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.
Thanks for the the link, I will look into it.
However, personally, I would not trust Stiftung Warentest results that much. For few other products, I looked deep into how they score them (via their videos and articles and then other resources), and imo, their score didn’t seem to reflect a lab-test result, but rather “how we feel about it” result (I can elaborate more if you are interested).
Here, from first look, it is much better than its other tests, however, having 10% of score for packaging (it got higher from 5%) is annoying to me. For example, it says “Five experts test how well the packs open and shut”: I mean… It is good know, but I rather would have a toothpaste that is better for my teeth and opens badly compared to a toothpaste that is terrible but opens nicely!
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.
Can you elaborate more please? Or give us a link to the report.
https://www.test.de/Zahnpasta-im-Test-4607097-0/ german and 5€ for the data, but newspapers often share snippets of it for free
Thanks for the the link, I will look into it. However, personally, I would not trust Stiftung Warentest results that much. For few other products, I looked deep into how they score them (via their videos and articles and then other resources), and imo, their score didn’t seem to reflect a lab-test result, but rather “how we feel about it” result (I can elaborate more if you are interested). Here, from first look, it is much better than its other tests, however, having 10% of score for packaging (it got higher from 5%) is annoying to me. For example, it says “Five experts test how well the packs open and shut”: I mean… It is good know, but I rather would have a toothpaste that is better for my teeth and opens badly compared to a toothpaste that is terrible but opens nicely!
Well that’s a ominous insinuation without proper sourcing.
I just meant some big name brand toothpastes being very abrasive to (imo) a point of detriment
That’s not an opinion, it either is or isn’t detrimental.
well you might just slowly brush away your enamel
You ‘might’ not be able to provide sources for that insinuation.
https://lemmy.world/post/27216049/15931778 here’s someone linking the PDF that explains what they mean. pertinent screenshots:
