Thank you so much for explaining this. I've been trying to figure out the differences because jumping from the daily protection to gentle whitening has a huge jump on abrasion, so I've been looking for any other things that change between the toothpastes. For anyone interested, the pronamel toothpastes that tested at an abrasion level of 35 (low abrasion) are daily protection, fresh breath, intensive enamel repair, repair and protect whitening, and intensive enamel repair whitening. Gentle whitening and multi action both tested at 103 (aka just peaking into the highly abrasive category). And only strong and bright enamel tested at 135 (highly abrasive). These tests were done in 2020, so they could have changed the ingredients by now. In general stay away from anything that says whitening because that normally just equals more abrasion. I hope anyone who reads this has a wonderful day and keeps your teeth safe lol :}
Abrasion isn't necessarily a bad vs good... it is necessary for stain removal from teeth. The abrasives help mechanically remove the stains, which is akin to how your dentist scales off the stains/tartar build up. The way to think of it is similar to scrubbing a dinner plate with dried stuck food. The soft side of the sponge (non-abrasive) won't remove the food as well as the harder ( more abrasive) side. However, TOO much of the abrasives can be bad for your teeth. To my knowledge, all of the FDA approved toothpastes are within the safety limit of how abrasive they can be. The only safety concern is with the charcoal toothpastes which may potentially be too abrasive. Nonetheless, all of the pronamel toothpastes that I've tested within the past 1-2 months have all been very soft and non-abrasive feeling. A common trait among all of them is the paste melts into enamel as soon as I start brushing. Last but not least, from a cavity protection stand point and compared to the other pronamels... the best one without a shred of doubt is the Intensive Enamel Repair. To be quite honest, I think pronamel could eliminate all the other product lines and just keep that one...
@@afterva That's fair, for most people abrasion isn't really a bad thing, but I grind my teeth a lot (if I use a mouth guard it locks my jaw). From what I've seen when you have grinding issues, you need to try and keep the abrasion of your toothpaste lower I actually bought the Intensive Enamel Repair yesterday before you commented on this lol. I wanted to help my teeth as much as possible. They could probably just chuck the rest of the products, but variety makes people want more and think it's in higher demand. Plus everyone looks for specific things in toothpaste; whitening, minerals, enamel protection, flavor, etc. It gives people a wider variety to find the one they really like. The reason I started looking into it more deeply is because of the abrasion, but when I switched to the daily protection I couldn't stand the sweet taste. I'm really happy with the Intensive Enamel Repair, and the flavor is fine though not my favorite lol Also thank you for making the other video about sensitive toothpastes (I'll comment on that one in a minute too). I would always rinse my mouth after brushing my teeth, and while my teeth aren't insanely sensitive, I'm sure this will help the sensitivity. Plus I'm sure this will help the fluoride stay on my teeth without being diluted. I honestly don't know why I hadn't realized that before, but sometimes you need to be told something to have that aha moment
@@kiritokirigaya5972 all of the pronamel toothpastes have a slightly bitter taste to them when compared to other brands... all due to the cocamidopropyl betaine. That is a SLS substitute. The intensive enamel repair has a bioadhesive in it which helps the fluoride stick to the teeth longer. That is the sole reason why it "intensively" repairs the enamel.
@afterva oh I like how you've described that. Would you say its the closest to a tooth healing European toothpaste with their edible glass and all that next gen stuff? Total from Europe is like something from a different llanet. I'm trying to get something even half as good as Euro toothpaste. (Maybe I'll just need to import something)
Thank you so much for the information. So in other words, it's not worth to pay extra money for the active shield (like I did), unless you want more foam, which I don't.
This was very helpful, thank you! For the Intensive Enamel Repair, would you say there is a difference between the “extra fresh” version you showed and the Intensive Enamel Repair “Whitening” version? I ask as I want the fluoride benefits of the intensive repair but with whitening benefits too.
