I recently read a magazine article that said Crest Pro Health rinse prevents bad breath better than Listerine. So, after years of using Listerine, I decided to try Crest Pro Health.

Mistake.

Immediately after I gargled Pro Health the first time, I noticed the taste in my mouth felt weird. It never went away, and after a couple of days of using it as prescribed on the bottle, I can barely taste anything.

I did a little Google searching and I am far from alone on this. Apparently Pro Health can also turn your teeth brown. I'm not going to keep using the stuff long enough to verify that part of it; I'm pouring it out pronto and going back to Listerine.

The ability to taste food is one of the great joys in life, and if my sense of taste doesn't go back to normal, I'm going to be looking for a class action lawsuit.

Here's what they have to say on the Crest website:

1. Does Crest Pro-Health Rinse cause taste loss?
   
   Crest Pro-Health Rinse does not cause permanent taste alteration.
   

   • Oral
     care products containing active ingredient CPC may cause a temporary
     aftertaste, or temporary change in the taste of food, in a small
     percentage of people.
   • CPC stays in the mouth for long periods of time, which allows the rinse to provide its 12-hour benefit.
   • Aftertaste/change in the taste of food typically goes away shortly after product use is stopped.

   
   

Change in taste typically goes away shortly after product use is stopped?!?! What good does that do me? That's like having a lightsaber with no handle. "Oh it'll stop burning your hand as soon as you put it down."

Crest Pro-Health rinse and no-handle lightsabers = useless


Sources:
http://consumerist.com/363684/crest-pro+health-mouthwash-i-woke-up-with-brown-spots-on-my-teeth
http://www.dentalheroes.com/crest-pro-health-rinse-draws-complaints/
http://andywibbels.com/2007/01/crest-pro-health-mouthwash-turning-customers-teeth-brown/
http://blog.richardsprague.com/2008/06/brown-your-teeth-with-crest-pro-health.html