Apagard Premio vs Royal vs M-Plus

If you’re choosing between Apagard Premio, Royal and M-Plus, you are looking at three tubes from the same Japanese maker. The names are not a ranking. They are not three ways to treat a tooth.

You will usually meet them as an import into the UK. Start by matching the second word on the carton to the tube you meant to buy.

Apagard Premio vs Royal

Apagard is made by Sangi. The brand states that these pastes use nano-hydroxyapatite, a very small form of the calcium mineral hydroxyapatite. In Britain it is a Japanese import, not a normal chemist buy.

Sangi sorts the three names on its own pages.

M-Plus is the classic tube. Sangi calls it basic care, and on its European shop the longest-selling one, in a larger fill for a family bathroom.

Premio is the premium name, and the one most people in the UK search. On the European page for Premio, Sangi says the nano concentration is higher than in the standard paste, and that the tube contains xylitol.

Royal is the name on Sangi’s English product list at the top of the Apagard series. That list says Royal contains the highest concentration of nano in the series, and that it is currently available only in Japan.

Those lines are the maker’s sorting. We have not measured the powder. A higher place in the range is not a result you can count on.

What does the NHS still say about toothpaste?

The UK habit these tubes sit beside is still fluoride.

NHS teeth-cleaning advice says adults should use a fluoride toothpaste with at least 1,350 ppm, usually printed as 1,350–1,500 ppm. Brush twice a day, including last thing at night. Spit, and don’t rinse straight away.

Sangi’s European Apagard page states that the toothpastes are made without fluoride. Some adults still choose one, after reading hydroxyapatite vs fluoride toothpaste. That is a preference. It is not a reason to leave a fluoride paste your dentist has already set. If that plan is yours, stay with it unless they change it.

Apagard M-Plus vs Premio

After brushing, teeth can look a little smoother. That is a cosmetic change. It is not a treatment for decay, and it does not rebuild a tooth.

The fill is not one number. On Sangi’s Japanese catalogue, M-Plus is listed at 130 g and 63 g, and Premio at 105 g and 53 g. The European brand page lists M-Plus at 125 g and calls that the larger family tube, and the European shop also sells a 20 g Premio. Royal is listed at 135 g, 80 g and 40 g on the Japanese list. A UK page can show another fill. Read the grams in front of you. Do not treat a catalogue figure as the contents of your parcel.

Xylitol is the next clear split. Premio’s European ingredient list includes it. The M-Plus list on Sangi’s European shop does not.

Both of those lists include hydroxyapatite (nano). Both also include sodium lauryl sulfate. So Premio and M-Plus are not Apagard Soft. Sangi describes Soft for people who react to foaming agents and strong flavours. If that is the tube you wanted, this is the wrong trio.

Apagard Premio hydroxyapatite percentage

Do not invent a percentage. Sangi does not print one we can repeat, and we have not weighed the powder. Sangi also says Royal is currently available only in Japan, so a UK page means someone has brought a Japan-market tube over. Check the seller, and check that the box says Royal.

How do you read the name on the box?

Read the second name slowly.

Premio Xtra Mint is still Premio. Sangi’s European page calls it the premium tube with a stronger mint. It is not Royal, and it is not a different mineral.

Smokin’ is another Apagard name. Sangi labels it as stain care on that European page. Serena is on the Japanese list. If the carton says one of those, you are not holding M-Plus, Premio or Royal.

Then check fluoride. A fluoride-free carton matches what the brand states. It does not replace the NHS amount above.

These three names are nano, as the brand states. Biorepair, which UK chemists have stocked, says its powder is micro. That row is on Biorepair vs Boka vs Apagard, and the two words are in the nano vs micro guide.

A smaller tube can look cheaper and cost more per brush. The sum is in the price per tube guide. We are not printing a pound figure. Check the retailer on the day.

Apagard Royal vs Premio

Choose the name you meant, in a size you will finish, from a seller you can name.

M-Plus is the larger classic tube if that is the one you wanted. Premio is the usual UK search, and the only Apagard code we have checked for a link below. Royal is the maker’s top-of-line name. If you want Royal, the page has to say Royal.

Do not pick Royal only because it sits higher on the maker’s list. Sangi uses premium language. We do not turn that into a promise about decay, stains or pain.

When should you see a dentist?

Put the basket down if something hurts.

See a dentist for pain, a hole you can see, swelling, gums that keep bleeding, or sensitivity you cannot explain. None of these tubes is a plan for that.

This is general information, not personal dental advice.

Where to buy in the UK

For most people in Britain, Apagard means Amazon UK, not the high street. Boots, Healf, Truthpaste and Amazon are mapped on where to buy hydroxyapatite toothpaste in the UK. Stay on amazon.co.uk.

The product link we have checked is Apagard Premio on Amazon UK. Read the grams, the second name, and the seller on the day. We do not have a checked code for Royal or for M-Plus, so there is no link for those. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

What to read next

What the mineral is, in plain English, sits in what hydroxyapatite toothpaste is. Read the Europe myth-check. More explainers are on the guides index. How the shopping links work is on our disclosure.

Mineral Mouth does not examine patients or sell toothpaste.