Review on Crest 3D White Brilliance Toothpaste, Refreshing Vibrant Peppermint Flavor, 3.9 Oz (Pack of 3) by Nazrul Boscan

Yes, this is just one of the many whitening toothpaste brands on the market. Based on my research, they all do pretty much the same thing and use more or less the same ingredients. 1.) An abrasive designed to clean without damaging teeth, such as B. calcium or magnesium carbonate or silicates. 2.) Either sodium fluoride (cheap and acceptable) or stannous fluoride (better for antimicrobial gum) 3.) Bleach, almost always hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide aka bleach.) Binder to make the whole chemical mess into a paste, not a liquid . 6.) Foaming agent to retain particles scraped off teeth. 7.) preservatives. That's all! About the same amount is in a tube of any whitening toothpaste you use every day. And none of them is fundamentally different. Is always! They all buy their chemicals from a handful of suppliers. And they all sell almost the same solutions. branding difference. These products differ in advertising, packaging and price. And while I'm talking about pricing, many people have noticed a steady decrease in product size. More recently, the weight of the product has been reduced from 4.1 ounces to 3.9 ounces. That actually works out to be a nice little 5% price increase for the Crest Brand Manager. And yes, it's a shoddy tool that's been used in consumer products like groceries, toiletries, and over-the-counter medicines for decades. Most people will either be unaware of the price increase or simply dismiss it as meaningless. And that's exactly what the Crest brand manager relies on, your apathy. So vote with your wallet. Toothpaste is a commodity, not a proprietary secret formula. When it comes to those whitening toothpastes, Crest is one of the more shady players. The only difference in bleaching is the amount of bleach, be it hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide, that they add to the product. Crest does not disclose how much bleach is in its product or which one it uses. Colgate, on the other hand, takes the opposite approach, reporting that they use 3% hydrogen peroxide in their Optic White Renewal equivalent. Many thanks to Colgate for taking on the high demands for product transparency. But Colgate also charges a lot more ($5.98) for a 3-ounce tube of toothpaste compared to the 3.9-ounce tube Crest offers here at Revain ($5.00). Finally for people who seem frustrated with going old school. a cap instead of the snap cap used previously, that might be fine. All bleach is inherently a highly reactive chemical. In this case, when you squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube, hydrogen peroxide and carbamide peroxide start to react with oxygen. Once this reaction occurs, the bleach runs out and no longer produces the bleaching effect. Therefore, it is important to effectively seal the tube of toothpaste to protect it from oxygen 23 hours and 59 minutes a day when your toothpaste is just sitting on the shelf. Crest may have decided that people were too lazy to close the snap cap or that the snap cap was not effective enough to seal out atmospheric oxygen, leading to product spoilage and customer complaints. A screw cap seals the air IF you screw the cap on tight after each use and keep the threads clean. Otherwise, your whitening toothpaste will be useless when you use it. In any case, despite low prices due to product shrinkage and lack of transparency on the amount of bleach in their product, I continue to use Crest because it really works and the price is generally better than direct competitors. As I said, toothpaste is a commodity.