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Oral Hygiene with Fluoride and Xylitol

 In front of the mirror, she picked up the cream that very much interested her.

 She applied the powder earnestly on her skin, that was coarse like an egg.

 “By the way, Falma, from now on, if there art any new products of Medique, thou shalt come and present it to me.”

 “Hahaaaa!”

 Falma understood. So he worked out some praise.

 “Hahaha, thou praises made us uncomfortable.”

 “Eh!?”

 “Hmm…… This is so wonderful!  We should go to the next royal ball just like this. We will be more distinguished among the women.”

 “This is our newest product. The medical lip gloss is gentle to the lips. Your Majesty, you will be the first to try this one.”

 It was a new medical lip gloss that was jointly developed by the Apothecaries of Cosmetic Brand Medique, and was based on Falma’s original idea. The natural color shined like a pearl. It was different from the flat red paste.

 It seemed she liked it.

 “Your Majesty, thank you for restricting the use of lead, mercury and other toxic substances in products that are applied on the human body.”

 “We were surprised that those were harmful. For mercury and even lead, there are already numerous medicines that contain these ingredients available commercially.”

 “We will have everything that was used by the female attendants in the imperial court disposed of.”

 That was what Falma advised. Within the imperial court, not only the female attendants but also the infants had been smeared with makeup that was toxic. Thinking about their safety, they should prohibit it immediately.

 “It is because of your benevolence that it is performing well, however…”

 “Thee not need to sayeth anymore. Cosmetic stores have been appealing for deregulation almost every day. They are impassioned too.”

 “We will compensate the cosmetic merchants, but we does not prefer the cosmetic market to be an oligopoly. In addition, we are worried that numerous associated industries will go bankrupt. That’s why competition is desirable.”

 “It is as you said. Therefore, I will leave a part of the manufacturing technique to your Majesty, so please share this information. Also, I will draw up some manufacturing process of other industrial products that are using mercury and white lead. I will compile a few instructions regarding the safe handling of these ingredients.”

 “After that, please find a way to raise the price of thee cosmetics. Although it’s good that thee are selling it at a bargain price, however other merchants will die this way.”

 “I fully understand. I will establish a ranking for cosmetics and price accordingly.”

 Each merchant will need to start developing new face powder to survive, the apothecaries from Medique, who were the pioneers, would guide them. The merchants would then start manufacturing powdered and liquid foundations. They won’t be able to compete with the quality of the CC cream and loose powder from Medique, but each customer still had their own preference for brand, cosmetic ingredients, and fragrances. Thus many varieties of face powders began popping up. Merchants that sold cheaper than Medique had started to appear. Each merchant had their own combination of beauty ingredients, you could differentiate it by their ingenious way of combining herbs. There were also many conservative nobles who liked the non-translucent and flat finish.

 Thus, a situation where Medique monopolized the market was more or less avoided. Furthermore, it allowed an expansion of the market since commoners were now able to afford cosmetics.

 Now then, regarding the lead and mercury that had nowhere to go now. The Empress gave instruction, that she received, to develop it as a colorant for oil painting with the condition that they had to wash their hands if they made contact with it.

 However, they weren’t able to guess who this sage was.

 AH……, Falma’s face became complicated. He nervously murmured silently.

 The blue lights went out. A problem that Falma had been dragging his foot on.

 Sugar was expensive in this world, there were few commoners who suffered tooth decay caused by sugar. However, a noble had many opportunities to eat sweet cakes. In a manner of speaking, the cavity was declared as a status among the nobles. Due to the fact that Falma was brushing his teeth every day, he never developed any cavities, however there were many nobles who didn’t know the importance of brushing their teeth.

 Incidentally, Simon the steward was suffering from tooth decay, it reached the point that the tooth was pulled out because of nerve pain. Falma was helpless as the cavity had spread too much.

 Noah had a troubled expression. The silver lining was that the teeth that had cavities were milk teeth. The prince was only 6 years old, he was at the age where his milk teeth would begin to fall out.

 Falma pretended to entertain Louis by playing billiards, he then broached the subject.

 “No, not really.”

 “Your Highness, would you please open your mouth wide?”

 “You may have cavities.”

 The Prince doesn’t want to hear it and ran away while panicking.

