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The toothbrush as we know it today was not invented until 1938. However, ancient civilizations used a chew stick which was a thin twig with a frayed end. These chew sticks were rubbed against the teeth:

• The bristle toothbrush, was not invented until 1498 . Stiff, coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog’s neck and attached to handles made of bone or bamboo
• Englishman William Addis hit on the idea in the 1770s of importing coarse boar bristles from the cold climates of Siberia and northern China, and his quality mass-produced brushes sold well
  
• The first American to patent a toothbrush was H. N. Wadsworth and many American Companies began to mass-produce toothbrushes after 1885
• In 1873, Colgate mass-produced the first toothpaste in a jar
• 1901 The ‘Indexo’ toothbrush is made entirely of rubber, which has been shaped to fit over the index finger
• Celluloid plastic brush handles appeared during World War I, when every bone available was needed to make soup
• In 1938, DuPont manufactured the first nylon bristle toothbrushes
• The first real electric toothbrush was produced in 1939 and developed in Switzerland