Pepsodent, Too Delicious for Teeth

Each week, I tell myself, "Just skip an entry this Sunday...who's going to care?" However, I don't want to ruin my Sunday streak or disappoint the two people who eagerly await my Sunday night ramblings. Therefore, I will provide a brief entry about toothpaste.

Recently, I was extremely tempted to purchase a tube of Pepsodent toothpaste. It was my favorite toothpaste during college; I loved its delicious, wintergreen flavor. Wintergreen is possibly my favorite of the mints, although spearmint is a close, strong second. As a child, I was fascinated with the smell of BenGay—it was like a wintergreen Life Saver multiplied by 1000. I even tried tasting some BenGay, after my brother told me it was toothpaste, and sadly, it wasn't anything close to a wintergreen Life Saver x1000. Then, in college, I found Pepsodent, and it was as though my wintergreen toothpaste dreams had come true. 

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You might wonder why I stopped using my beloved toothpaste. Well, Mike only uses toothpastes approved by the American Dental Association, and I guess the ADA doesn't approve of wintergreen, or they're afraid consumers will eat the tasty toothpaste (FYI, I've only ever done such a thing as a child or when there was no candy in the house). Anyway, I stopped using Pepsodent a while ago, and now I worry that maybe it can't provide all the dental protection my teeth and gums require. Yet, maybe the whole ADA approval thing is just a scam to make me buy more expensive toothpastes. Pepsodent is only $1.00. I think I'll buy a tube and try it out for a week. If my teeth cleanliness goes down, I'll stop using Pepsodent, but I can always keep it around for a delicious, emergency wintergreen pick-me-up.