Charcoal-containing toothpastes

Abstract

IntroductionToothpaste has long been a part of our daily lives. In 500 BC, Indochina provided a recipe for a tooth-cleaning paste (1). Both France and the United States invented flexible lead or tin tubes in 1846, and toothpaste was first sold in bendable tubes in the US and Germany in 1896. In 1873, Colgate began manufacturing toothpaste in jars in the United States. The first fluoride toothpaste was introduced in the United States in 1955 (1).Toothpaste has always been offered to consumers as changing and developing oral hygiene products. The most common and simplest method for providing oral dental care is mechanical cleaning of the teeth using toothbrushes and interface brushes. Toothpaste is used to increase the mechanical cleaning efficiency of toothbrushes and to obtain additional effects such as whitening. Because of this state, it can be ensured that the teeth are protected from plaque and tooth decay (2).The oral hygiene products market aims to continuously improve the content of existing products and to develop new products to satisfy the expectations of consumers. Although toothpaste contains all basic active ingredients that protect from plaque and decay, various substances have recently been added to them (3).The most common issue that makes patients disturbed is the discoloration of the teeth. Therefore, the ingredients added to toothpaste are formed according to consumer demands.Due to these demands for tooth-whitening products and many new-toothpaste formations have been created to remove or prevent extrinsic stains (4).Manufacturers claim that toothpaste and powders containing charcoal, which have recently become popular, have teethwhitening properties to prevent the recurrence of discoloration (5).