My Dental Hygiene Nightmare

While grocery shopping with my mom one evening i decided to pick up a few items I needed too. Of those items toothpaste was on the list. I was just using up the last of Crest Pro Health toothpaste (just the regular kind) and was going to get this again. Next to the Crest Pro Health was a new toothpaste called.... Crest Pro Health Clinical Gum Protection. I thought "Well this is Crest... Ill try it". So along with the toothpaste I decided to try the mouth wash too. This was about a week and a half ago. I try it and my mouth felt clean and fine, it had a great taste... and then u sit there for about 10 minutes.... then the filmyness on the inside of you cheeks and on ur gums starts..... for close to a week i ignored that. Then... it was hurting to brush. my gums were killing me everytime i brushed. i could feel little places inside my mouth around my gums that felt like little burns and were really sensitive to touch. At this point I started to use a different toothpaste but continued to use the mouth wash as normal. Since Monday of this week i have not been able to taste anything. there is this bad taste in my mouth I cant get rid of and it feels like my tongue is burned....

I started to do some research to see if anyone else had any of these effects from TOOTHPASTE! And they did. Luckily there was one effect i did not have... brown staining that can only be taken care of (expensively) by a dentist. I found numerous websites that gave other consumers accounts of their experience with this toothpaste and mouthwash. AND there was even a class action suit because of the staining. (http://www.dentalheroes.com/crest-pro-health-rinse-draws-complaints/)

My conclusion:
The toothpaste caused small chemical burns and caused the skin or tissue on the inside of my cheek and gums to peel (this was the filmyness). The mouthwash caused a horrble taste in my mouth and i think this burned my taste buds. My taste didnt really start to go out until after i quit the toothpaste and used the mouthwash with a different toothpaste.

Here are some of the websites I found with different reviews:

http://www.viewpoints.com/Crest-Pro-Health-Rinse-review-20965

http://www1.epinions.com/reviews/CREST_Pro_Health_Rinse_Clean_Mouth_Wash_Mint

http://www.insanit.net/warnings/crest-pro-health-fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-twice-shame-on-me/ (this is all about the specific toothpaste i used!)

So Im not crazy! This toothpaste and mouth wash is pure evil..... I will never buy ANYTHING crest ever again and I would encourage everyone to NEVER buy them either. I am going to try Colgate Total and floss now..... If i try to do a mouthwash i may try a natural one like Toms.