why are there so many types of toothpaste?

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Target marketing and market segmentation.

Same reason nike sells different types of kicks (e.g. tennis shoes, track shoes, bowling shoes).
horrible comparison to relation of what op talking bout. These fools can easily make a toothpaste thats does everything. You aint making one shoe for all sports
 

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horrible comparison to relation of what op talking bout. These fools can easily make a toothpaste thats does everything. You aint making one shoe for all sports

You missed the point completely.

General purpose toothpastes and general purpose sports kicks (.e.g. cross training shoes) already exist, but there are still groups of consumers out there that want dedicated products so in response companies make dedicated products to sell to them, its really that simple.

Here read up on this:

Market Segmentation Definition | Investopedia

Target Market Definition | Investopedia
 

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unless something else is on sale i get pro health and thats it. I have used aqua fresh and it had my teeth feeling brittle when i clenched them...sometimes even with cold/hot stuff.
 

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pesiticide used that was banned and used to be in toothpaste, in America.
till it was outlawed.
ddt, is still used in toothpaste in other countries.
that is why they tell you to pack your own toothpaste, when traveling internationally.
if you are a citizen from the us.


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In the UK colgate do a brand called 'colgate total', they used to do it without an antibacterial agent ,triclosan, .. they put that in it,claiming it helps with gum disease etc etc , and the fukking toothpaste gave me really bad mouth ulcers,it literally tore my mouth apart,even gave me a sore throat. I have read a few others got this from triclosan.I bought their sensitive brand around the same time,thinking they wouldn't put that in it, but they did, and the same things happened. So I never buy colgate for that reason, and I check the ingredient list to make sure that isn't in it. Also some of those whitening agents they put in toothpaste, give me sensitive teeth.

So now Iam ultra careful about what I buy because companies of all kinds like to invent new ingredients to give them an edge on competiton.
 

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In the UK colgate do a brand called 'colgate total', they used to do it without an antibacterial agent ,triclosan, .. they put that in it,claiming it helps with gum disease etc etc , and the fukking toothpaste gave me really bad mouth ulcers,it literally tore my mouth apart,even gave me a sore throat. I have read a few others got this from triclosan.I bought their sensitive brand around the same time,thinking they wouldn't put that in it, but they did, and the same things happened. So I never buy colgate for that reason, and I check the ingredient list to make sure that isn't in it. Also some of those whitening agents they put in toothpaste, give me sensitive teeth.

So now Iam ultra careful about what I buy because companies of all kinds like to invent new ingredients to give them an edge on competiton.


toothpaste is fukked up internationally.


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