I am SO glad that I found these reviews. I used Arm & Hammer in the past, never had a problem. This extra whitening was on sale so thought I would try. Started experiencing dry mouth first. Woke up, tongue stuck to mouth. Then in a few days, white coated tongue, but nothing too bad. A few more days and thought I had developed what I thought was thrush. Ihad blisters on the inside of my mouth, cracked lips, swollen red gums, swollen tongue, burning tongue, no taste on tip and sides of tongue. I thought it was just thrush, not related to the toothpaste. My mouth was so painful, that it was hard to brush with toothpaste so I just used warm water, flossed even though I was in agony. Rinsed. Mouth started to clear up, taste on the tip and sides of my tongue started coming back, so I started using this toothpaste again, and MAN the next DAY the sores on the underside of my tongue came back!! I started to feel my tongue burn again! Outside of my mouth, corner of my lips started cracking again, I can barely talk. I searched the internet on Arm & Hammer extra whitening and these reviews came up. I am throwing the product in the TRASH! They need to place a warning on the label.
The closest thing I could find online that mimicked this was burning mouth syndrome.It's not burning mouth syndrome.It's this damn toothpaste. The only warning on the label says discontinue use if irritation is present. I used to love arm and hammer, and maybe their other products are still okay, but this toothpaste is awful, harmful, and needs to be removed from shelves until they figure out what the hell is going on.I have never had the sort of reaction that I did to this toothpaste. I used to really like Arm & Hammer and used it as my toothpaste of choice. I got a small sample of this exact new and improved arm & hammer toothpaste. Big mistake! I don't know what they did to it, but as soon as I used it I got HUGE sores on both sides of my tongue which made my ability to taste disappear. not to mention the extreme burned feeling i had on my tongue, like I had drunk a couple ladles of boiling hot soup. The sores were big and BURNED like nothing else, even when I was just swallowing saliva. I went to the doctor, not knowing what the cause of my sores were, and she immediately told me to switch to a natural toothpaste like Tom's or use baking soda paste. She didn't seem to differentiate between arm & hammer, colgate or crest, so I assume all of these toothpastes have some new formulations in recent years that have caused a widespread reaction among the population like this. My experience, however, is with arm & hammer's toothpaste, so I can only report on that.
It took over one month of using only baking soda (ironically, arm and hammer brand) on my teeth for the sores to heal. A couple months later, I got lazy and tried my arm and hammer sample toothpaste one night. The next morning I woke up with the eerily familiar feeling of a burned tongue and the sores forming on the sides of my tongue. It has now been 3 days since that one time use of this toothpaste, and the sores are still here. I hope it will only take the better part of a week for these sores to dissolve, since it was only a single use of this POISON. It's back to baking soda for me!
Hope this helps someone realize that your oral woes could be due to your toothpaste.
There's another version of this which tastes too minty for me. This is the perfect one with just the right balance of baking-soda clean with a slight mint taste! ;-)
It's the only toothpaste that makes my mouth actually feel clean when I'm done brushing. Too many tame, tasteless, wimpy toothpastes make almost no difference in your mouth. Or they taste too good, like bubblegum or supermint no way those ones clean my teeth! They taste like candy!
This one is absolutely perfect. And it does a better job.
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33 comments:
I have experienced dry mouth, lips feel swollen inside of mouth. Underneath my tongue feels swivel up and outside my lips for 3 weeks cracked in corned and skin peeling
However,I have been using for months. After reading, I believe this is the culprit to my problem.
This toothpaste made the corners of my mouth crack and made the inside of my lips swell as well as causing them to be chapped. Can no longer use this product.
I have developed an allergy to Arm and Hammer whitening toothpaste. Stopped for awhile and symptoms went away, but brushed with it 3 times this weekend and symptoms of swollen mouth and lips plus redness on skin around mouth returned. Will not use any longer.
My wife and I have been using the A&H toothpastes for several years normally buying the ones on sale. However, we both have stopped using the A&H product. We think it is the peroxide, but both of us had the symptoms noted by many, sores, cracking, burning mouth, etc. after use. As our symptoms grew worse, we avoided foods with tomato and grainy products like corn chips. My dentist did not recognize the symptoms as related to a particular malady, but he did suggest I change to Biotine toothpaste. My mouth cleared up several days after changing toothpastes. It took my wife a few more weeks to make the change, and she has seen relief too from discontinuing the A&H product.
