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Mint toothpaste
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Mint toothpaste
does it really cool or does it only make you feel like it is cooling?
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Re: Mint toothpaste
Hi S_Dude_05,
If the toothpaste is cooler then your mouth, then the toothpaste will lower the temperature in your mouth, but only a little bit. But, mint can make your mouth feel quite cold because of how one of the chemical compounds in mint affects parts of the cells in your mouth. That chemical basically tricks in your mind into thinking that it is cold. This article in the Washington Post explains this in more detail:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... feel-cool/
If the toothpaste is cooler then your mouth, then the toothpaste will lower the temperature in your mouth, but only a little bit. But, mint can make your mouth feel quite cold because of how one of the chemical compounds in mint affects parts of the cells in your mouth. That chemical basically tricks in your mind into thinking that it is cold. This article in the Washington Post explains this in more detail:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... feel-cool/
All the best,
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