To buy strawberry toothpaste?

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About eight months ago I accidentally bought strawberry toothpaste for my DCs (3 and 5). Then we went back to normal mint flavour.

Recently they've been saying that they don't like the mint one, and they don't like cleaning their teeth, and they want the strawberry one.

I am happy to get the strawberry one, but DH thinks we should stick to mint as otherwise we're encouraging their sweet tooths which isn't helpful for their teeth, and that mint is just normal toothpaste and they need to get used to it.

AIBU to get them strawberry? Should I insist on mint?

I don't have mint toothpaste.

I had an infection on my tongue about 6 years ago, and since then, I've been unable to tolerate mint. It genuinely feels like my whole mouth is on fire.
I now use a toothpaste called Oranurse, which is flavourless and non-foaming. It was actually designed for people with textural and taste sensitivites due to Autism. It has the required level of fluoride, which some of the non-mint flavoured toothpastes don't.

As long as it has the right amount of fluoride it dosent matter

I asked the dentist this and she said the strawberry one was fine to use!

Provided it’s got fluoride in it, it’s fine. I dislike the flavour of mint and as a result, brushing my teeth is an annoying chore. If there were adult toothpastes that were a) easy to get hold of, b) had the same fluoride content and c) tasted of something nice, I would buy them. So I say crack on with the strawberry one.

By the way, the ‘sweet tooth’ thing makes no sense here - mint in toothpaste is also sweet. It’s no less sweet than strawberry. Does your DH think, eg, Polos or Mint Imperials are somehow savoury?

Try Punch and Judy, @ManateeFair. That's the one my adult dc uses. They say it's not sickly like the supermarket ones.

I use Sainsbury's berry one
Mint burns my mouth. Dentist said as long as it had correct fluoride levels it was fine "you can brush your teeth with unicorn flavour for all I care"

My daughter really dislikes the minty ones but has been tolerating them until recently when she started having a brace fitting and the orthodontist recommended Oranurse. It has no flavour and doesn't foam so she now happily brushes her teeth with no complaints and it's the same fluoride level as minty toothpaste. So a winner all round.

Superdrug do a coconut one with adult fluoride levels. Still struggling to find a decent mouthwash other than berry.

The flavor is there to make brushing tolerable. There's no other reason for it. As long as the fluoride is there it really doesn't matter.

Do what works! It's not worth the battle. 🪥

Your DH is being weirdly controlling. The strawberry children's toothpaste isn't sweeter than any other brand - ask me how I know! There's a tasty orange one as well.
We get different flavours from the international store, I like the clove, and the lemon and ginseng.

Thanks all! Sounds like there's nothing wrong with strawberry then but I will check the fluoride levels. And maybe make DH finish the rest of the mint one!

morrisons berry gel has the recommended fluoride content (1450? if i remember correctly)

Yep strawberry toothpaste was the only way I could brush my teeth whilst pregnant. Mint toothpaste just made me wanna vom

I've always loathed mint flavour. Sadly most other toothpaste flavours are pretty disgusting too. For a while there was one called "Close-up" which was clove flavour - quite nice but it gave me mouth ulcers 🙁
I hadn't heard of Oranurse, I must try it!
Would love a tomato or gin-and-tonic flavoured one...

I use a lemon one, dc1 likes strawberry, dc2 and dh use mint. All have the same amount of fluoride.

Dc1 is 8, hates the taste of mint and doesn't have a sweet tooth.

After years of fighting with a child over toothpaste flavours her new dentist recommended this one. We have no issues with it at all now

What’s your evidence for flavoured toothpastes not having the right fluoride content? All the ones I have seen are made by the same manufacturers as the mint ones and have the same fluoride content.

What teeth are concerned, the most important thing is to make sure you child doesn’t rinse their mouth out with water afterwards. The toothpaste needs to stay on the teeth. I had to stop my MIL from well-meaningly offering DS a tumbler of water to swill round his mouth after brushing. Lots of us were brought up that way but it’s against current guidance.

My eldest as a child loathed the taste of mint. We used some other strawberry toothpaste with the same fluoride level. You realise that it's not actually sugar but artificial sweetener. They eventually moved to adult toothpaste. They turned out vegetarian and don't have much of a sweet tooth. I don't think the toothpaste made any difference.

I'd be worried about the fluoride content, not the flavour. The strawberry flavour ones usually tend to have less

I might get some strawberry toothpaste myself. I can't stand mint. I have to brush and rinse with hot water otherwise it burns my mouth.

My mouth doesn't feel clean unless I've used mint. But other people don't feel that same way and ultimately it is cleaning their teeth so who cares what flavor it is? Is he aware that mint toothpaste is also sweet?

They've had bubblegum flavour with glitter toothpaste forever ask your dentist or chemist to recommend the best one.

Since starting chemo, mint is actually painful to use. It's like brushing with needles! I like an enamel building, sensitive teeth toothpaste and haven't found any (I'm not in the UK) without mint. Did find one enamel building kids' toothpaste in strawberry, which is my current favourite. I also have the unicorn bubblegum one and a couple of other strawberries. I hate the fact that all adult toothpastes you can find in the shops seemingly have to be mint flavoured. And you don't get kids' toothpastes specifically formulated for sensitive teeth.

Off topic but I'm also hypersensitive to anything spicy. Sauces etc that I never thought were at all spicy are on the verge of being painful now. Ginger can be a problem too. I have more sympathy now for people who can't tolerate any hot spice since I have become one of them! Miss my sriracha though. I'm ok so far with things like cumin thank goodness.

I used to love the strawberry toothpaste when I was little.