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Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by nkrisc on Saturday August 16, 2025 @10:37AM (#44923835)
“Toothpaste” is the commonly accepted English word (in most English dialects, as far as I’m aware) for that paste which we use to clean our teeth with a brush. So I expect we’ll call it “toothpaste” regardless of the exact chemical composition.

If keratin is the active ingredient, I would suspect the exact source doesn’t really matter.

Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by swores on Saturday August 16, 2025 @10:44AM (#44923899)
I agree that the source won't be a reason for not calling it toothpaste, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's not called toothpaste anyway - that's a term they're using now as it makes it easy for people to imagine what they're talking about, but dentists don't call every type of gel/stuff that they apply to teeth "toothpaste", and as this will be about targeting repair rather than daily cleaning I suspect it will get a new name.
Re:Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair... by nkrisc on Saturday August 16, 2025 @02:21PM (#44925737)
I meant colloquially.