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The first fluoride toothpaste to prevent cavities was invented in 1952 in Bloomington, Indiana. 14 years of research was conducted to produce the product at Indiana University.

Otherwise, early toothpaste dates back to the 9th century, Ziryab invented and popularized the product throughout Islamic Iberia (or Al-Andalus).

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In 1850, Dr. Washington Wentworth Sheffield, a dental surgeon and chemist, invented the first toothpaste. He was 23 years old and lived in New London, Connecticut. Dr. Sheffield had been using his invention, which he called Creme Dentifrice, in his private practice. The positive response of his patients encouraged him to market the paste. He constructed a laboratory to improve his invention and a small factory to manufacture it.

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The earliest record of an actual toothpaste was in 1780 and included scrubbing the teeth with a formula containing burnt bread.

In the 19th century, charcoal became very popular for teeth cleaning purposes. Most toothpastes at this time were in the form of a powder. The purpose of the tooth powder was not only to clean the teeth, but to give fresh breath.

The 20th century Liquid cleansers (mouth rinses) and pastes became more popular, often containing chlorophyll to give a fresh green color. Bleeding gums became a concern as well as aching teeth. In 1915 leaves from certain trees in South East Asia (Eucalyptus) were beginning to be used in mouthwash formulas.

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The toothpastes we know today were starting to be developed in the 1800's. It started in India and China way before the 1800s, in which time, 1824, a dentist named Peabody was the first person to make tooth paste with soap in it. John Harris first added chalk as an ingredient to toothpaste in the 1850s. In 1873, Colgate mass-produced the first toothpaste in a jar. In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield of Connecticut manufactured toothpaste into a collapsible tube.

The earliest known reference to a toothpaste is in a manuscript from Egypt in the 4th century A.D., which prescribes a mixture of powdered salt, pepper, mint leaves, and iris flowers. Many early toothpaste formulations were based on urine. However, toothpastes or powders did not come into general use until the 19th century.

But,R.K.Seethapathi Naidu from Thillaiyadi(India) formulated the first herbal toothpaste in siddha system of medicine...

His toothpaste bears the lengthiest named one....CANS(Comprehensive Advanced Natural System):anyone want to enter toothpaste business can contact him...

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It does not have a definite date of invention but Some form of toothpaste has been used dating back to the 4th century A. D. Toothpaste didn't become popular until the 19th century though.

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back in the 1900s

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1856

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