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Oral-B toothbrushes and floss. Oral-B is an American brand of oral hygiene products, including toothpastes, toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes, and mouthwashes. The brand has been in business since the invention of the Hutson toothbrush in 1950 and in Redwood City, California. [1] [2] [3] [4]
By 1949, he discovered a new way to make a toothbrush that used hundreds of small filaments of nylon to be both strong and gentle on the gums. [5] Hutson was issued a design patent on October 24, 1950, for the design of the toothbrush [6] and subsequently gained a full patent in 1958. [7] Hutson sold the brush business in the 1960s. [5]
Three plastic toothbrushes. A toothbrush is a special type of brush used to clean the teeth, gums, and tongue.It consists of a head of tightly clustered bristles, atop of which toothpaste can be applied, mounted on a handle which facilitates the cleaning of hard-to-reach areas of the mouth.
An electric toothbrush, motorized toothbrush, or battery-powered toothbrush is a toothbrush that makes rapid automatic bristle motions, either back-and-forth oscillation or rotation-oscillation (where the brush head alternates clockwise and counterclockwise rotation), in order to clean teeth.
Christoph von Hellwig (15 July 1663 – 27 May 1721) was a German physician and alchemist as well as a prolific writer and publicist. He wrote under several pseudonyms including Valentin Kräutermann, Caspar Schröder and Constans Alitophilus Hertzberger.
A man brushing his teeth while looking in a mirror. Tooth brushing is the act of scrubbing teeth with a toothbrush equipped with toothpaste.Interdental cleaning (with floss or an interdental brush) can be useful with tooth brushing, and together these two activities are the primary means of cleaning teeth, one of the main aspects of oral hygiene. [1]
Under the name Wisdom Toothbrushes, the company now manufactures 70 million toothbrushes per year in the UK. [6] By 1840, toothbrushes were being mass-produced in England, France, Germany, and Japan. [7] Hertford Museum holds approximately 5000 toothbrushes that make up part of the Addis Collection. The Addis factory on Ware Road was a major ...
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]