HISTORY OF

TOOTHPAST
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Each

day, usually twice

a day or several times,
we use the toothpaste.
Today, dental hygiene
is part of the normal
routine, but when
"debuted" the dental
hygiene?

THE TOOTHPASTE
It

is believed that Egyptians used

toothpaste around 5000 BC, before the
invention of the toothbrush.
It says that Chinese and Indian population
used the first toothpaste (around 500 years
BC).

Toothpaste ingredients at the time

were still very different. Were
combined elements such as ox hoof
ashes, burned egg shells, pumice
stone (all powdered).

 Greeks

and Romans opted for something

more abrasive, and their teeth paste
included (dust) crushed bones and
shells.
Romans added some more flavor to
combat bad breath and later they used
powdered charcoal and tree bark.
Chinese were using various wild
substances, such as ginseng, mint and
salt.

The

first versions of
toothpaste contains
soap, and in 1850 was
introduced limestone.

 Before

1850 "toothpastes" were used in

powder form.
After 1850 there were new toothpastes
in paste form stored in a container. It
was called "cream dentifrice" or known
as "Dr. Sheffield` s Creme dentifrice
today Colgate.

THE EVOLUTION
OF DENTAL
HYGIENE, FROM
CENTURY TO
CENTURY

I. 23-79 AD
During

23-79 AD, in the practice of

dental hygiene were included:

goat milk (for a nice breath)

ash from the incineration of the head
of mice, rabbits, wolves, ox or goat
hooves.

collection of wolf bones and wearing them

(maybe in the form of necklace) was
considered a form of
protection
against
toothaches.
also for protecting the teeth of pain, was
used blood from a turtle, 3 times per year
in order to clean their mouth people used
white wine, others - old urine (especially
preserved).

II. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
In

1780 the toothpaste record

debuted, when a formula
containing burnt flesh was
introduced in dental washing.

 Other

toothpastes also contains:

dragons

blood
cinnamon
burnt alum (double sulfate of a trivalent
metal and of a monovalent metal)

All these ingredients were mixed and

then were ready to be used the next
day.

III. NINETEENTH CENTURY

Coal

becomes the most popular ingredient in

cleaning teeth.
Juicy strawberries were considered a
"natural" solution to prevent bad smell.

In

1855, it was a recipe

for appropriate
toothpaste as follows:

28.3 g myrrh (fine

powder), 2 tablespoons
of honey and a best
pinch of sage green. All
were mixed and the
mixture was used every
night on the teeth.

IV. TWENTIETH CENTURY

"Cleaners"

teeth such as mouthwash

and toothpaste have become more
popular. They often contain
chlorophyll to have a fresh colour,
green.

 The

major concern of this century

occupied bleeding teeth and
toothache.
In 1915, the leaves of eucalyptus
(Southeast Asia) started to be used in
mouthwash formulas.

The

toothpaste from the 90 clearly

was different from ancient pasta. It
contained: sodium
monofluorophosphate, colour, flavor,
fluoride foam agents,etc.

 In

this century, herbal

toothpastes have increased
in popularity. Few herbal
toothpastes contain:
peppermint oil, myrrh,
plant extract (strawberry
extract), special oils and
cleaning agents.

V. XXI CENTURY
Currently,

the toothpaste
presents whitening and
brightness features and offers
a pleasant breath after every
wash.

"THE TOOTHPASTE FOR A

PERFECT SMILE?
The

oldest toothpaste formula, 1,500

years before Colgate to become the
first brand (1873), was found on a
piece of dusty papyrus in the basement
of a Viennese museum. The ancient
Egyptians wrote the description of the

"powder that keeps teeth

white and perfect."

According

to the document
ingredients for a perfect smile
were rock salt with mint,
dry iris flower and pepper.
All these were used in equal
proportions, crushed and
mixed. The result was a paste
"little spicier".

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