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Presented by

Dr. Hala YassinLecturer Of Oral Medicine ,Oral Diagnosis & PeriodontologyFaculy Of Dentistry

Pharos UniversityP.U.A


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Dental Plaque

Defined asa soft deposit

firmly adherent to the

tooth surface, made up

of a complex microbial

community that resists

wash by salivary flow or

forceful washing.


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Toothbrush

ToothpasteDental floss

Mouthwash

Toothpicks



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Toothbrushing tools dateback to 3500-3000

BC when the Babylonians and the Egyptians

made a brushby fraying theend of a twig( a

small branch).



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The first natural bristle toothbrushchewing sticksAromatic tree twigs to freshen breath.


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Chinese invented the firstnatural bristle toothbrush

made from the bristlesfrom pigs' necks in the15th century, with the

bristles attached to a boneor bamboo handle.


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This design was adapted and often used softer

horsehairs which manyeuropeans preferred.

Other designs in europe used feathers.



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The first toothbrush of a more

modern design was made by 1780,

the handle was carved from cattlebone and the brush portion was still

made from swine bristles.



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Synthetic bristles replaced the natural pig

bristles. Nylon was first applied to the

toothbrush at around 1938 and by the 1950s

softer nylon bristles were being made, as

people preferred these.

The first electric toothbrush was made in 1939



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The earliest toothbrush.


The chewstick for cleaning

teeth was apparently

borrowed from the Chinese

and Babylonians. It is first

mentioned as a commonmethod of cleaning the

teeth by the Romans.


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Egyptians are believed to have started using apaste to clean their teeth around 5000BC,before toothbrushes were invented. The

world's oldest-known formula for toothpaste,has been discovered on a piece papyrus .

An ancient Egyptian scribe has carefullydescribed what he calls a "powder for whiteand perfect teeth".When mixed with saliva inthe mouth, it forms a "clean tooth paste".


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Ingredients used included a powder of ox

hooves' ashes and burnt eggshells, that was

combined with pumice.

The Chinese used a wide variety of substances

in toothpastes over time that have included

ginseng, herbal mints and salt.



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The Greeks and Romans favored more

abrasiveness and their toothpaste ingredients

included crushed bones and oyster shells.

The Romans added more flavoring to help

with bad breath, a s well as powdered charcoal

and bark.



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Ancient tooth powders used abrasives

such as crushed bone, burned and crushedegg , snail or oyster shells, which were

used to clean debris from teeth.

According to the documents written theingredients needed for the perfect smile

are a measure of rock salt - a measure ofmint, dried iris flower , pepper, all ofthem crushed and mixed together.



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The earliest record of an actual toothpaste

was in 1780 and included scrubbing the

teeth with a formula containing burnt bread.)

Other toothpastes ar ound this time called

for:

y 1 1/2 oz. dragons blood

y 1 1/2 oz. cinnamon

y 1 oz. burnt alum



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In the 19th century, charcoal becamevery popular for teeth cleaning purposes

First 'modern' toothpastes in the 1800swere home made, with chalk, soap and saltas common ingredients and were sold in

jars either as a powder or paste.

Modern toothpastes were developed inthe 1800s.



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Drinking goats milk for

sweet breath


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Ashes from burnt mice heads, rabbits

heads, wolves heads, ox heels and goats

feet were thought to benefit the gums.



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Picking the bones out of wolves body

waste and wearing them (maybe in theform of a necklace?) was considered tobe a form of protection againsttoothaches.

Washing your teeth with the blood froma tortoise three times a year was a surebet against toothaches as well.



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Mouthwashes were known to consist ofpure white wine


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