- With the help of your tooth brush, your toothpaste grinds away the plaque and leftover food in your teeth.
- Before the advent of toothpaste, people used dry, rough things to clean their teeth such as pumice and crushed egg shell! They also used twigs and their fingers to brush!
- Toothpaste contains formaldehyde, the same chemical that is used for preserving bodies! It is used to kill bacteria that come in contact with the toothpaste tube.
- Your toothpaste can be used to polish your silver jewelry as it helps in removing its tarnish! It shouldn’t be used on pearls though.
- Toothpaste also helps you get rid of that ugly zit on your face. Dab some toothpaste on your pimple at night and watch it disappear in the morning.
- Dicalcium phosphate dehydrate is the abrasive used in toothpaste that makes up a fifth of it.
- A few hundred years ago, people didn’t know about the importance of brushing. So they developed black rotten teeth as a result of having too much sugar. This is what happened with Queen Elizabeth 1.
- Toothpaste contains seaweed that gives it consistency while being squeezed on to the brush.
- Toothpaste also contains detergent! It helps in foaming the paste when you brush!
- If a bug bite is bothering you, dab some toothpaste and get rid of that itch.
- Toothpaste can also stick posters to your wall without any damage.
- While grinding aluminum or steel, toothpaste gives them a mirror finish.
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