Expired Products: Are They Safe to Use?

6. Dental paste

Ends in: A year
$3* is the average price.
It's imperative to keep those brilliant whites spotless and brilliant. Although most people brush twice a day, you might want to think twice if you like to save toothpaste for later use. By no means will toothpaste become dangerous to use after a year, but its effectiveness will decrease.

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Its active chemicals won't be as effective; therefore, whitening magic won't function as intended. Any toothpaste should be thrown out, whether it has been opened or not, a year after purchase. Fortunately, most of us are able to pass through tubes more quickly than that, so we won't ever need to cross that bridge.
In actuality, the World Health Organization estimates that the average person uses six tubes of toothpaste per year. Therefore, you may wish to consider the wider picture to determine where you're making mistakes if, after a year, you're still working on the same project.

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