these have changed my oral health for the better. i use after flossing and my dentist noticed. no plaque any more. also is great if you wake up with dry mouth, will fix it in no time. only complaint is they are a little spendy.

These mints are great, guilt-free, and good for your teeth. The price is kinda high and the shipping is slow--but you get so many (240 pieces). I've only used about a quarter of the jar and have ordered more for when I run out.

Pretty standard product but some of the pieces got broken during shipping. Maybe 3-5 %.

I have a dry mouth condition that makes my mouth not just dry, but feel burnt and a metallic taste. I LOVE that these are cinnamon and not mint!!! The containers are a little bigger than tictacs - however you still make the rattling noise if these are in a bag or pocket. I buy these little tubes for the car and on-the-go and the larger containers to leave at my desk. The actual drops are slightly bigger than tictacs and dissolve pretty fast. However if you have dry mouth these will give you relief AND are not mint flavored (which so many dry mouth products are). They taste good as well!

> Tasty mints. Not very sweet, but sweet enough to take the edge off the bitterness of the peppermint.
> UPDATE: I've tried the cinnamon, and honestly like the mild sweet flavor better than the peppermint, albeit, I suspect that the peppermint is more effective as a breathmint, and possibly better as a coughdrop.
> I think of the cinnamon as "sugarless candy", when I just have a craving for something sweet, but CAUTION if you gobble down 20 or 40 spry mints (of any flavor), you'll get the worst stomach ache of your life. So, I'd advise skipping the spry mints if your stomach is already rocky, . Note that most other sugarless candies also contain Erythritol, which is not safe. So cinnamon spry mints are a good choice for sugarless candy, but I'd not consume more than 2-3 per hour.
> I don't have a problem with dry mouth during the day. But I occasionally pop a mint, just for the pleasant taste, or to clear a bad taste from my mouth.
> I have dry mouth at night, because I use a CPAP machine, and breath through my mouth. If I tuck a mint between my teeth (or, more correctly my gum) and lip before going to bed, my mouth stays moist for 3 or 4 hours. In the morning, my mouth may not be exactly swimmingly moist, but at least it doesn't feel like a sand pit either.
> If I happen to get up in the middle of the night, I slip in another mint -- if I remember. In that case, I usually wake up with a quite moist mouth.
> There is actually a similar product (Oracoat Xylimelts) specifically meant to be used this way, which has a sticky side, which you are supposed to stick to a tooth or your palette --- but it is about 10x more expensive.
> Spry peppermint mints serve very well as breath mints. And also cough drops --- really, no kidding. On several occasions, I've stopped a persistent cough within seconds with a Spry mint. I don't know how well they'd do for a serious cough, associated with a cold, etc. -- but for a simple itchy throat and cough, they work well.
> 1 calorie each --- nothing to be concerned about.
> More importantly for me, no carbs --- I have type 2 diabetes. Xylitol (the major ingredient) is technically a sugar, but does not raise blood glucose (sugar) levels. So, the mints are not a concern for diabetics.
> Dry mouth, per se, isn't the primary issue (I can live with dry mouth, if that's the only issue). Recently, despite scrupulous oral hygiene (including 3x annual teeth cleanings), I had to have 3 not-very-old crowns replaced because of gum-line decay, at $2000 each. Gum-line decay is caused by receding gums. Receding gums are caused by drying-out of gum tissue. Drying out of gums is caused by inadequate saliva production. Inadequate saliva production is usually caused by prescription drugs. My periodontist says that every one of the 8 or so prescriptions that I take are known to cause inadequate saliva production.
> As I understand it, the Xylitol itself is effective in reducing tooth decay for 2 reasons:
1) By increasing saliva production, saliva keeping the gums moist and being mildly antibacterial.
2) The xylitol itself is mildly antibacterial -- although no-one seems to know why. One theory is that bacteria process it like a sugar, but derive no benefit --- i.e., they starve. BUT there is an ancient urban myth that saccharine kills ants the same way, which is NOT true.
> Apparently xylitol has no known adverse side effects (not even on ants). Hurrah! However, xylitol is toxic to dogs. (It spikes insulin production in dogs, but not in humans, so it isn't even a little bit toxic in humans. Albeit, too much xylitol can give you a stomach ache, see above.
> Shortly before I began using Spry mints, I had shifted over to using Oxyfresh mouthwash (instead of Listerine), in part because Oxyfresh is alcohol-free (alcohol dries your mouth), and had noticed that my mouth was not quite so dry in the morning. So, the Oxyfresh helped the dryness a little, and the Spry mints help alot. As it turns out xylitol is a major ingredient of Oxyfresh.
---
ABOUT GUM-LINE DECAY --- I've been using a Sonicare toothbrush since they first came out (and costed a fortune -- I think I'm on my fourth one), but if you've got some decay forming a "cave" at the gumline, the Sonicare brush can't reach it. However, my wife purchased an Oral-B, and I'm convinced that the gumline is exactly where the Oral-b brush concentrates its action on. When I got that $6000 bill for the crowns, I switched toothbrushes.