 Noah chased after the imperial prince who dashed with all his might, furthermore, the courtier gave chase too. It was a lively experience like it was the best time of their life. “Pursue the Imperial Prince! It’s for the treatment of his cavity!” said Noah, as his yell whipped the courtiers into action. It was so much like a comedy sketch that Falma was astonished. It seems like this was happening every day.

 “There you are!” “You’re not going anywhere!” “He’s trying to escape to the courtyard!”

 The prince shouted those words as if he was a defeated and shamed warrior.

 At the same time, Falma made his promise,

 The Chief Court Physician, Claude, spoke out and was approaching with pliers on hand. He seemed to be confident about pulling out a tooth.

 Louis hid behind Falma while trembling.

 “Honorable Chief Court Physician. Please leave the treatment of his Highness to me.”

 “Oh, so you are the greenhorn apothecary, Falma. Just watch my skills, the strength of a child can’t pull out a tooth.”

 As for Falma, he was examining the inside of the prince’s mouth, the teeth that had cavities were black but he confirmed that it only affected the enamel.

 “It’s rapidly getting worse. If it reaches the root, it will cause a high fever. It may become fatal.”

 Falma raised his finger as he asked the question.

 “That is, living creatures feeding of sweeteners that dissolve the tooth.”

 The Chief Court Physician looked like he was annoyed.

 If it’s in the early stages, it hasn’t fully penetrated yet, don’t you think you have to check it first? Is what Falma was trying to say, so the Chief Court Physician changed his mind.

 “Your Highness, I will prepare a medicine to stop the progression of tooth decay tomorrow.”

 The prince looked at Falma as if doubting him.

 The prince was lying down on a high-quality bed with canopy, obediently opening his mouth, as he left the treatment to Falma.

 It was explained to the Empress and the court physicians that it was a medicine that stops cavities and strengthens the tooth.

 Claude moved his face really close, as he suspiciously took notes of Falma’s hand movements.

 Regarding the treatment of scraping off the cavity on the affected tooth, it would be difficult for Falma who didn’t have any knowledge in dentistry.

 The prince was trembling as he shook his head.

 “I will remember what you said.”

 “I prepared an oral hygiene set for you.”

 “It’s a toothbrush with bristles made of horse’s hair.”

 Nylon toothbrushes were popular, but it was not necessarily the best. Even in Japan, there were still toothbrushes made from horse or pig’s hair being sold. The advantage was that it was gentler towards the gums.

 “Hey Falma, are you going to give thee a set?”

 Falma forgot again to give one to the Empress, and she got angry.

 What? Is that a catcher’s sign? Combination of pitches is that bad!?

 The Empress advised him not to create a monopoly.

 There will be a plan to showcase new technology one after the other from now on, so that Falma would not provoke those so called oppositions in every industry. So the Empress established the “Technology Bureau”. New technologies and new inventions would be managed by the Technology Bureau, and if there were any requests for information (except parts that were deemed as trade secrets), they would be released given that reading charges were paid. As for registering technologies, they could do it under their real name or they could be anonymous. Falma registered the microscope, cosmetics, and fluoride products under anonymity for the local manufacturers.

 And so a month after the Otherworld Pharmacy released the “Oral Care Set”, they were now prepared to sell the individual components of the set. The people who were not keen on brushing their teeth jumped at it, lead by the nobles who liked sweets. Each time they got cavities, their tooth gets pulled out. People who had barely any teeth left had somehow run out of all conceivable means to keep their teeth.

 “Some of those sets are expensive. I want something affordable.”

 At the storefront and at Medique, they opened a brushing and oral hygiene lecture. The lecture was very popular, it was full every day. Instead of Falma teaching, Ellen was the one teaching the open lecture. It was because Falma wanted to devote himself to his profession as an apothecary of this world by diagnosing, prescribing, and compounding of medicines.

 And so, many merchants had followed suit and made generic medicines because commoners bought an oral care set.

 By knowing the proper way to brush, people’s awareness had changed. When heard it was possible to prevent infectious diseases such as pneumonia, they particularly began to do it with zeal.

 “I have to control myself on sweets for a while. Ah, but I want to eat it……”

 It was a candy with xylitol which doesn’t cause cavities.

 “It almost doesn’t contain any sugar that causes cavities. It will be hard for cavities to grow.”

 “By the way, if you eat too much, you’ll be in the toilet quickly.”


 As an aside, Old man Jean, who was a regular at the pharmacy, began taking a liking in eating the sailor’s candy with the mixture of Xylitol.


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