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Colgate Oxygen Toothpaste
Colgate 'Oxygen' toothpaste is produced by Colgate-Palmolive. It was the Colgate comapny that first produced 'toothpaste in a tube' (c1896), previous to that it was kept in a jar, no doubt next to their false teeth lol.
The Packaging
A light bluse box over laid with red at one end with the Colgate logo in white on top with pictures of bubbles at the other end. I brought the 100ml tube for £2.00 at superdrug. To be honest with you I'm not usually that fussy when buying toothpaste, when faced with racks and racks of the stuff I go for the reduced or special offers.
On the box Colgate claim's that this toothpaste provides
Prue Freshness
Long lasting fresh breath
Care and Protection for your teeth and gums
But it's biggest claim is that it 'gently' lifts away plaque and impurities by the oxygen in the toothpaste.
The Taste
The toothpaste has a flip lid and the blue gel has quite a pleasant minty taste, well I liked it. Within the toothpaste gel there are what appears to be little 'specs' which I assume must be (or represent) the 'oxygen'. The toothpaste does froth up quite a bit giving you that 'I've got rabies' sort of look.
Where's the Oxygen gone?
I remember years ago my chemistry teacher at school telling us that we'd be better off cleaning our teeth with mud than using toothpaste. I've always thought that was an odd thing to say until I recently found out what goes into toothpaste. My dentist tells me that it's the 'abraives' in the toothpaste (ie silica) which give toothpaste it's cleaning power, they remove stains and plaque, as well as polish the teeth but must not be too abrasive enough to damage tooth enamel. So, Colgates claim of removing plaque by 'Oxygen' is very unlikely. The only chemical in Colgate toothpaste that produces Oxygen is 'Calcium peroxide' but is found in most toothpastes. Colgate's Oxygen like other toothpastes contain abrasives and it's these that remove the plaque. Personally I'm inclined to believe that there' are no 'bubbles' of oxygen in the gel and even if they are they don't work, instead it's simply a marketing ploy.
I think the 'Oxygen' statement is more a marketing ploy and although it's true that Calcium peroxide produces oxygen this is present in most toothpastes and not unique to Colgate Oxygen, in light of this I do find it all a bit misleading.... taste nice though :-)
For more stunningly interesting toothpaste facts see www.toothpasteworld.com (I have no friends.com lol)
Colgate.eu.uk
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