Thank you so much for explaining this. I've been trying to figure out the differences because jumping from the daily protection to gentle whitening has a huge jump on abrasion, so I've been looking for any other things that change between the toothpastes. For anyone interested, the pronamel toothpastes that tested at an abrasion level of 35 (low abrasion) are daily protection, fresh breath, intensive enamel repair, repair and protect whitening, and intensive enamel repair whitening. Gentle whitening and multi action both tested at 103 (aka just peaking into the highly abrasive category). And only strong and bright enamel tested at 135 (highly abrasive). These tests were done in 2020, so they could have changed the ingredients by now. In general stay away from anything that says whitening because that normally just equals more abrasion. I hope anyone who reads this has a wonderful day and keeps your teeth safe lol :}
Abrasion isn't necessarily a bad vs good... it is necessary for stain removal from teeth. The abrasives help mechanically remove the stains, which is akin to how your dentist scales off the stains/tartar build up.
The way to think of it is similar to scrubbing a dinner plate with dried stuck food. The soft side of the sponge (non-abrasive) won't remove the food as well as the harder ( more abrasive) side.
However, TOO much of the abrasives can be bad for your teeth. To my knowledge, all of the FDA approved toothpastes are within the safety limit of how abrasive they can be. The only safety concern is with the charcoal toothpastes which may potentially be too abrasive.
Nonetheless, all of the pronamel toothpastes that I've tested within the past 1-2 months have all been very soft and non-abrasive feeling. A common trait among all of them is the paste melts into enamel as soon as I start brushing.
Last but not least, from a cavity protection stand point and compared to the other pronamels... the best one without a shred of doubt is the Intensive Enamel Repair. To be quite honest, I think pronamel could eliminate all the other product lines and just keep that one...
@@afterva That's fair, for most people abrasion isn't really a bad thing, but I grind my teeth a lot (if I use a mouth guard it locks my jaw). From what I've seen when you have grinding issues, you need to try and keep the abrasion of your toothpaste lower
I actually bought the Intensive Enamel Repair yesterday before you commented on this lol. I wanted to help my teeth as much as possible. They could probably just chuck the rest of the products, but variety makes people want more and think it's in higher demand. Plus everyone looks for specific things in toothpaste; whitening, minerals, enamel protection, flavor, etc. It gives people a wider variety to find the one they really like. The reason I started looking into it more deeply is because of the abrasion, but when I switched to the daily protection I couldn't stand the sweet taste. I'm really happy with the Intensive Enamel Repair, and the flavor is fine though not my favorite lol
Also thank you for making the other video about sensitive toothpastes (I'll comment on that one in a minute too). I would always rinse my mouth after brushing my teeth, and while my teeth aren't insanely sensitive, I'm sure this will help the sensitivity. Plus I'm sure this will help the fluoride stay on my teeth without being diluted. I honestly don't know why I hadn't realized that before, but sometimes you need to be told something to have that aha moment
@@kiritokirigaya5972 all of the pronamel toothpastes have a slightly bitter taste to them when compared to other brands... all due to the cocamidopropyl betaine. That is a SLS substitute.
The intensive enamel repair has a bioadhesive in it which helps the fluoride stick to the teeth longer. That is the sole reason why it "intensively" repairs the enamel.
@afterva oh I like how you've described that. Would you say its the closest to a tooth healing European toothpaste with their edible glass and all that next gen stuff? Total from Europe is like something from a different llanet.
I'm trying to get something even half as good as Euro toothpaste. (Maybe I'll just need to import something)
This was so helpful and exactly the information I needed! Thank you very much for making this video!!!
Thank you so much for the information. So in other words, it's not worth to pay extra money for the active shield (like I did), unless you want more foam, which I don't.
Thanks for the video. Watching from Nobekaw, Ghana 🇬🇭
What about the mineral boost one?
Thnx alot for the info!
This was very helpful, thank you! For the Intensive Enamel Repair, would you say there is a difference between the “extra fresh” version you showed and the Intensive Enamel Repair “Whitening” version? I ask as I want the fluoride benefits of the intensive repair but with whitening benefits too.
I would probably steer clear of whitening altogether. Whitening toothpastes are abrasive and that can wear down your enamel.
To me i don't care what sensitive toothpaste i use just as long as it does the job