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Product Description
Fluoride toothpaste for anticavity, antigingivitis and sensitive teeth. Provides dentist recommended benefits. Cavities; Gingivitis; Plaque; Sensitivity; Tartar; Whitening; Freshens breath. Pro-Health uses a Polyfluorite System consisting of antibacterial fluoride and ActivClean Crystals. With Regular Brushing, Crest Pro-Health Provides These Benefits: Fights cavities; Fights plaque; Fights gingivitis; Builds increasing protection against painful sensitivity; Fights tartar; Whitens teeth by removing surface stains and inhibiting tartar buildup; Freshens breath. Products containing stannous fluoride may produce surface staining of the teeth. Adequate toothbrushing may prevent these stains which are not harmful or permanent and may be removed by your dentist. This Crest is specially formulated to help prevent staining.
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Customer Reviews
"Awful!" 2009-11-13By
Charlie PuppyI normally use another type of Crest, but Crest Pro-Health was on sale and I wanted to try it. It is horrible! The month slime everyone talks about is gross yet so true. The toothpaste is too strong. This slime is actually a collection of cells the toothpaste has stripped from your mouth. This may sound cleaning, but it strips way too much and leave your mouth almost raw in spots. I didn't realize this toothpaste was causing all this until I went online to read reviews. Rinsing doesn't help. After you stop using it for a week, your mouth should return to normal. Also, I normally do not have bad breath, but I seemed to develop horrible breath after using this. It doesn't whiten well at all.
I really can't say enough horrible things about it. I would never recommend this to anyone.
"works for me" 2009-10-29By
Dolores Monroe (Queens)
This is a product that you buy because it gets results, not for the taste. Personally, I like something like Armand-Hammer, which is more or less just baking soda. This is a little more gritty/industrial. Not as good as a whitening treatment, but will certainly help that.
Some people have talked about being de-sensitized to taste, perhaps because of the zinc. This has not happened to me.
"Not Very Good at All" 2009-10-19By
TWM (IL USA)
I used at least a full large tube of both the clean mint and the cinnamon versions of this. As with other toothpastes I've used over the last 10 years or more, I always brush my teeth with a Braun/Oral B electric toothbrush.
The only good effect of this product is that it does seem to whiten my teeth a bit compared to toothpastes without whitening agents.
In the neutral category I'd put taste and the feeling of a clean mouth immediately afterward. This is no better or worse than others in this respect. Sensitivity protection is also adequate as such products go, but not as good as Crest's specific Sensitivity toothpastes which, for my sensitive teeth, work better than any others I've tried.
In the definitely negative category I'd put:
1. Mouth slime. Others have mentioned this, and it is real. I'm not sure what the semi-opaque thick whitish mucus consistency stuff is, but there is more production of it with this paste than with any other I've ever used. It is a constant problem when using this product routinely. It does not just form after brushing and then you get rid of it and it's gone. It keeps forming.
2. Dry mouth. The longer I used it, the worse this condition got. Toward the end of my usage, the sensation was so strong that my mouth felt dry even when I was swishing water around in my mouth. Ugh!
3. Sense of taste impairment. With the dry mouth came decreased sense of taste which made all food less palatable. Again, not only is taste impaired, but my mouth felt dry even when chewing on moist food.
4. Bad taste in mouth. While I never got complaints from my wife about bad breath while using this stuff, within a couple of hours of use I'd get a bad taste in my mouth which eating or drinking would lessen, but not eliminate.
5. Drippy. It was difficult to use this without it dripping out of my mouth while brushing. The cinnamon is more paste-like and softer and is even more of a problem this way than the cool mint which has a more gel-like consistency. Both dripped on my shirt more than any other toothpaste I've ever used.
I am not a Crest hater. My favorite toothpaste long term is Crest's Sensitivity with Scope and Whitening. It has sensitivity protection second only to Crest's Sensitivity Original Formula, adequate whitening, no mouth irritation, minimal mouth slime, very fresh feeling and fresh breath, no bad taste in my mouth hours afterward, no dry mouth or taste impairment, and no drippiness. The only negative is price per ounce. I wish they still made it in a large tube like the 8.2 oz Pro.Health, rather than those ridiculous 4.2 oz tubes which they replaced the larger tubes with and raised the price at the same time . . . . Still, it's worth every penny.
"Too rough on the mouth" 2009-10-01By
R. BlombergI've been using this for just 3 days, and it has inflamed my gums and chapped/burned my lips. It is going back to the store for a refund.
"ZINC?!?" 2009-09-28By
Friedrich Feuerstein (North Central Texas)
I started using this toothpaste recently. A few days later I began to experience a rather sudden and extreme desensitization of my sense of taste. This really freaked me out because I heard that a sudden loss of taste sensation like that could be the sign of a serious health issue. But, before consulting a medical professional, I began to think about what had changed recently in my daily diet or supplementation regimen. The only thing I could think of as different was that I had recently just started using Crest Pro-Health. So, I looked at the label of the product, and in the inactive ingredient list, I saw ZINC. It totally made sense as I thought back to the recent FDA action on Zicam (which is a zinc based product) which was damaging people's sense of smell (in some cases permanently). I remembered from my biology classes that sense of taste and sense of smell are two closely related senses.
So, putting 2 and 2 together I immediately ceased using Crest Pro-Health and used another product not containing zinc (I made sure to check the label). Within 24 hours, my sense of taste began to slowly return to normal and as I type this it is almost completely back. I shudder to think that I might have done permanent damage to my sense of taste if I hadn't figured this out in time.
On top of all that, it tastes horrible, IMO.
Maybe I'm just sensitive to zinc or something, but, as it's not worth the risk I will never use this product again.
However, I'm seeing by other reviews that other users seem to be getting really good results with no side-effects. Therefore, I'll just end this product review with 'Buyer beware. Mileage may vary.'
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