Toothpaste
Image copyright: Jonathan Sayles
The addition of flouride in toothpaste has been the most effective ingredient in the reduction of tooth decay.
We might think toothpaste is a modern invention but the ancient Egyptians used a tooth powder almost 7000 years ago, however its ingredients of ox hooves, pumice and eggshells is probably different to modern recipes.... All you had to do was add a little moisture and the paste was ready to use.
The truly first modern toothpaste in a tube was produced by Colgate in 1896, but it wasn`t until World War I that toothpaste became more popular than tooth powder.
| Toothpaste in other languages:- |
| Cebuano: | tutpest |
| Chinese: | yágāo 牙膏 |
| French: | m dentifrice |
| German: | f zahnpasta |
| Greek: | f οδοντόπαστα |
| Indonesian: | pasta gigi |
| Italian: | m dentifricio |
| Japanese: | hamigaki 歯磨き |
| Nederlands: | c tandpasta |
| Norwegian: | m tannkrem |
| Polish: | f pasta do zębów |
| Portuguese: | f pasta de dentes, creme dental |
| Spanish: | m dentífrico |
| Swedish: | c tandkräm |
| Tagalog: | tutpeyst |
| Turkish: | diş macunu |