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Tuesday, May 14
The Indiana Daily Student

Joseph C. Muhler presents toothpaste and toothbrushes to two of the 12,000 young volunteers who took part in tests of a stannous fluoride toothpaste. Muhler and William Nebergall, who developed and patented the formula now used in Crest toothpaste, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this spring.  IU Archives

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Joseph C. Muhler presents toothpaste and toothbrushes to two of the 12,000 young volunteers who took part in tests of a stannous fluoride toothpaste. Muhler and William Nebergall, who developed and patented the formula now used in Crest toothpaste, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this spring.