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5 logo. 5 is a brand of sugar-free chewing gum that is manufactured by the Wrigley Company, marketed toward teenagers. [1] [2] The name "5" hints at the five human senses (with the ad slogan "Stimulate Your Senses" and "How It Feels to Chew Five Gum") and that it has 5 calories. [3]
An oral irrigator . An oral irrigator (also called a dental water jet, water flosser or, by the brand name of the best-known such device, Waterpik) is a home dental care device which uses a stream of high-pressure pulsating water intended to remove dental plaque and food debris between teeth and below the gum line.
But stay-at-home husbands (like episode host Jason Momoa) can still keep the house clean with such appliances as a dishwasher with a 70-pound steel door, a washing machine 6 feet in height, and a 240-horsepower riding lawnmower-like vacuum cleaner with a stain remover that looks and acts like a jackhammer. [276]
A 1930s poster from the Work Projects Administration promoting oral hygiene. Tooth decay is the most common global disease. [14] Over 80% of cavities occur inside fissures in teeth where brushing cannot reach food left trapped after eating and saliva and fluoride have no access to neutralize acid and remineralize demineralized teeth, unlike easy-to-clean parts of the tooth, where fewer ...
In the United States, brushing teeth did not become routine until after World War II, when American soldiers had to clean their teeth daily. [20] A child being shown how to use a toothbrush. During the 1900s, celluloid gradually replaced bone handles. [15] Natural animal bristles were also replaced by synthetic fibers, usually nylon, by DuPont ...
One gum-removing option is to grab an ice cube from the freezer. Apply it to the gum, which will harden as it cools making it easier to separate from the strands of hair to which it’s attached.
Dental floss (waxed) Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing the first form of dental floss. [4] In 1819, he recommended running a waxen silk thread "through the interstices of the teeth, between their necks and the arches of the gum, to dislodge that irritating matter which no brush can remove and which is the real source of disease."
Tooth Tunes brush which plays a Hannah Montana song . Tooth Tunes is a discontinued line of children's toothbrushes released by the Tiger Electronics division of Hasbro in 2007. [1] Each brush played a two-minute song clip from a particular artist to encourage the user to brush their teeth for the dentist-recommended two minutes. A single ...