Another day another visit to the dentist – today the beginning of a crown and an hour in the chair - what fun. And I am back tomorrow.
I now have to use toothpaste for sensitive teeth – apparently it makes a coasting on the teeth to protect them a bit, as well as containing an ingredient which can get into the teeth as a substitute for calcium. As someone who loves natural, (nasty) chemical free products, this is a bit hard for me.
Did you know modern toothpaste contains these ingredients:.
- sodium monofluorophosphate (not to be confused with MSG)
- colour
- flavouring – usually peppermint, spearmint, and wintergreen.
- fluoride
- foaming agents – sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) that terrible stuff
- detergents
- Triclosan, an antibacterial agent
- humectants (prevent the paste from hardening)
- Strontium chloride or potassium nitrate for sensitivity
That's why there are warnings on the tube not to eat the stuff.
Colgate ad, 1959 in Ebony Magazine |
Colgate ad, 1949 |
- peppermint oil
- myrrh
- plant extract (strawberry extract)
- special oils and cleansing agents
Calvert Toothpaste, UK (1890) |
Dr Sheffield,s ad, 1905 |
Arm & Hammer marketed a baking soda-based toothpowder in the United States until about 2000, and Colgate currently markets toothpowder in India and other countries. I still use bi-carb for teeth cleaning now and again – which is also in some modern toothpastes. One hundred years ago I may have used this tooth powder which your poured from a tin, rather than in a glass jar.
Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental Tooth Powder ad, 1913 |
Stripe, 1955 |
Ipana ad, 1934 |
Do you have a favourite toothpaste?
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Deb xx
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