Why toothpaste is a scam.

Toothpaste is an everyday essential you just don’t question. You buy it, you use it, your dentist recommends it, but do we even need toothpaste?

Turns out you don’t.

Initially this post was going to be titled “the economics of toothpaste”. But, as I researched, I found that “Why toothpaste is a scam” was much more fitting.

It’s hard to pinpoint when or by whom toothpaste was created. Consensus says it’s been around for as far back as ancient Egypt However, they probably didn’t use Colgate or Sensodyne back then. Ancient humans more…