# Did the Chinese invent toothpaste first?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/665322 "2013-08-04T15:17:56Z")\
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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:** [August 4, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/665322/1 "2013-08-04T15:17:56Z")

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Hi  
Did the Chinese invent toothpaste first? It seems to be a tricky question. Some historians claim the Egyptians were first. Was it the Romans? What criteria are historians using to say it was the Chinese or the Egyptians  
I look forward to your feedback  
davidmich

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/665322/2 "2013-08-04T15:23:17Z")

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[You already asked this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686325). Reported as duplicate.

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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:** [August 4, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-chinese-invent-toothpaste-first/665322/3 "2013-08-04T15:29:51Z")

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Closed as a duplicate thread.

**samclem** , moderator