In most product oriented societies, innovation starts with one item at a time brought to market but usually leads to eventual group packaging at a slight discount. Dental products have followed this trend for years and continue to innovate with the combinations. The bundled products can be sets of instruments or a product with several added ingredients to make it simulate multiple items.



One of the combined dental products familiar to almost everyone is toothpaste. The basic product is designed to help clean the food and bacteria from your mouth after eating a meal. This promotes less disease and problems with the teeth and gums. Toothpicks provide a similar service but to a lesser degree.

The first step to combining dental products with other products is your innocuous water from the tap. In more developed areas that have a central water supply, the water is fluoridated to promote healthy teeth every time you drink water. The fluoride added to the water makes stronger and more disease resistant teeth

Dental products were not as easily packaged in the ages before the 1800s. Toothpaste was kept in a jar or made on the spot by mixing water with a powder substance. The current icon of a toothpaste tube did not really appear popularly until near 1900 when the portability and easy use was recognized by consumers. Today there are advanced tubes and other containers catering to many segments of the population.

Modern toothpastes have the variety of the human population and our medical concerns for teeth. Many additives and fortifying agents have been added over the years with some addressing real problems and others done more for marketing. If a country is having a problem with gum disease, toothpaste designed to deliver a preventative when you brush will soon be on the market.

Tooth cleaning dental products are not limited to the traditional toothbrush and paste. Water has always been used by people for cleaning and it is used in a jet form to get out hard to get food particles from the teeth. The pulsating jets of water literally soften and blast the trapped food particles out of the teeth for easy removal. Several heads may be included with these sets to allow general rinsing or high intensity cleaning of cracks or hidden areas.

Years after fluoride was added, the next additives incorporated in the toothpaste were mouthwash. The mouthwash added the properties of bacteria fighting and scented breath for a while after brushing. Some toothpaste created the blended product with distinctive colors to indicate the mix. Advanced toothpastes for children were created with colorful designs, and reduced fluoride to promote safety if it was swallowed.

With the image culture rising, everyone wanted bright white teeth so bleaching agents were the next dental products to add in the toothpaste mix. The whitening products were of several types and formulas so the marketing of them emphasized the effectiveness using movie stars for advertisements.