Freedent
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Freedent is a gum
Chewing gum
Chewing gum is a type of gum traditionally made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical and quality reasons, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle...

 manufactured by Wrigley's, was first introduced in 1975 and is marketed as the gum that "won't stick to most dental
Dental restoration
A dental restoration or dental filling is a dental restorative material used to restore the function, integrity and morphology of missing tooth structure. The structural loss typically results from caries or external trauma. It is also lost intentionally during tooth preparation to improve the...

 work". Freedent comes in Wintergreen
Wintergreen
Wintergreen is a group of plants. Wintergreen once commonly referred to plants that continue photosynthesis throughout the winter...

, Peppermint
Peppermint
Peppermint is a hybrid mint, a cross between the watermint and spearmint . The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world...

 and Spearmint
Spearmint
Mentha spicata syn. M. cordifolia is a species of mint native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, though its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive early cultivation. It grows in wet soils...

 flavors.

Canada

In 2001, Freedent added a pellet package as the Canadian version of Orbit White
Orbit (gum)
Orbit is a brand of sugarless chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. In the United States, where it was re-launched in 2001, it is sold in cardboard boxes with 14 individually wrapped pieces of gum per package. In the UK, where it was launched in 1977, it was sold as a traditional long-stick gum...

. In the mid-2000s the pellet version was renamed as Freedent Total. By June 2008, Wrigley's withdrew the Freedent Total line from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and replaced by Excel White. Freedent continues its Canadian sales in sticks only, but in similar packaging to the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Orbit
Orbit (gum)
Orbit is a brand of sugarless chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. In the United States, where it was re-launched in 2001, it is sold in cardboard boxes with 14 individually wrapped pieces of gum per package. In the UK, where it was launched in 1977, it was sold as a traditional long-stick gum...

 and the Canadian Extra
Extra (gum)
Extra is the name of the second sugarfree gum launched by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in the United States . It was launched in 1984 and became one of the most popular brands of gum in the United States within a few years, known for long-lasting flavor...

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