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Toothpaste contains 20 - 42% water. Around half of the compounds are abrasives like alum1inum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium hydrogen phosphates, silica's, zeolites, and hydroxyapatite. It also contains fluoride in various forms like sodium fluoride.

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