Glad to hear im not crazy I have all the syntoms above, i stopped using it 2 days ago. So painful. Thanks for posting
On top of what others have described here, my tongue is swollen. This product should be available by prescription only.
I'm right there with you all. This is horrible. My husband had been using Medadent for years(30) & it became scarcer and hard to find. One day i read it was discontinued and suggested this tooth paste as a replacement alternative. My husband tried it, hated it. I had bought several tubes and he threw his out. We had some left so i started using it not to be wasteful. BIGGEST MISTAKE! I have all the symptoms you all have spelled out here from others and it's embarrassing. No other tooth paste has on the back in small print if irritation occurs, stop using. This product is awful. Thank goodness I found this blog. I couldn't figure out what was causing the burning, the chapped cracked lips. the redness and irritation in the corners of my mouth. the dry mouth and sores inside. like brushing with razor blades. Do Not Use This EVER.
My wife and I developed many of the same symptoms as above after switching to this product. We have discontinued use, and symptoms are going away .. but what a mess it caused. Glad I saw the irritation warning on the back and read this blog. Thanks everyone for posting your experience.
Thanks for the comments. I experienced the same issues being discussed here from this toothpaste. The first time was a little over a year ago. I didn’t tie the symptoms directly to AH toothpaste back then. However, I used the toothpaste yesterday and today and my lips are swollen and cracked on the sides. It is really painful with little relief from cortisone cream. I just looked online to see if this allergic reaction is common, and I found this forum. I agree that something should be done. It is most unfortunate because I thought A&H toothpaste was a safer alternative to other commercial brands- not so.
Okay 🖒👍😩...cuz no-one wants to force think a diseased mouth lol. I had to keep using this to make sure. My boyfriend uses it and I did a long time ago but this tooth paste makes my mouth look ugly 😂😭...so I'll take the bloggers suggestion and use warm water and floss..and scrape the tounge.
And if this blog is from 2013 why are they still selling in 2018.?!
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Had the same issues and came across these blogs. Cracked dry chapped peeling lips mostly. Told my wife I think its the toothpaste. Used to use this as a kid so I couldn't imagine this was the cause. But every time I stopped using it my lips cleared up after 4-5 days. Wife used it several days when she ran out of her normal toothpaste, and suddenly started having the same issues. I thought we had thrown it all out, we have now. What a waste, they should refund your money and go back to just a simple formula like they used to have. Truly is more refreshing than other toothpastes to me, but not at the expense of the side affects it causes. Back to my Aquafresh I suppose.
The same thing for me, have used the Arm & Hammer for about 3 years, I too am suffering from the same symptoms. Will probably just use close up or something... all I know is my mouth hurts so bad.¡
Same here - what doesn't make sense is I've been using A&H Toothpaste for many, many years and love it because it makes my mouth/teeth feel SOO Clean! :( And tarter free... now - All of a sudden - bad reactions...Why now?! I'm writing the company!! Change in product??
Omg exact same symptoms! And funnily enough it feels like the inside of my lip is burning/peeling... much like when I had my teeth whitened by a dodgy dentist when I was younger... someone mentioned peroxide. Could it be that? It's the advanced white extreme. Got some free samples. Blurgh
This toothpaste is a Poison!!! It really made my tongue and gum sore. I cant eat anything. Dont EVER buy this product
Wow! Same issue with Arm and Hammer complete. Just ate a sandwich and sides of mouth are cracked . This is the only one that does this . I will be reaching out to them. I would love to know what is in it to det my mouth out so much!
I'm so glad I found this forum. I have been using A&H toothpaste since around May when all of the Mentadent I had was out. Around the end of July, I began experiencing dry mouth, metallic taste, and numbness around the corners of my mouth. This became extreme when I would eat any breads, pastas, and vegetables. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I thought I was developing an allergy to gluten and vegetables. I slowed down on those foods and the problem persisted. I thought the water in my bathroom was contaminated so I started using the other bathroom. Still the same problem. I stopped wearing my sterling silver necklace as I thought maybe I was having a reaction to it. I noticed I wasn't getting any better but no one else seemed bothered. My tongue is white and my taste buds are inflamed. I went a couple of days without using the A&H toothpaste and my mouth felt normal. I was still was trying to pinpoint something else as the culprit as I was the only one experiencing the issues. But thanks to this forum, I now know it is the toothpaste. I will be sending a letter to the company.
