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Many ancient civilizations around the world have practiced toothbrushing with twigs or chips of wood. Another common method is baking soda or chalk.Brown toothbrushes appeared in India and Africa as early as 1600 BC.

According to the American society for the dentist said that in 1498, the Chinese emperor Ming xiao zong also has a short hard of the pig 猔 toothbrush made of wool into bone handle.The traditional Western method of cleaning teeth, which has existed at least since ancient Rome, is to brush the teeth with a rag.Toothbrushes appeared only in the 17th century and were not widely popular until the 19th century.In 1938 to dupont chemical synthetic fiber (mostly nylon) instead of the animal 猔 hair brush, the first brush with nylon yarn of toothbrushes on the market this year on February 24.

The first electric toothbrush was called "The Broxodent" and was developed by (Philipse-G. WOOG, Ph.D. T-oulouse University) in 1954. It was introduced by Squibb Pharmaceutical in 1959 on the centennial of the American Dental Association.

When you brush your teeth, you usually put toothpaste on your toothbrush or floss your teeth.

In January 2003, according to the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, the toothbrush was selected as the first "indispensable Invention of American life", beating out cars, personal computers, mobile phones and microwave ovens.

The latest type of toothbrush is the Sonic toothbrush.