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Dental floss (waxed) Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), [4] a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing the first form of dental floss. [5] 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."
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Packed with a travel toothbrush, a kid-sized tube of toothpaste and a roll of floss, these plastic goody bags never really stood a chance, quickly tossed in the back of your bathroom drawer.
1983 – Reach toothbrush was featured in Tooth Protectors video game for the Atari 2600 video game console along with Johnson & Johnson dental floss and Act mouthwash. [9] 1985 – Reach toothbrush gained recognition from American Dental Association. [10] 1986 – Mr. Reach character with the famous flip-top head, was born in Australia. [11]
Hand-held dental floss is usually delivered in a device that allows flossing without introducing the fingers in the oral cavity. The hand-held flosses have an F-shaped or Y- shaped cross-section handle with or without the housing for the floss supply. F-shaped device have the floss positioned parallel to the handle axis.
Colgate Dental Cream (toothpaste) with Gardol c. 1950s Colgate is an American brand principally used for oral hygiene products such as toothpastes , toothbrushes , mouthwashes and dental floss . Manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive , Colgate's oral hygiene products were first sold by the company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the ...
In 1927 it took up toothbrush manufacturing, with an emphasis on international export from 1960. From 1966 it also produced toothpicks. It now produces dental hygiene products as well as painting brushes and cleaning brushes. Jordan has also acquired companies like dental floss producer Peri-dent (in 1987). [1] The first production was located ...