If you head to a pharmacy or the oral health aisle of a supermarket, you will find a lot of different types of toothpaste, but despite different active ingredients in almost all cases, they will have the same flavour.
The ubiquity of mint is something that has been seen since the early days of dental health but there is no dentist rule or ingredient in mint that makes it clean teeth better.
Instead, it is a powerful flavour and contains menthol, which is the active ingredient that makes the mouth feel cool and fresh, and because it is so common we associate mint with hygiene and freshness.
However, it is not the only flavour available, with fruit flavours available for children and some truly surreal tastes available for the dental epicureans out there.
Bacon Toothpaste
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, bacon was a very easy joke and with that in mind, a lot of novelty products were made with bacon flavour, including bacon gumballs, bacon soap, bacon perfume and bacon toothpaste.
Given that in most cases the artificial bacon flavouring was described as being particularly vile, this might not be the best way to keep your teeth clean.
Aubergine
Also known as eggplant, the big purple fruit is a strange flavour to want to emulate, given that one of its most notable qualities is that it does not have much of a taste on its own and thus works perfectly in a moussaka with other strong ingredients.
Regardless, if you are a fan of grilled aubergine salads, this is a toothpaste for you.
Pickle Toothpaste
If pickled vegetables were not so full of acid that they can decimate your teeth, they would be a really healthy option. But for people who have pickle cravings and want to protect their teeth, there is a toothpaste for them, although it is hard to imagine many people being like this.