{"id":4480,"date":"2011-06-27T08:35:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:21:27","slug":"sticks-and-stones-mayfight-plaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/sticks-and-stones-mayfight-plaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticks and Stones May\u2026Fight Plaque?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"toothbrush Ok, so, it might be a stretch to believe a tree branch could help fight cavities, but history shows ancient civilizations (we\u2019re talking 3,000 BC!) may have used a \u201cchew stick,\u201d or thin twig with a frayed end, to clean their teeth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, chew sticks must have worked fairly well, as the bristle toothbrush, similar to what we use today, did not come along until June 26, 1498, when a Chinese inventor attached coarse hog hair to bone\u00a0and bamboo handles.\u00a0 An Englishman, William Addis, is credited with first mass-producing the toothbrush around 1780.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although, we think we\u2019d prefer the \u201ctwig\u201d model, boar bristles were actually used until 1938.\u00a0 At that time, a French company, Dupont de Nemours, introduced \u201cDoctor West\u2019s Miracle Toothbrush,\u201d which utilized nylon bristles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What may be even harder to believe than using tree branches and hogs hair to promote dental hygiene, is that although American, H. N. Wadsworth, patented a toothbrush in 1857 and American companies began mass-producing toothbrushes around 1885, many Americans didn\u2019t use them until influenced by the increased hygiene habits World War II soldiers brought back from the battlefield!<\/p>\n

\"evolutionSwiss inventors introduced the first electric toothbrush in 1939; an American company, Squibb, marketed their electric Broxodent in 1960; quickly following, General Electric introduced a rechargeable cordless toothbrush in 1961.\u00a0 Finally, in 1987, Interplak, an electric rotary-action toothbrush, was marketed for home use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although it may have taken a while to catch on, most Americans agree, the toothbrush is one invention they cannot live without!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ok, so, it might be a stretch to believe a tree branch could help fight cavities, but history shows ancient civilizations (we\u2019re talking 3,000 BC!) may have used a \u201cchew stick,\u201d or thin twig with a frayed end, to clean their teeth.\u00a0 And, chew sticks must have worked fairly well, as the bristle toothbrush, similar …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,64],"tags":[8,94,119,141],"class_list":["post-4480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-featured-invention","tag-invention","tag-inventions","tag-product-evolution","tag-toothbrush"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSticks and Stones May\u2026Fight Plaque?! - Davison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davison confidentially works with people to develop their new product ideas. 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