Colgate Toothpaste

Karen of San Rafael, CA October 16, 2009

I bought a tube of Colgate Fluoride Toothpaste (with Baking Soda and Peroxide) while traveling. A day or 2 after using it my lips and gums were on fire. I thought I had some type of virus and this caused me to leave my client site 3 days early and see my doctor ASAP. My doctor thought it was a virus as well. While at home I was using my regular toothpaste (Mentadent) and the issue went away. I ran out of my regular toothpaste and used the Colgate toothpaste again and the same symptoms re-appeared. I stopped using this toothpaste immediately as my symptoms were actually worse the second time. I am now using Sensodine to counteract the effects from the Colgate toothpaste. My gums are still very sore after a couple of weeks, but are healing. My lips have healed.

RICHARD of DALLAS, PA August 9, 2009

BRUSHING TEETH WITH A TUB OF COLGATE TOOTH PAST AND TO FIND GLASS PIECES MIXED IN WITH THE PAST.. GLASS CUT ISIDE OF MOUTH TONGUE AND GUMS CAUSING BLEEDIND AND SORE MOUTH FOR DAYS..

RICHARD of DALLAS, PA July 9, 2009

Brushing teeth with Colgate toothpaste net wt 6.4 oz tub. Cut inside of mounth when brushing teet with this tooth past only to find glass pieces about 1/4 to 5/8 long in tube. First time I thought it was the tootbrush but not so.

James of Wayne, PA June 5, 2009

Bought a tube of colgate toothpaste and it was full of glass shards. Cut my gums up real good. Called Colgate and they wanted me to send the tube back to them. "Yea right". Is anybody doing anything about this.

Rita of Fort Myers, FL April 20, 2009

Rita of Fort Myers FL (04/20/09)
Lips raw, burning, severe swelling, severe pain. severe burning of lips & mouth

Tammy of Rockford, IL March 19, 2009

Tammy of Rockford IL (03/19/09)
I can no longer use colgate toothpaste. Every time I use it it takes the skin off my gums. My mother is also having the same problem. We both have to use biotene toothpaste now. It doesn't have sodium laurel sulfate in it. My periodontist and dentist said they are seeing more of this happening to people and it is caused by all the chemicals they are putting in the toothpaste

Skin comes off in mouth

Kathy of New York, NY February 2, 2009

Kathy of New York NY (02/02/09)
As another person on this site wrote, I too have found glass (or plastic) shards in my toothpaste. Three so far, in this tube, all the same size... look like oversize teeth from a comb. About 5/8 long. I have not contacted Colgate yet, as I went online to see if this was a problem others were having.

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