Toothpaste Tablets.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF

Scott Jacobs, the president and founder of Archtek, transitioned from the mouth-guard business as founder of Lakewood-based Safe-T-Gard to the dental oral care market after dentists asked him to make a tooth-bleaching tray in 1992. After selling Safe-T-Gard in 2000, Jacobs came up with the idea for Toothpaste Tablets, which he describes as "dehydrated toothpaste--when you put it in your mouth, saliva activates it into foam."

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Hitting retail last year, the tablets have several key benefits over traditional tubes of toothpaste, says Jacobs: They're more sanitary, they're travel friendly and the bottles are...