"Get closer than ever to your customer so close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves." As the saying goes today marketing strategies have gone beyond the science. Innovations and marketing are the two eyes which make a name into trusted brand. Today customers are bombarded with many health claims to buy a toothpaste for sensitivity. Toothpastes are the at home desensitizing agents which acts either by occluding the dentinal tubules or blocking the neural transmission. Day by day the science behind tooth pastes are growing which is known to the product developer and his/her competitor but common man only know the endorser who stands in front of the camera. This article deals with the science behind the toothpastes marketing for tooth sensitivity.
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