You’re choosing between Truthpaste and Biorepair, two hydroxyapatite toothpastes you can buy in the UK. One is a British jar. The other is an Italian tube that has turned up in chemists.
Both brands say the powder is micro, not nano. They are not the same pack, and this page does not rank them.
What are Truthpaste and Biorepair?
Truthpaste is a UK company. The peppermint hydroxyapatite on its own site is a 100 ml jar. The page states 5% micro hydroxyapatite. You scoop it with a spatula and put the lid back on.
Biorepair is made by Coswell in Italy. It is the hydroxyapatite toothpaste UK chemists have actually carried. The brand names its powder microRepair: zinc hydroxyapatite it describes as micro, not nano. You squeeze it from a tube.
The Biorepair name covers more than one pack. A night tube or a whitening tube is a different product from the plain one. Read the variant in the basket. This page is only the compare between the UK jar and that Italian micro tube.
Neither name is a Japanese nano import. If you wanted Apagard or Boka, this is the wrong pair. Those names are on Biorepair vs Boka vs Apagard.
What does the NHS still say about toothpaste?
The ordinary UK routine has not changed. Brush twice a day, including last thing at night, with a fluoride toothpaste. Spit, and don’t rinse straight away.
NHS teeth-cleaning advice says adults should use a paste with at least 1,350 ppm fluoride. On a family tube that is usually printed as 1,350–1,500 ppm.
Both of these brands present the pastes without fluoride. Truthpaste’s peppermint page does not list fluoride in the ingredients. Biorepair’s Total Protective Repair page says that toothpaste does not contain fluoride. That is a product choice. It is not a reason to drop a paste a dentist has already set. How the mineral sits beside that advice is on hydroxyapatite vs fluoride toothpaste.
Biorepair’s own pages also talk about children, because the paste has no fluoride. This page does not adopt that. For a child, or in pregnancy, use the kids and pregnancy guide. An adult still helps a young child brush.
What does each pack actually say?
Truthpaste prints a number: 5% micro hydroxyapatite. The same page also writes 50,000 ppm. That is the 5% in a longer form. It is not a fluoride strength. Do not set it next to the 1,350–1,500 ppm on a family tube and treat them as the same kind of figure.
The brand’s page uses strong repair and cavity language. We do not repeat that as our claim. We have not measured the powder. The page also prefers micro and is wary of nano. That is the maker’s view. It is not a ruling that nano toothpaste has been taken off sale. That rumour is answered on its own guide.
Biorepair does not hand you a simple percent in the same way. It hands you the name microRepair. Treat that as the maker’s name for its micro powder, not a certificate we hold. What nano and micro mean on a label is in the nano vs micro guide.
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.
How do they feel different at the sink?
Truthpaste is a jar. The directions say a pea on the brush, about two minutes, then the lid on tight so the paste does not dry. The ingredient list for this peppermint jar does not include sodium lauryl sulfate. Expect less of the supermarket foam. The oils on the list include peppermint, lemon, eucalyptus, and clove, so the taste is not a plain mint.
Biorepair is a tube you squeeze. On the Total Protective Repair page, the brand says that toothpaste does not contain sodium lauryl sulfate either. Still use a small amount. Another Biorepair variant can read differently, so check the carton in your hand.
You will not see the Truthpaste jar in every chemist. You order it from the company. Biorepair is the one you might meet on a high-street shelf, when that shop has it in.
Which one should you buy first?
If you want to pick a tube up while you are already out, start with Biorepair and confirm the shop still has the variant you mean.
If you want the UK jar with 5% printed on the brand’s own page, order that Truthpaste peppermint jar.
One of them is enough for a first fortnight. Buying both to see which one “repairs more” is not a test this page can support.
Price is a different sum. A 100 ml jar and a smaller tube are not the same sticker. Use the price per tube guide and check the retailer on the day.
When should you see a dentist?
See a dentist for pain, a hole you can see, swelling, gums that keep bleeding, or sensitivity that does not settle. A different jar or tube will not answer that.
This is general information, not personal dental advice.
Where to buy in the UK
Truthpaste’s peppermint jar is on the brand’s own site: Truthpaste hydroxyapatite, 100 ml.
For Biorepair, start with a Boots search for Biorepair and read which variant is listed. The Amazon backup we have already checked is Biorepair on Amazon UK. Confirm the seller and the millilitres. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Boots, Amazon UK, Healf, and Truthpaste sit together on where to buy hydroxyapatite toothpaste in the UK.
What to read next
If this is your first hydroxyapatite toothpaste of any brand, the starter kit keeps the first fortnight to one tube. More explainers are on the guides index. How the shopping links work is on our disclosure.