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Can you tell me about the purpose of adding hard soap and calcium carbonate to toothpaste?
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Cleanser: They are used as a slight abrasive to help give some texture to the toothpaste to remove/disrupt plaque. Picture it like sandpaper to "smooth" any irregularities on the surface of teeth and the irregularities are the plaque.
Answered 9/28/2016
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