justify the cost. Some toothpastes have a nasty habit of making my mouth sore, so if I find one that leaves my mouth feeling fairly fresh and no soreness ...

From the first tooth that I grew, like all mothers, my mother made sure that I cleaned my teeth well. For this twice daily task (in the morning after breakfast, and at night time just before I said my prayers) my mum always insisted that we use Signal toothpaste. I was always jealous of other kids who's mums bought Colgate minty gel, cause in my opinion it tasted nicer. I only know this, however, because in Primary 2 our old bat of a teacher insisted that we clean our teeth at lunch time as well. So in an effort to liven up this mundane task we used to swap toothpaste, cause swapping toothbrushes was just too gross a thing to consider, even at the age of 7! ...