Glad that I found this!! my mouth has been suffering since I started using this toothpaste and I didn’t notice. i’m changing my toothpaste right away.
It has been giving me dry mouth w/bad breath and causing my gums to bleed.I was trying to figure out was wrong. Now I know its not me.
I have been experiencing very same symptoms
Have researched like crazy, then it kinda occured to me that this toothpaste could be it bc i just tried it out not long ago. Used it again last night and woke up now with severely irritated areas on my chin under bottom lip. Was wondering how others have treated to improve other than discontinuing use of the Arm and Hammer
I am so glad I found this forum! I started using this toothpaste in early 2018 and have seen great results; whiter teeth, extreme feeling of “clean”... wonderful. Suddenly in November of the same year, I came down with all the symptoms mentioned here! I thought this was the aftermath of my bout with the flu, but the symptoms have persisted. I thought it was the water from my bathroom so I started using bottled water to brush, but no relief. My daughter uses the same toothpaste so I asked if she was experiencing the same symptoms, but she said no. At this point I began to think that I might be dealing with some very serious ailment and needed to see a doctor. Then I used my youngest child’s Aquafresh toothpaste one morning when I couldn’t find my A&H. For the first time in a long time I didn’t experience immediate heightened discomfort afterwards. So I decided to research A&H online, and viola! I found this blog! What a relief! I thought that life was getting ready to send me on another journey; a journey of ill health, doctors’ offices, and prescription medications. Thank God I found the culprit! I quit this toothpaste immediately, and I’m getting my daughter off of it too. I will also call the company to relate my experience.
Thanks al for sharing!
I had the same experience. I think I'm going to contact an attorney. this is awful
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Switched to Arm and hammer at a dentist's advice. Two months later the inside of my lips started to feel weird like dry and annoyed. Read these comments and an now switching back to my old brand. This was the only change I'd made so I guess this was the culprit.
I developed a sore under my tongue using arm & hammer. It never went away. I mean like for years I didn't realize this product was the cause. I stopped and started using Hello. Much better now Stay away from arm and hammer it hammers your mouth...........
YES YES YES! I haven't used the toothpaste for 3 weeks and my mouth is still all of the above! My lips are peeling, cracked, swollen.
I received such a bad reaction to the extreme whitening (bought on sale.) My lips blew up I looked like a Real Housewife. Then my huge lips would totally peel off. Thought it was a food allergy for 2 weeks. I was living on Benadryl, even missed work because I looked so bizarre. Finally figured out it was this toothpaste.
I didn't realize that so many individuals were having this problem with this toothpaste. I had first experienced this reaction back in 2014 and brushed it off thinking I had eaten something that I was allergic to. Just recently I used this toothpaste again and experienced the same rash around my mouth, soreness and a raw feeling under my tongue. The inside of my cheeks even feel raw and sensitive. I realized it was the toothpaste that was causing all of this. Does Arm and Hanmer even know or should I say care that this is even happening to people that are purchasing their product? This should be pulled off the market.
I'm so glad I found this post. Back in September 2019, I went to my regular dentist visit and everything was well. I asked about the in office whitening for a wedding I had coming up. My dental hygienist said I could do it, but a peroxide pre-rinse with arm and hammer baking soda toothpaste does the trick. She even pulled out the 2 products out the drawer. I immediately went to my local drug store and bought them both. After a few days, my entire mouth felt sore, and was red. I experienced a tinny taste when eating foods. I kept on using for a couple of weeks then stopped using the peroxide rinse thinking that was the cause. I continued using the A&H toothpaste for another week, and stopped all together. I started getting dry mouth, extremely dry lips to the point of them cracking on the corners of my mouth. I used every lip balm on the market to remedy it, but it didn't work. It just took time to heal. I assumed it was the combination of the 2 products that did it. I stashed the toothpaste in my drawer and forgot about it. Fast forward to this morning... I was running out of toothpaste with everything going on, and I decided to use the A&H toothpaste. My entire mouth is swollen and tender again from a single use. I am sending in a formal complaint to the company.
If anyone has a letter or petition started, please post so we all can join in. There's power in assembly.
I've been through hell over the past couple weeks trying to figure out what was going on with my mouth. Swollen and cracked lips, the inside of my mouth feeling like leather, my teeth sticking to my gums. The whole experience have been so painful and upsetting that I think we need to think about starting a class action suit against arm and Hammer, they should not be able to get away with this.
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