{"id":18637,"date":"2011-04-07T07:48:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T11:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=18637"},"modified":"2011-04-07T07:48:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T11:48:06","slug":"surviving-in-japan-how-to-find-good-toothpaste-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/07\/surviving-in-japan-how-to-find-good-toothpaste-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving in Japan: How to Find (Good) Toothpaste in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by <strong>Ashley Thompson (Shizuoka-ken, 2008-2010)<\/strong> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivingnjapan.com\" target=\"_blank\">Surviving in Japan: without much Japanese<\/a> and Lifelines columnist for The Japan Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another one of those &#8220;living in Japan&#8221; myths claims that Japanese toothpaste generally doesn&#8217;t work. Or that it doesn&#8217;t contain fluoride. And some folks go so far as to insist this is one of the main reasons why Japanese people have bad teeth. (I hope you realize this is a generalization, and not one that I came up with nor believe!) Of course I bought into this myth, although a few people mentioned something about Aquafresh toothpaste, and brought four tubes with me from the States. Nothing wrong with bringing toothpaste with you, but you certainly don&#8217;t need to waste luggage space on it. So let&#8217;s delve into toothpaste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/_IGBqGoKP0PQ\/TJtGIUJdB-I\/AAAAAAAAFZs\/27l18Ku5-6M\/s640\/toothpaste-1.jpg\" alt=\"Japan, toothpaste\" width=\"518\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The toothpaste I&#8217;m going to examine here is Aquafresh, although some other brands offer similar ingredients. I browsed a local daily goods store and discovered that about two-thirds of the products listed fluoride as an active ingredient. Granted, most toothpaste probably did lack fluoride years ago as well as other ingredients of &#8220;modern&#8221; toothpaste, but it seems that many brands have caught up now. So first, some words to know: &#8212; <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivingnjapan.com\/2010\/09\/how-to-find-good-toothpaste-in-japan.html\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a> <\/strong>to read the rest of the post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Ashley Thompson (Shizuoka-ken, 2008-2010) of Surviving in Japan: without much Japanese and Lifelines columnist for The Japan Times. Another one of those &#8220;living in Japan&#8221; myths claims that Japanese toothpaste generally doesn&#8217;t work. Or that it doesn&#8217;t contain fluoride. 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