# Did the Chinese invent toothpaste first?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/654062>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/654062 "2013-03-27T00:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/654062/1 "2013-03-27T00:54:49Z")

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Hi

Did the Chinese invent toothpaste first? Or was it the Egyptians or even the Romans? Did they all invent it independently around the same time?  
I look forward to your answers.

davimich

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/654062/2 "2013-03-27T01:05:29Z")

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**davidmich** , this thread doesn’t belong in About This Message Board. It belongs in General Questions, like most of the threads you’ve posted lately. Please read the forum descriptions and try to figure out where your threads belong. We don’t mind if someone puts a thread in the wrong forum once in a while, but if it happens every time, it’s annoying because it gives the impression they’re not paying any attention. I’ll move this one to GQ, but in the future your threads may get closed down.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/654062/3 "2013-03-27T03:42:12Z")

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This is the same thread you started this morning. I’ll close this one as a duplicate.

**MODERATOR NOTE**

**davidmich** —if you keep opening duplicate threads and putting your opening posts in the wrong forum, you won’t be here long.

**samclem** , moderator